BrightStar Partners / BSP Software Delivers Governance, Risk and Compliance Solution to Lower IBM Cognos Customers` Total Cost of Ownership

Integrated Version Control release provides IBM Cognos customers` workflow,
change management, governance and compliance within their performance management
environment.

CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
BSP Software LLC, an IBM Business Partner and proven leader in value-added
extensions to IBM Cognos software, announced this week their latest release of
Integrated Version Control (IVC). IVC is one of many solutions in BSP Software`s
rapidly growing Implementation-Based SoftwareTM portfolio, with solutions
continuing to set standards for Business Intelligence Competency Centers
worldwide.

Integrated Version Control`s tight integration into the IBM Cognos environment
enables transparency to users and supporting IT departments, as IVC appears and
behaves as part of the core IBM Cognos product suite. Above and beyond version
control, IVC provides the capabilities needed to impose workflow and audit
controls throughout the lifecycle of business intelligence artifacts.The added
capabilities in this new release are the product of customer collaboration,
along with the vast knowledgebase stemming from BSP`s seasoned Professional
Services organization, with a goal of addressing the growing need for
Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance in the IBM Cognos product suite.

"We are tremendously excited about the latest release of Integrated Version
Control. With IVC`s foundation around usability and functionality, this release
adds workflow, integration with change management systems, expanded compliance
reporting, and support for validated environments that require tight governance.
With customer verticals including Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Banking, and
more, IVC is clearly demonstrating its ability to lower an organizations total
cost of ownership for performance management deployments by automating the
process of governance and compliance," said BSP Software`s President and
co-founder Andrew Rachmiel.

IVC was designed to allow organizations to better manage the development
lifecycle of content within a performance management environment. With workflow
and secured capabilities tightly coupled inside an IBM Cognos environment, users
at any level within an enterprise benefit from the added features and much
needed functionality that IVC offers in its integration directly into the IBM
Cognos architecture.

"Partnering with customers to appropriately understand and solve the growing
demands of a performance management environment has and will always be at the
top of our list of core beliefs.Our customers have driven the IVC solution out
of their need to ensure compliance within their performance management
environment.We are proud to have customers around the globe actively driving
product roadmap and testing and proving out our goal of lowering the total cost
of ownership with technology enabling solutions," said Andrew Weiss, Director of
Software Development at BSP Software LLC.

For more information on Integrated Version Control and our other
Implementation-Based Software solutions and Professional Services offerings,
please visit http://www.bspsoftware.com and http://www.brightstarpartners.com.

About BSP Software LLC and BrightStar Partners, Inc.

BrightStar Partners, an IBM Business Partner, is a Performance Management
consulting firm dedicated to partnering with our clients to drive superior
information solutions. Through the combination of the best people and the use of
best in class technology, we at BrightStar Partners work with our clients to
deliver Reporting, Analysis, Dashboarding, Planning and Consolidation solutions
that drive true business value.

BSP Software LLC extends the vast implementation experience as the product
development arm of BrightStar Partners, Inc. Through many years of
implementation, product training, and product development, we develop software
solutions that drive quick ROI. As an extension to IBM Cognos` development team,
we enhance existing IBM Cognos Performance Management solutions, streamlining
the usability, maintenance, administration, and deployment of an IBM Cognos
environment.

For more information, please visit http://www.bspsoftware.com and
http://www.brightstarpartners.com.

BSP Software, MetaManager, CPM Explorer, Integrated Version Control, Powered by
Ideas and Implementation-Based Software are trademarks or registered trademarks
of BSP Software LLC in the United States and/or other countries.

Andrew Rachmiel
847-439-0308 x. 112
arachmiel@brightstarpartners.com

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