Case Study: Colorado State University achieves consistent, campus-wide analytics and reduced IT costs with Information Builders Cloud

Colorado State University Moves Enterprise Analytics to the Cloud

Information Builders, a provider of scalable data management and analytics software, helped Colorado State University (CSU) — a large public research university with more than 33,000 students — address growing problems with inconsistent operational definitions and conflicting reports. As analytics needs expanded across finance, HR, admissions and institutional research, faculty and staff struggled to obtain a single, reliable view of university data.

CSU moved to Information Builders Cloud (WebFOCUS, InfoAssist and InfoApps) hosted on AWS in a hybrid deployment with on‑premise data, creating a centralized analytics platform that consolidated more than 15,000 financial reports. The solution delivered interactive, domain‑specific InfoApps (e.g., student success and degrees), reduced ETL loads by at least 30%, improved accountability and productivity across campus, and dramatically lowered IS capital and operating expenses while enabling scalable, hands‑off performance.

Colorado State University

Steve Juarez

Senior Developer