How Swartek Modernized a Government Data Analytics Platform
CASE STUDY · JANUARY 2025
A Controlled Path to Modern BI and Cloud Integration
Architecture assessment, staged conversion, and an automated reconciliation dashboard protected financial reporting while moving critical platforms forward.
When three interconnected platforms reached the end of vendor support, Swartek treated the modernization as a business-continuity challenge—not simply a software upgrade. We mapped dependencies, assessed downstream impacts, designed the future-state architecture, staged each transition, remediated objects that could not be converted automatically, and developed an automated reconciliation dashboard to identify validation issues early.
Customer Challenge
- Legacy Cognos, Informatica PowerCenter, and Oracle platforms were no longer vendor-supported.
- Financial reporting and scheduled processing had to remain operational.
- Data accuracy and report continuity could not be compromised during modernization.
Primary constraint: Modernize without interrupting financial reporting.
Swartek Solution
- Performed an architecture assessment and dependency impact analysis.
- Designed the future-state architecture and phased migration plan.
- Upgraded the Cognos reporting environment to a supported platform.
- Migrated PowerCenter workloads to Informatica IDMC, manually rebuilding objects that could not be converted automatically.
- Developed an automated reconciliation dashboard to identify discrepancies early.
Key differentiator: Automated validation reduced migration risk.
Customer Impact
- Maintained critical financial-reporting continuity.
- Replaced unsupported platforms with supportable technologies.
- Reduced manual validation and identified issues earlier.
- Established cloud-based data integration and a stronger foundation for future enhancements.
Result: A supported, cloud-enabled data analytics platform with faster, lower-risk validation.
How Swartek Reduced Modernization Risk
Architecture assessment and impact analysis → Staged conversion and remediation → Automated reconciliation dashboard → Parallel validation and supported cutover
Facing a Similar Challenge?
Swartek helps government organizations modernize interconnected reporting, data integration, and database platforms through practical, phased migrations that protect operational continuity.