IBM Cognos is a leading supplier of Business Intelligence (“BI”) software to
education institutions globally, with over 1500 Higher Education customers.
IBM Cognos software is used by more than a third of the UK’s Universities, with a
significant number of “enterprise deployments” where hundreds of users draw the
benefits of management information from Student Records, Finance, HR and other
operational systems using IBM Cognos software. We have customers with many types of
systems, including Oracle, Agresso, CODA, CedAr, Tribal/SITS, Sungard SCT,
Campus IT, Redsky IT, Northgate, Midland, Peoplesoft and SAP systems.
With IBM Cognos 8, we offer a broad range of functionality for complete Business
Intelligence and Performance Management, including:
- ETL for building BI Data Marts / Warehouses
- Production Reporting, Managed Reporting, Query and Analysis
- Scorecards and Dashboards
- Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
IBM Cognos 8 Data Manager ETL enables data to be combined from multiple
disparate systems, using a powerful graphical environment, into data marts that
are optimised for business intelligence.
IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence uses a single metadata model, and ALL
authoring and delivery aspects uniquely use “zero footprint” web browser
interfaces with no downloads or plug-ins required. IBM Cognos 8 BI is a
thoroughly modern product using the latest Web Services technology and open
standards.
IBM Cognos 8 Planning facilitates the creation of a robust corporate database
model for student numbers or financial planning with the ability for
workflow - tracked distributed input to the model by departmental budget holders.
With Cognos, you can...
Improve financial performance
- Collect, analyse, and report on revenue and expense data from different departments and systems.
- Track compliance with institutional and external regulations.
- Measure the effectiveness of research funding against results achieved.
Enhance student management
- Identify and accelerate recruitment of the right students to achieve your goals.
- Measure in-class performance and curriculum management against plan.
- Compare student aid requests with grants and outcomes.
- Track and manage student performance across courses and disciplines.
- Deliver secure information services to staff, faculty, and students via the Web.
Increase overall organisational performance
- Align institutional strategy with execution.
- Monitor ongoing performance against stated goals, and track critical performance metrics.
- Understand and manage organisational HR requirements, now and in the future.
- Distribute routine reports across the entire organization.
- Consolidate student and administrative information across applications and databases into a single source.
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Business Intelligence for Higher Ed
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