Although ''PowerHouse'' is still available and continues to receive occasional minor functional and platform conformance updates, by 1999 ''Cognos'' had all but ceased major development of ''PowerHouse'' on mid-range computers in favour of newer product lines. Around 1999 ''PowerHouse Web'' was released in order to support the development of [[World Wide Web|web-aware]] applications.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} Products like ''Business Intelligence'' and ''Financial Performance Management'' that run on commodity architectures and high-end ''UNIX'' servers now form the core of the Cognos product line.
Cognos was acquired by IBM on January 30, 2008.
The PowerHouse Application Development Tools including PowerHouse server, Axiant 4GL and PowerHouse Web [http://www.unicomglobal.com/news1/powerhouse/ '''were acquired from IBM'''] by '''[http://unicomsi.com UNICOM Systems, Inc.]''' a Division of [http://unicomglobal.com '''UNICOM Global'''] on December 31, 2013, and UNICOM continues to support the worldwide customer base for the products.
