New structure will expand license authorisations, in most cases. Portfolio reevaluation

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2 Major Point New licence structure replaces all previous regimes with immediate effect. Cognos 10 now has the scope to explore and extend into TM1 for budgets and SPSS for predictive analytics. Automatic reclassification of all existing licenses, except consumer. Implication New structure will expand license authorisations, in most cases. Portfolio reevaluation necessary. The beginning of succeeding whilst widening scope and capabilities. S+S renewal notice will now describe existing licenses in new licence terms. All future purchases will be the new licence structure. For Consumer licenses, customers will need to choose to upgrade to User or Explorer. Careful consideration needed to get best value from new structure and cater for new recipient situation now available as PVU license only. New licence roles re-defines facilities available for legitimate license use. Customers are responsible for implementing this. Important conversation with expert Cognos Technical Account Managers strongly advised to check license portfolio balance and address new structure economically.

3 Forward Looking Analytic Architect Analytic Administrator Analytic Explorer Analytic User Data Scientist & Data Architect System/BI Admin & Security (Administration, Security Performance Tuning.) Power user - /Operations/Financial (Develop Interactive Reports, Custom Analysis, ad- Hoc query, Create New Reports, View scheduled Reports) Information Worker (Employees, Customers, Partners, Suppliers View Scheduled Reports, Guided Reporting, Run Interactive Reports, Consume Dashboards) Information Distribution Information viewer & Mobile Consumer (View Scheduled Reports, Consume Active Reports, Bursts)

4 License Capabilities Benefits Forward looking Architect Administrator All Administrator capability PLUS: SPSS Modeller Client TM1 Cubes All analytics explorer capability's PLUS: Full administration & deployment. Develop with full APIs. Predictive infused BI reports and dashboards. Simplified management Embedded analytics Explorer All analytics user capability's PLUS: Perform multidimensional and relational modelling. Write-Back to TM1 Cubes. Leverage Excel for Analysis. User All information distribution capability's PLUS Perform fast Ad-Hoc analysis. Assemble & embed dashboards. Author the complete spectrum of reports. Leverage extensible visualizations. Leverage corporate AND personal data sources. Perform what-if analysis and scenario modelling. Conduct analysis directly in Microsoft Excel based on BI and TM1 Data. Assemble information to support decision making. Author content to share with others. Consume content anywhere. Work disconnected. Information Distribution Receive scheduled reports. Use mobile App. Interact with active reports. Access reports from mobile devices. Distribute content to large groups of individuals.

5 BI Architect Administrator Analytic Administrator Professional Professional Author Advanced Author BI User Author Analyst Enhanced Consumer Recipient/Active Report Recipient/Mobile consumer Remote Recipient Analytic Explorer Analytic User Information Distribution (PVU only) Consumer Customers will not need to pay additional license costs In passport advantage this will be referred to as a product evolution. Roles will be automatically adjusted in systems one for one to their new entitlement. Subscription and support costs will be calculated based on the previous year paid. Customers must be current on S&S or they will need to re-instate on the new license model. Roles that are not automatically moved can be discussed with your IBM BA sales representative. Consumer licence exists for renewal and trade-up but cannot be purchased new

6 Forward Looking Analytic Architect Analytic Administrator Trade up for each role has clear definition without overlapping capabilities. Analytic Explorer Analytic User Cognos Express Connector Consumer Cognos Express BI User (Reporter) Information Distribution PVU Cognos Express Consumer

7 Date: July 1, 2014 This document summarizes the functionality governed by the various chargeable components described in IBM Cognos BI LI documents. For additional detail refer to the license document for your product. In the event of discrepancy, the license document description is definitive. Cognos BI CAPABILITY User Explorer Administrator Forward Looking Architect Information Distribution Analysis For MS Excel User Add-on Software Development Kit Real-time Monitoring Receive Burst Report Outputs Connection Mobile Applications for Microsoft Office Workspace Workspace Advanced Report Studio Insight Event Studio Query Studio Analysis Studio Metric Studio Metric Designer Analysis For Microsoft Excel (CAFÉ) Framework Manager Transformer TM1 Writeback to bundled FLBI TM1 server Administration Cube Designer/Dynamic Query Analyzer Software Development Kit IBM SPSS Modeler Client for BI Real-time Monitoring PowerPlay Studio notes: User Roles Add-On licenses ELA Advanced