COSOL News

COSOL’s EDIB Committee is helping shape a workplace where inclusion, diversity, equity and belonging are embedded in everyday culture. Through practical initiatives, employee engagement, and a shared commitment to progress, the committee is building a stronger sense of connection and helping create an environment where everyone feels they belong.

COSOL has achieved ISO 27001:2022 certification for information security management. This external endorsement confirms our commitment to protecting critical enterprise data through comprehensive security controls, proactive risk management, and continuous improvement aligned with global best practices.

Most organisations use IBM Maximo as an expensive work order system, missing the strategic asset performance management capabilities already paid for. COSOL aligns Maximo with ISO 55000 principles through industry-specific frameworks and data foundations - transforming your investment from database dump to racing machine.

COSOL's 'When Reliability Matters' commitment emerged from listening to customers who need a reliable asset partner with trusted data foundations. For 25 years, we've delivered reliable assets, people, advice, data, and technology. Because when your operations can't afford to fail, reliability matters.

As COSOL returns from Maximo Live Sydney 2025, we wanted to feature the 3 most common asked questions we get about Maximo, and the 1 question we wished was asked more often.

From humble beginnings in 2020 to major enterprise projects across the U.S., COSOL Americas have grown into a trusted partner for reliable asset management and digital transformation - proving that reliability travels well.

Metro Trains Sydney delivers over 70 million passenger journeys a year with precision and reliability - supported by COSOL’s Asset Management as a Service (AMaaS). Learn how this data-driven platform powers operations, enhances customer experience, and keeps Australia’s first driverless rail network running smoothly.

COSOL has been officially listed in Australia’s National AI Directory, highlighting its trusted AI expertise across mining, transport, utilities, and government.

COSOL brought together leaders across mining, transport, and utilities to discuss AI asset management, practical adoption strategies, and overcoming challenges for real business outcomes.

This year we celebrated 25 years of COSOL - and as one does, we took the time to reflect on how far we’ve come, and importantly, to look ahead.

Discover how predictive people analytics in HR is transforming workforce management in 2024, helping leaders make smarter, data-driven decisions.

In December 2024, COSOL Limited announced the acquisition of Toustone - an Australian-based data analytics, predictive analytics, and Decision Intelligence company

In September, COSOL are heading to the largest global mining conference - MINExpo International being held in Las Vegas, USA. This major industry event attracts over 44,000 mining industry professionals and COSOL are looking forward to showing them how they can take their asset management to the next level.

Today COSOL launched a new Digital Twin viewer for IBM Maximo Application Suite in partnership with Nextspace and digital engineering specialists, DBM Vircon. The viewer provides geospatial BIM viewing and 4D integration and is designed to overcome the scale and complexity limitations of existing IBM MAS plugin viewers.

Learn how taking a deeper look at your asset challenges - through root cause analysis, benchmarking, and capability assessment - can lead to lasting improvements.

In April 2024, COSOL Limited announced the acquisition of Core Asset - an Australian-based asset performance advisory firm that provides data-driven insights and solutions to clients across natural resources, utilities and agribusiness. Core Asset brings to COSOL new capabilities in strategic planning and decision support, asset performance, turnaround, and operational readiness.

Companies face shocking ESG data findings as they optimise employee mix and cut costs through outsourced sustainability reporting.

COSOL are proud Premier sponsors of Mainstream 2024. Join them in Perth, WA.

As 2023 draws to a close, we want to take this opportunity to thank our customers, partners and suppliers globally for their continued support of COSOL and their trust in us to provide solutions, innovations and tangible results for their organisation.

COSOL are proud to be Silver Partners of the 2023 Mastering SAP - EAM + Supply Chain & Procurement Conference (Gold Coast, Australia) and contribute to 2 days of brilliant content, speaking sessions and demonstrations.

This year our team saw a strong interest from delegates who wanted to understand how to migrate from Maximo to Maximo Application Suite (MAS) efficiently. Our expert team supported by our strategic partners - InterPro and Projetech also discussed the popular topics of IBM MAS AppPoints, Mobility, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Building Information Modelling (BIM) and how these technologies help organisations achieve operational efficiency.

COSOL acquires AssetOn Group - a leading Australian provider of asset management software and services. This acquisition enables COSOL to accelerate the delivery of our end-to-end Asset Management as a Service solutions across the East Coast of Australia. AssetOn's SaaS products "OnPlan" and "Master Data Services (MDS)" join COSOL's growing stack of IP solutions.

Discover how data-driven fleet strategies help mining operations reduce capital spend, optimise replacements, and maintain performance.

IBM has advised of a critical security vulnerability relating to the Apache Commons BCEL used by IBM Maximo Asset Management - version 7.6.1. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an out-of-bounds write flaw in the APIs. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain control over the resulting bytecode.

Now in its third year, the COSOL CDU Engineering Scholarship is delivered in partnership with CDU which is the largest education and training provider and only university in the Northern Territory.

Mobile equipment compliance updates are frequent and often follow reportable incidents. COSOL Advantage keeps your documentation aligned with legislation, reducing compliance risks and eliminating manual workloads with fast, accurate outputs.

COSOL’s end-to-end experience delivers smarter asset management solutions, improving data quality, safety, and operational efficiency.

COSOL has partnered with Hastings Deering to deliver industry-leading master data services for Caterpillar equipment, helping mine sites improve planning efficiency, reduce downtime, and cut operating costs.

COSOL has partnered with Hastings Deering to deliver industry-leading master data services for Caterpillar equipment, helping mine sites improve planning efficiency, reduce downtime, and cut operating costs.

Learn how providing professional resources & quality services delivered bhp asset strategy success for BHP, helping recover a critical pipeline project with expert delivery and long-term value.

COSOL Limited acquires Work Management Solutions (WMS), an advisory and technical consulting services to the resources and utilities sectors.

Hitachi Energy and COSOL announced a strategic partnership for the delivery of Professional Services in Asia Pacific in July 2021. Both parties are pleased to celebrate the first major project delivered as part of this partnership to the benefit of Prony Resources.

One new initiative is introducing an online collaboration 'whiteboard' tool as part of our business process improvement methodology. Virtual or remote process mapping has enabled us to continue working closely with our clients despite the disconnect between distributed teams and remote working.

De Beers is the world’s leading diamond company with expertise in diamond exploration, mining, grading, marketing and retail. It employs more than 20,000 people across the global diamond industry, mostly in the diamond source countries of Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa.

COSOL Limited is pleased to announce that it has executed an agreement to acquire Clarita Solutions Pty Ltd (Clarita). Headquartered in Brisbane, Clarita is a dynamic digital solutions company with specialist skills in IBM’s Maximo® (a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for EAM software platforms) committed to transforming Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) operations.

COSOL and Quintiq share a common goal to drive efficiencies and deliver quantifiable business improvements for our customers and the finalisation of the partnership secures COSOL’s position as a significant provider of Quintiq resources in Australia.

The scope of works includes providing all levels of Ellipse support for the Finance, Maintenance and Procurement/Materials Departments, in addition to COSOL providing ongoing technical and functional support for the Ellipse application.

COSOL has announced an expanded strategic partnership agreement with Hitachi ABB Power Grids to become the preferred provider for all Ellipse Professional Services capability required by Hitachi ABB Power Grids' clients in the Australia-New Zealand region.

The project will see COSOL North America become the partner of choice to work on the implementation of the Hitachi Ellipse Finance module. This will allow Ioneer to improve its decision-making capability and gain greater access to mission critical information on a timely and accurate basis.

This was a sole sourced contract after a demonstration of COSOL's data migration expertise. Central to the project win is COSOL’s proprietary data management solution, RP Connect®, which will utilise the RP Connect® - Data Vault Engine to store historical Ellipse data.

The award of this contract continues COSOL’s longstanding relationship with IBM and the Department of Defence (Australia). It recognises the proven expertise and flexibility of COSOL and our RPConnect® Data Management platform for the Defence ERP Programme.

The Maximo 7.6.1.2 feature pack includes some essential security fixes plus a stack of new features. Here's our pick of the top new features.

When COVID-19 restrictions are keeping you working from home, this video will help GIS teams overcome the challenges of accessing Esri technology remotely.

A critical security vulnerability in ArcGIS Server could potentially be exploited to gain unauthorised access to sensitive internal system information.