Stratum Consulting Partners
Stratum > News Release: April 14, 2005
 
Stratum Consulting Partners joins Cognos' Consulting Partner Program

Partnership enables Stratum to provide higher quality tools and services to its existing customer base, as well as reach a broader marketplace with the new offerings

Denver, CO — April 14, 2005 Stratum Consulting Partners, a leader in Enterprise Asset Management, Field Service and Manufacturing Analytics Services, today announced a partnership with Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM). Through this partnership, Stratum Consulting Partners will provide higher quality tools and services to its existing customer base, as well as reach a broader marketplace with the new offerings.

Stratum Consulting Partners will offer services to its client base primarily focused on Cognos ReportNet™ and Cognos® PowerPlay. These products offer the power and flexibility required for clients who must combine data that resides in multiple data sources and that must be heavily transformed and tiered as it is presented up the management chain. The information output from this effort will be invaluable to decision-makers facing large capital investment choices and costly labor force adjustments.

“Stratum Consulting Partners addresses the significant challenges large companies face in aligning IT with business needs,” said Rich Luciano, Director, Channel Development, Cognos. “We believe that Stratum's expertise in Enterprise Asset Planning, when combined with Cognos strengths in enterprise reporting, business intelligence, and planning will form the foundation for delivering Corporate Performance Management solutions for their clients".

“Stratum Consulting Partners is extremely pleased to join the Cognos Consulting Partner Program,” said Clay Bush, President of Stratum Consulting Partners. “Customers demand solutions that leverage their existing investments in enterprise software and data quality, so by embracing the Cognos business intelligence solutions, Stratum Consulting Partners continues to meet and exceed the requirements of our customers. We are pleased to be teaming with Cognos and look forward to bringing more high-value offerings to market.”

About Stratum Consulting Partners:
Stratum Consulting Partners is a Professional Services firm focused on EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) and Field Service software and Manufacturing Analytics solutions, providing a broad suite of services to ensure that clients successfully unlock the value from software system investments.

Since its founding, Stratum Consulting Partners has been on the forefront of data and metrics based solutions for EAM and Field Service. With the addition of the Cognos lineup, customers will be able to have a much deeper and broader picture of performance and metrics evaluation.
For more information, visit Stratum Consulting Partners on the web at http://www.stratumcp.com.

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Contact:
Stratum Consulting Partners, LLC
Clay Bush
(720) 221-3559