Sydney's University of Technology deploys IBM's Cognos

Peter Dinham
Tuesday, 22 September 2009 19:07

IT Industry - Deals

According to Brookes, the ability to generate customised reports and automate standard processes, makes it possible for UTS staff to conduct in-depth analysis versus manual report production, helping the University stay on top of critical daily operations.

IBM says the new reporting solution includes web services for greater flexibility in the delivery of reports to staff and improved auditing capabilities through recording of information such as who is using the system, which reports and queries are being run, and the cost of queries to system resources. It says that the university will also be using barcoding functionality to generate individual barcodes for each invoice prepared through the student management system.

Brookes said a major factor in the selection of IBM Cognos was UTS' extensive and successful experience
with Cognos over several years.

“At the same time, IBM Cognos Software Group Services demonstrated a successful prototype of converting reports using IBM Cognos 8.3. Using the IBM Cognos Services team in a quality assurance role has been a major help to the
project. They've been here in our offices every week giving fast responses to any queries or issues and helping us to understand best practices.”

Brookes said deployment of IBM Cognos 8.3 is now under way with the conversion of approximately 170
customised reports, with the project managed by UTS with support from IBM implementation partner, UXCPM and IBM Cognos Guardian Services.

She also said that after the system goes live at the end of September, UTS staff will begin development of dashboards and drill-down capabilities for more comprehensive analysis.