Cogent Company (Cogent) is a Dallas-based IT and management consulting firm with a proven track record of helping firms solve complex business issues to gain strategic advantage and improve productivity. We offer our clients a unique blend of business advice and technology expertise through each of our core service offerings: strategic planning, information management/business intelligence (BI), infrastructure, productivity (SharePoint), and custom application development.
Cogent was founded in 2005 on two key premises:
- First, that Microsoft’s Office Business Platform – the clients, servers, services, and tools – was maturing sufficiently to realize the promise of being a true enterprise application front end. We began with a talented team of .NET developers and architects to help our clients design and develop Microsoft Office Business Applications (OBAs), SharePoint-based solutions, and custom applications focused on extracting more value out of people, processes, and technologies already owned by our client firms. We’ve since increased our investment in Microsoft’s technology platform by adding core infrastructure and information management/BI capabilities to more fully assist our client’s effort to unlock the value of existing Line of Business (LOB) systems. In addition, we’ve added additional partner solutions in BI and mobility to increase our ability to serve our clients.
- Second, that the consulting experiences we had in our past weren’t always valuable for our clients or for us. We believed that there was a way to develop a relationship with a client in a way that would be based on trust and mutual success. Our premise was, and continues to be, that many firms already own technologies that will get them where they want to be from a productivity perspective. We believe that by specializing in these technologies, we can help our clients extract MORE value from existing technologies both in terms of magnitude and frequency. We believe our role as our client’s advisor is to be helpful and honest in pushing our clients’ advantage in their markets.
Cogent’s mission is centered on three focus areas:
- Service: to deliver outstanding client service
- Satisfaction: to provide fulfilling careers and professional satisfaction for our people
- Success: to achieve financial success so we can reward ourselves and grow
In the years since we began, we have served customers ranging from publicly traded companies to privately held firms in North America and Europe. Our client-partnering efforts have earned recognition from our partners, including Microsoft and QlikTech.
