Report distribution as a component of enterprise output management

COSprint is an advanced report distribution and print spooling package used by major corporations around the world. Offering more than a simple report distribution service, it provides automatic routing, management and delivery of each document (report distribution) output by key business applications, including SAP R/3 and Oracle Financials, in enterprises of all sizes.

COSprint provides report and print distribution in enterprises who use a mixed Unix, Linux and Windows infrastructure, the most common combination for enterprise-class business applications. Like the other members of OSM's COSMOS family of system management products, it delivers broad functionality. A small number of staff are thereby equipped to provide secure distribution within an extensive, network-wide delivery service for reports and output across their enterprise.

Because of its designed-in scalability, COSprint is used in organizations of all sizes. Some installations are not concerned with all aspects of report file distribution, but instead use the product as no more than a replacement print spooler for Unix (instead of the standard Unix print spooler lp or lpr). Others make full use of its ability facilitate the management of report print jobs from a Windows environment, effectively using it as a Windows print spooler.

Perhaps the greatest added value is found when using COSprint for the distribution of output produced by SAP R/3, Oracle Financials or PeopleSoft. Such enterprise-scale applications always provide some form of output spooling, but often confined to modest control functions. COSprint greatly improves on the standard facilities and raises the standard of control for printing to equal that of the other functional areas. COSprint has been certified for use with SAP R/3.

OSM's COSMOS family of products delivers a broad range of system control functions to enable a small number of system administrators manage a large number of systems while working from one or a small number of control points. Starting from a standpoint of operations automation, COSMOS features three main branches: print control, automated job scheduling and user administration.

OSM's products have been designed to complement the PATROL products supplied by BMC Software. In particular, there is a PATROL Knowledge Module for COSprint which both enables the monitoring of all internal COSprint events and allows COSprint to be operated from a standard PATROL console. By using the COSMOS and PATROL products together, an enterprise can meet almost all its needs in the area of E-DSM.

OSM is the leading independent specialist supplier of E-DSM solutions for organizations who rely on a Unix, Linux and Windows infrastructure. Our reputation is one of delivering solutions to problems of all complexities by means of our highly competent Professional Services team. One of the most distinct advantages of the COSMOS products is that they are founded on a technology which allows them to be easily tailored to suit the particular needs of demanding customers. When this ease of tailorability is combined with the technical strength of our Professional Services team, the result is a level of relevant functionality that competitive suppliers appear unable to attain. When the modest cost of the products is added to the equation, it is plain that the value for money provided by OSM is very hard to beat.

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