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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MetaCenter

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AData Advantage Group (DAG) in San Francisco offers their metadata management technology MetaCenter, including the MetaCenter Metadata Repository, the ActiveLinx Adaptors for building connections to a host of different information assets so data owners and stewards can establish business rules and meet established policies, and workflows to optimize data governance processes.N/A

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM 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

    Radiance Visual Analytics

    N/AN/ARadiance Visual Analytics, from Washington, D.C. based FTI Consulting's technology arm FTI Technology, provides metadata classification and search for disparate and legacy data sources and unstructured data.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    MetaCenterIBM InfoSphere Information ServerRadiance Visual Analytics
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Data Advantage Group MetaCenter and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Radiance Visual Analytics
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    Data Advantage Group MetaCenter
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Radiance Visual Analytics
    -
    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 Data Advantage Group MetaCenter and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Radiance Visual Analytics
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Radiance Visual Analytics
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    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Data Advantage Group MetaCenter and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Radiance Visual Analytics
    Feature
    Data Advantage Group MetaCenter
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Radiance Visual Analytics
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    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 Data Advantage Group MetaCenter and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Radiance Visual Analytics
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    Data Advantage Group MetaCenter
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Radiance Visual Analytics
    -
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    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Data Advantage Group
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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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    FTI Consulting, Inc.
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    Pros
    Data Advantage Group
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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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    FTI Consulting, Inc.
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    Cons
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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.
    Incentivized
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    FTI Consulting, Inc.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Data Advantage Group
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    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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    FTI Consulting, Inc.
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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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    FTI Consulting, Inc.
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    Return on Investment
    Data Advantage Group
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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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    FTI Consulting, Inc.
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