Avolution ABACUS vs. IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. MEGA HOPEX Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avolution ABACUS
Score 9.3 out of 10
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ABACUS, from Australian software company Avolution, is an enterprise architecture modeling tool.N/A
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.0 out of 10
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A
MEGA HOPEX Platform
Score 6.9 out of 10
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MEGA International headquartered in Paris offers enterprise governance software to give users an interactive view of business components. The suite is powered by the HOPEX platform, which brings together enterprise architecture (EA) and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) into a single system. With MEGA, the vendor states users get the visibility and tools needed to navigate change and improve decision-making – with a sharp focus on business needs.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Avolution ABACUS
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Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.7
4 Ratings
5% above category average
MEGA HOPEX Platform
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Ratings
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
Avolution ABACUS
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Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.6
4 Ratings
16% above category average
MEGA HOPEX Platform
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Ratings
Simple transformations00 Ratings10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Avolution ABACUS
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Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.0
4 Ratings
2% above category average
MEGA HOPEX Platform
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Ratings
Data model creation00 Ratings8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Metadata management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
Avolution ABACUS
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Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
4 Ratings
19% above category average
MEGA HOPEX Platform
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Ratings
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Avolution ABACUSIBM InfoSphere Information ServerMEGA HOPEX Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.9
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Avolution ABACUSIBM InfoSphere Information ServerMEGA HOPEX Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Avolution
Well suited scenarios include IT portfolio management, project portfolio management, enterprise architecture planning, modeling of business capabilities, using standard frameworks that ship out of the box such as TOGAF, and integration with SharePoint. Less appropriate scenarios would be detailed data modeling and using the tool expecting to get model drive code execution.
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IBM
Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.
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MEGA International S.A.
MEGA is well suited for
  • Service Architecture definition
  • Service relationships
  • Service that supports process and vice versa
  • Business process definition
  • Definition of Business Entities
  • Management of business entities
  • Business Entity managed by services
  • Creation of service reports
MEGA is less appropriate for:
  • Business Service management information (who is “developing, responsible, etc.” for business services)
  • Business services contracts
  • Business services performance management
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Pros
Avolution
  • Modelling the Enterprise through the creation of catalogues and matrices of Enterprise information
  • Creation of views to supports strategy execution and decision making
  • Central storage of Enterprise information
  • Management of a agreed meta model
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IBM
  • IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
  • It also can process big data , unstuctured data
  • It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems
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MEGA International S.A.
  • Define business architecture
  • Design processes
  • Tailoring business services attributes
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Cons
Avolution
  • More standard connectors for integration with other modeling tools could be beneficial for companies having legacy tools/fragmented toolsets.
  • Better automated diagramming features would be useful.
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IBM
  • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
  • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
  • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.
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MEGA International S.A.
  • API for external use
  • Query engine (join between metaclass)
  • Export tools
  • Web site generator
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Likelihood to Renew
Avolution
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IBM
  • Scale of implementation
  • IBM techsupport
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MEGA International S.A.
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Support Rating
Avolution
Highly knowledgable team and fast response times
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IBM
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MEGA International S.A.
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Alternatives Considered
Avolution
- Microsoft tools are manual and data is not centralized
- ARIS is not as flexible as Avolution
- LeanIX is close, but lacks business content/accelerators that Avolution provides
- LeanIX is in the cloud and multi-user
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IBM
DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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MEGA International S.A.
In the software selection, we evaluate also
Enterprise Architect; but it was evaluated non enough easy to use. Open source software are non available.
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Return on Investment
Avolution
  • Positive - time to value for EA activities
  • Positive - robust decision making
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IBM
  • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
  • Better documentation and governance.
  • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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MEGA International S.A.
  • Only positive impact in all departments
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