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Cognos8 BI
Enrolment Management Process and Reporting at WLU
Introduction
Niru Philip ‘97: Systems Analyst / ITS:WLU BSc. Computer Science / Political Science Cognos Impromptu / Powerplay 7.1.529 Laurier SMC and Sungard Banner Admissions Guest Lecturer, McGill University. Presenter at CCAE, CCAEO and Banner Summit
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Agenda
CRTC: Campus wide Report Tool Committee Software / Hardware Proof of concept Admissions / Enrolment Management Questions
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Rationale / Mandate
Evaluate and recommend an end user reporting tool to replace our current solution that has reached
end of life.
This solution must take Laurier’s current and future reporting needs to a web based zero footprint, with
centralized administration and maintenance.
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The Committee
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Departments & Faculties Consulted
Brantford CampusRegistrar Services
Cooperative Education and Career ServicesFaculty of Social Work
Faculty of MusicLibrary
Financial Services
Faculty of ScienceInformation Technology Services
Faculty of Graduate StudiesUniversity Advancement
Human ResourcesSchool of Business & Economics
Faculty of Arts
Recommendation
The committee voted in favour of the Cognos8 BI solution.
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Cognos8 BI
BI Admin named users BI Professional named users BI Consumers unlimited users
(webbased - zero footprint, thin client implementation)
Cognos8 BI includes Query Studio, Report Studio, Analysis Studio, Framework Manager, OLAP Builder and Modeller, Cognos GO! Office module, Plus Cognos GO! Blackberry module (new)
Please note this software License is for all Wilfrid Laurier University Users
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Cognos8 BI – Capacity Planning
Production Environment 3 Dual CPU Servers 8GB RAM each 1 Dual CPU Server 8GB RAM (content management) or
Oracle CM instance could eliminate this machine
Test Environment 1 Dual CPU Server 8GB RAM
Suggested IBM Blade HS21 (2 x Dual Code Intel Xeon @ 3GHz)
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Cognos8 BI Training
Canadian Gov Pricing (20% discount)Reporting and Analysis - $480 / day$2400 per week.Admin and Development - $560 / day$2800 per week.
*** Note train the trainer. Take advantage of ITS training facilities and trainers
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Cognos8 BIAdmissions Enrollment Management
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IBM buys Cognos
IBM pays $5bn cash for Cognos, agreement to close first quarter 2008.
Feb 28th 2008, Cognos will become an IBM division, based out of IBM Canada.
All vendor/clients relationships will continue to be maintained and honoured.
Cognos shares closed on Friday $52, deal values Cognos at $58 per share.
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TEST DRIVE COGNOS8
DEMO of
COGNOS8
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