IBM InfoSphere Information Server

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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.2 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
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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It's fabulous with data transformation. Excellent with data warehousing. Terrific with data recovery. Intuitive user interface
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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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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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Denodo not an ETL tool but you can manage your data with it as well as Infosphere
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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 …
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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 …
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Features
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Data Source Connection
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
10.0
5 Ratings
19% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources10.05 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.05 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
10.0
5 Ratings
17% above category average
Simple transformations10.05 Ratings
Complex transformations10.05 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
5 Ratings
17% above category average
Data model creation10.03 Ratings
Metadata management10.05 Ratings
Business rules and workflow10.05 Ratings
Collaboration10.05 Ratings
Testing and debugging9.05 Ratings
Data Governance
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.5
5 Ratings
15% above category average
Integration with data quality tools10.05 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.04 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
It's super terrific with workflow automation. Terrific with data backup and convenient with encryption of data. Reliable with asset management Great to discover virtual servers
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Pros
IBM
  • Any source to any target support.
  • ETL flexibility without coding.
  • Extreme data volume processing.
  • Native integration with other Data integration functionalities such as data profiling, data cleansing, metadata management.
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Cons
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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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
  • Scale of implementation
  • IBM techsupport
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Alternatives Considered
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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Return on Investment
IBM
  • If you don't use all of the product family, it will be expensive. But if you want to plan use all the products and you will position it in the center of your infrastructure ROI will be effective.
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