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InterSystems Ensemble (legacy product) vs. TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    InterSystems Ensemble (legacy product)

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AEnsemble from global company InterSystems was a middleware and application infrastructure offering. It is a legacy product, now replaced by InterSystems IRIS.N/A

    TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AActiveMatrix Service Grid is an SOA governance and application server, from TIBCO.N/A
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    InterSystems Ensemble (legacy product)TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
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    InterSystems Ensemble (legacy product)TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    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
    InterSystems Ensemble (legacy product)TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    SOA Governance
    Comparison of SOA Governance features of InterSystems Ensemble (legacy product) and TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
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    InterSystems Ensemble (legacy product)
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    Ratings
    TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    5.8
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Service registry00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Service management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Service discovery00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Dependency management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Policy management00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    InterSystems Ensemble (legacy product)TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
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    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    InterSystems Ensemble (legacy product)TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    • Best suited for fast development with a fundamental emphasis on object orientation
    • Prohibitive costs for very small integration projects
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    It fits perfectly for SOA and EAI architecture with large numbers of services that required to be wired to each other, the binding virtualization is quite good to simply this part. For the simple scenario of orchestration and /or ESB architecture could be a better use traditional stack.
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    Pros
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    • Easy to use: The simplicity of its programming language allows fast learning. Visual environment to generate complex code.
    • Robust: A fall of the system will not be a problem. Never again will information of the transactions in progress be lost. Never more messages lost.
    • Connect to the world: The most popular connection is possible to implement quickly. FTP, File folder, TCP, SMPT, REST.... all method are ready to use. Only define "where" and "how"
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    Cloud Software Group
    • reduce the number of http port required by services
    • simplified the binding connection amongst services
    • high scalability and fast deployment of applications
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    Cons
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    • Given that Ensemble and Cache are one of if not the only true fully object orientated database/development technologies for massive transactional data systems its customizability is extensive and it just comes down to the creativity of the developer to get the products to pretty much do whatever they want to do with it. However, this is not necessarily obvious to newcomers to the technology.
    • The developer community could do with greater participation from the software developers/application specialists and engineers within InterSystems.
    • More extensive documentation and greater access to proven working solutions particularly in the realm of some of the lesser known or new and upcoming technologies.
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    Cloud Software Group
    • health check of services and application features has been released with a lot of bugs that have never been fixed
    • it is not so simple to apply the security policy to service/reference binding
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    I have yet to raise an issue with InterSystems WRC that they have been unable to resolve to my satisfaction in the 20+ years that I have worked with their products.
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    Cloud Software Group
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Mirth is another integration platform that we have used but its development, in Java, made us always create new methods every time a new product was integrated. Every connection process had to be developed from the beginning and it was not easy to reuse code. Nor did it allow us to have an extensive catalog of HL7 messaging, having to perform the validation of each and every one of its fields manually.
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    Cloud Software Group
    TIBCO service grid has been chosen as a natural selection of the TIBCO product evolution. The high flexibility and the binding virtualization fits very well with client needs for its EAI applications due to the huge number of services and applications, the management of application dependencies during deployment, the advantage of perfect integration with EMS for logging
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    Return on Investment
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    • We have integrated 5 laboratories in a treatment monitoring system in less than a month of development. Being able to integrate the following in a period no longer than a week.
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    Cloud Software Group
    • The integration of old BW with BWSE and its interface quite similar to design time has reduced the cost of training for developers
    • The TIBCO support for this product is no the best and clients complains too much about this. This required to find a workaround or force the client to move to new/or different product. Huge impact on ROI
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