Case Study: Irish Public Sector Body achieves 67% cost savings and timely self-service BI with TIBCO Jaspersoft

Irish Public Sector Body Commits to Open Source BI with System Dynamics and Jaspersoft

An Irish public sector body struggled with an aging, unsupported reporting tool that required per‑machine installs, produced hundreds of duplicated reports, and could take up to 20 days to deliver information—undermining transparency and efficiency during a period of austerity. With a formal open source strategy to cut costs and encourage innovation, the organisation sought a scalable, user‑friendly BI solution that could meet stakeholder demands and be supported in production.

System Dynamics delivered a pilot and then a full open source BI stack—Ingres data warehouse, Jaspersoft ETL, JasperReports Server, OLAP, dashboards and SSO/AD integration—proving parity with Tier‑1 tools. Rolled out in nine months for 500+ users, the project enabled self‑service reporting, faster access to up‑to‑date data, and customization by in‑house developers; it became Ireland’s first full production public‑sector open source BI deployment and is estimated to be 67% cheaper over five years.

Irish Public Sector Body

Emmet Burke

Business Development Team