Cognos continued its support for the IBM DB2 product family by announcing support for IBM’s new DB2 Information Integrator software. The federated data access capabilities of DB2 Information Integrator extend Cognos’ reach to include non-relational data sources such as any remote SOAP Web Service, Flat Files, and XML files. By accessing message queues, Cognos NoticeCast can monitor real-time data within organizations that have EAI systems. Designed for customers needing critical elements of business activity monitoring (BAM) and guided analysis, Cognos NoticeCast users can define personalized business alerts that can be delivered to any e- mail-enabled device. www.cognos.com