IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. OvalEdge

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.

Since we hired OvalEdge, we feel very accompanied throughout the process.

• 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

Incentivized

• Features to control performance based on specific needs
• 24x7 support to get issues resolved
• API support

Incentivized

• 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

• OvalEdge cannot find PII in unstructured data

Incentivized

• Scale of implementation
• IBM techsupport

Incentivized

DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS

We looked at many other data catalogs, but none of the others fit all our use cases.

• Productivity of the development of integration processes.
• Better documentation and governance.
• Reduce training costs of various technologies.

• Data Lineage and Impact Analysis