If you are standardizing on Cognos, you need to convert your existing BI applications to Cognos 8 or rebuild them. Rebuilding legacy applications can be expensive and time consuming. HAL provides you the tools and the Roadmap to quickly convert your existing Business Intelligence (BI) applications to Cognos BI thus providing a lower cost to standardize on Cognos in terms of time, effort and costs

HAL provides you with the resources to convert from other BI platforms to Cognos 8 BI. Using these tools and following the proven Solutions Implementation Methodology (SIM) that was developed by Cognos, you can enjoy the benefits and savings of standardization and access the powerful features of Cognos 8 BI while leveraging your existing investment in reports and business rules.

1. The Conversion Assessment Service to performed to estimate scope, costs and resources.

2. The Conversion Audit Service is conducted of your BI systems and architecture to allow for accurate scoping and early identification of issues. The audit enables creation of a detailed proposal and conversion project plan.

3. The Conversion Implementation Service is executed using a hybrid approach. Some elements are converted using a Lift and Shift approach where redundancy is eliminated but the core elements of the reports are converted unchanged. Other elements require a more detailed Compress and Optimize conversion, where improvements using Cognos 8 BI are applied to improve their effectiveness.