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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    IBM Rational System Architect Designer

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AIBM Rational System Architect is an enterprise architecture management platform, that enables the use of abstraction to preserve design intents and tribal memory, and to provide auditable evidence of conformance to policies.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM Rational System Architect Designer
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM Rational System Architect Designer
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM Rational System Architect Designer
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM Rational System Architect Designer
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    IBM Rational System Architect Designer
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM Rational System Architect Designer
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    IBM Rational System Architect Designer
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM Rational System Architect Designer
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    IBM Rational System Architect Designer
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM Rational System Architect Designer
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    IBM Rational System Architect Designer
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Score5.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Score5.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM Rational System Architect Designer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM Rational System Architect Designer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    IBM
    If you need a whole infrastructure and architect view, IBM Rational System Architect is the way to go. If you need a single diagram or your business process is young enough to support hard documenting, you are fine with an open source tool.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    IBM
    • MS Office exporting
    • UML modeling
    • Transformation to code
    • A reverse transformation from code
    • Integrates with other IBM products
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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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    IBM
    • Always has a price. And IBM is not cheap
    • Sequence diagrams can get messy (still has a good UI)
    • Only support few databases as backend repositories like SQL Server and Oracle
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
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    IBM
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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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    IBM
    If you have a budget or the need for a complex modeler or need diagram transformation to code or vice-versa, IBM Rational System Architect is the way to go. If you need few diagrams or don't need the complexity or don't have a budget, Bizagi or Star UML get the things done.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
    • Better documentation and governance.
    • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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    IBM
    • Clients like good modeling. A good diagram reduce costs in incidents and doubts of bad interpretations
    • Reduce costs of recognition of old software.
    Incentivized
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