Coglin Mill was formed in February 1985 primarily to support and further develop application and utility software originally developed for the IBM System/38, the predecessor to the AS/400, which has now evolved into the IBM System i5.  

The early software products included a major Distribution and Financials package designed specifically for high-end, usually very sophisticated organizations with complex requirements, and an advanced set of utilities to help manage the development and production environments in mainly large System/38 installations.

Development of these software products started in November 1979 under the management of Allen Perry, the founder and CEO of Coglin Mill, while he was working for a large international manufacturing organization in Australia. This was on one of the first System/38s installed in Australia and indeed one of the first installed anywhere in the world.

Coglin Mill became an IBM Business Partner in January 1986 achieving “All Star” status every year since 1995.  Today Coglin Mill is a Premier IBM Business Partner and an Advanced member of IBM’s PartnerWorld for Developers program.

The company has a worldwide focus and is widely recognized as a leader in high-end software used in the development and management of sophisticated data warehousing environments through its flagship RODIN Data Warehousing product (pronounced Ro-dan and named after the famous sculptor).  It is also recognized and highly respected for its first class customer service and product quality.

In close partnership with fully certified hardware and software specialists and leading industry consultants and implementation professionals, Coglin Mill can provide its customers with a total solution to all their Data Warehousing (DW), Business Intelligence (BI) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) needs. If required, this can start at the feasibility study and go through to post implementation support, including everything in between.  

Coglin Mill is a privately held company, owned and managed by the original founder and his highly experienced executive management team, all of whom have a minimum of 20 years experience in the IT industry with as much as 15 years in the DW / BI / CRM arena. 

Corporate offices are in Adelaide Australia, and Rochester Minnesota.

Brief RODIN History

RODIN is a second generation data warehousing product, the result of a complete redesign and redevelopment by Coglin Mill of their first data warehousing product originally developed in the mid 1980’s to support their Distribution and Financials software package.

After commencing development of RODIN in March 1992, Coglin Mill first released in it August 1995. It has been significantly enhanced since with many major upgrades being made available, culminating in with the delivery of Release 5 in mid 2007.

RODIN has dominated the IBM AS/400-iSeries-System i5 marketplace since its first release and is today recognized by several highly respected industry sources as the leading product in its area.  It is consistently chosen by large and small organizations alike when embarking on the implementation of a properly architected data warehousing environment.  

RODIN is endorsed and recommended by IBM and has been included in many IBM marketing programs and product families including the Client Series, Tools Network, Visual Warehouse, the BI Partnership Initiative, the DB2 Metadata program and the eServer iSeries Solution Team for Extreme Business.

Customer and industry awards include a place in DM Review magazine’s Top 100 products, voted on by installed customers, the best endorsement a company and product can receive.