In response to Oracle's announcement today, Cognos issued the following statement. Oracle's intention to acquire Hyperion is a game-changing event for our market and opens up a tremendous opportunity for Cognos. Specifically, this acquisition strengthens Cognos' competitive position in the following areas: 1. Clear independent leader: Customers have heterogeneous database and application environments and require their Performance Management (PM) from a database- and ERP-independent vendor. Cognos is clearly now their number one choice, and we remain laser focused on bringing that value...