Item: IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Rating: 9
Author: Karina Gonzalez

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

InfoSphere Information Server is used primarily as a corporate data integration platform. It allows to integrate data from several different commercial and industrial systems. It is a cross-departamental integration platform for extracting, transforming and loading data.

Pros and Cons

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.

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.

Return on Investment

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

Alternatives Considered

Oracle Data Integrator

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.

Other Software Used

SQL Server Integration Services

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Excellent ETL Option for Corporate Data Integration

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with IBM InfoSphere Information Server