March 2007 CHICAGO, IL - BrightStar Partners, Inc., a Corporate Performance Management consulting and solution provider, today announced the acquisition of COGNOiSe.com, which is the premier global online Cognos community. 

“With this acquisition, BrightStar Partners is able to take the work that we’ve done at the local user group level and expand it to a well-established global community”, said Darek Danielewski, Vice President of BrightStar Partners, Inc.

COGNOiSe provides access to a worldwide team of Cognos developers who can answer technical, product, and process questions relating to Cognos implementations.  “When Cognos customers get into trouble or need help getting past a problem, COGNOiSe provides an excellent community of experts with substantial field implementation experience all willing to lend a helping hand. 
This is a very strategic acquisition for us and one that speaks to our passion for this space”, said Neil Morgan, President of BrightStar Partners, Inc.  Best of all, it’s free.

In addition to COGNOiSe.com, the acquisition also included similar global communities for Hyperion (HYPEd.biz), DB2 (DB2noise.com), SQL Server (SQLobSERVER.com), Tech Blogs (GroupNoise.com), and Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Job Board (jobNOISE.com).

About BrightStar Partners, Inc. BrightStar Partners, a professional services and solutions integration company, utilizes a proven methodology and best-practice approach to deliver tangible business benefit and assist clients in achieving competitive advantage, all the while shortening the time to market for implementations.