Item: InterSystems IRIS
Rating: 9
Author: Guilherme Augusto da Silva

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We [have worked] with InterSystems [IRIS], since IRIS [was] released. We [have] done tests with our internal applications and started to implement upgrades to clients in Brazil. We like a lot of this tool because we have a great usage of Iris with new technologies, like SAAS on AWS, docker,etc.

Pros and Cons

Multidimensional database
Work with new technologies
Work as integration tool with Ensemble

Improvement of globals
Improvement with SQL

Return on Investment

Easy to work with
A lot of expertise on InterSystems structure

Alternatives Considered

InterSystems Caché and InterSystems Ensemble

InterSystems IRIS is the union of the best parts of Caché and Ensemble, with a lot of new implementations and some enhancements. IRIS have the same multidimensional database estruture as like Caché and works as an Integration tool like Ensemble.

Key Insights

Do you think InterSystems IRIS delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with InterSystems IRIS's feature set?

Yes

Did InterSystems IRIS live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of InterSystems IRIS go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy InterSystems IRIS again?

Yes

Other Software Used

InterSystems Caché, InterSystems Ensemble

Likelihood to Recommend

In Healthshare, it is the best implement as possible, but [InterSystems IRIS] works will all type of applications, even as [an] integration tool. We have clients with all types of implementations, like commercial applications, sales systems, even an inventory control. For [InterSystems] IRIS, there is no specific scenarios to work with, they work fine in all.

IRIS, a union of two good tools in just the best one

Overall Satisfaction with InterSystems IRIS