FalconStor StorGuard (FalconStor NSS) vs. IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FalconStor StorGuard
Score 9.0 out of 10
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StorGuard® replaces CDP/NSS and StorSight® brings a new, multitenant, Web-based user experience across all sites and clouds running FalconStor software. Industry-standard servers, in a high-availability configuration, run the StorGuard software. These servers are placed between the mission-critical application servers and the disk arrays, so they can provide six advanced data services, on a per-LUN basis.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
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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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 fee
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
FalconStor StorGuard

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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
I particularly believe that Information Server, especially DataStage, is superior in many aspects to the Oracle Data Integrator tool. Several market analysts such as Gartner and / or Forrester better position DataStage on the Oracle solution.
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI
The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Denodo not an ETL tool but you can manage your data with it as well as Infosphere
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Information Server and Informatica PowerCenter are the two leading integration platforms worldwide. Information Server has a better integration with other IBM products such as MDM or Cognos but the decision to use one or another platform is more a price decision and quantity of …
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Information can be used for large but simple implementation. InfoSphere provides more intergaration options with outside world. Abinitio is great product but stopped innvoating and is not kept up to date with market needs and changes. Talend is good new product. Good Big Data …
Features
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Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
FalconStor StorGuard (FalconStor NSS)
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Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
FalconStor StorGuard (FalconStor NSS)
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.6
Ratings
17% above category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
FalconStor StorGuard (FalconStor NSS)
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Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Data model creation00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Metadata management00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
FalconStor StorGuard (FalconStor NSS)
-
Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
Ratings
19% above category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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8.9
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Likelihood to Renew
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8.0
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User Testimonials
FalconStor StorGuard (FalconStor NSS)IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Likelihood to Recommend
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You can use infosphere: -If you have multiple targets and source systems and they are different than each other. -If your infostructure is so big and unplaned well so you can't find what you want to see. -If your databases not so strong to process your data
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Pros
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  • It is very strong to make transformations/data derivations
  • It is very easy to connect to various external data sources. It has an interface (stages) for each connection that simplifies the task
  • It is a stable platform. And that parallelism helps make it fast for loading, if the process is well designed
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Cons
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  • Lack of a strong web development environment.
  • Metadata propagation in Jobs is somewhat complex.
  • The possibility to develop jobs in Parallel and/or Server Engines is confusing.
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Likelihood to Renew
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  • Scale of implementation
  • IBM techsupport
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Alternatives Considered
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I particularly believe that Information Server, especially DataStage, is superior in many aspects to the Oracle Data Integrator tool. Several market analysts such as Gartner and / or Forrester better position DataStage on the Oracle solution.
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Return on Investment
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  • Information Server can positively impact the costs of companies by increasing the productivity of development and therefore reduce their time and costs. It is estimated that DataStage can increase a developer's productivity by 40% on average.
  • Better data governance
  • Improve data quality and reduce bad data impacts
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