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IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs Precisely Optimize IMS comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM InfoSphere Information ...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (33rd), Metadata Management (6th)
Precisely Optimize IMS
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Migration Tools (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Precisely Optimize IMS aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 0.9%, up 0.9% compared to last year.
Precisely Optimize IMS, on the other hand, focuses on Migration Tools, holds 1.5% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.
Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM InfoSphere Information Server0.9%
SSIS3.6%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)3.6%
Other91.9%
Data Integration
Migration Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Precisely Optimize IMS1.5%
On Demand Migration18.1%
BitTitan MigrationWiz16.7%
Other63.7%
Migration Tools
 

Featured Reviews

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Senior Data Engineer at Mohammed Mansour Alrumiah
Faced challenges with customer support and documentation but have benefited from reliable data integration over the years
As for utilizing the platform's metadata management feature, I have not worked on that feature yet, but personally, I have done that. To evaluate the effectiveness of IBM InfoSphere Information Server's data integration capabilities, if IBM is providing all the solutions we are using, then it is definitely a helpful thing. Mostly, the other thing is that it is a big area including data governance, data lineage, data management, and metadata, but every customer is not putting that much effort and money on that. They mostly migrate the data, use it, and forget it, but slowly things are changing. I am working in Saudi Arabia, so here also data governance, data management, and those kinds of things are getting attention. Regarding how scalable IBM InfoSphere Information Server is, I need to learn how to tune performance and scalability on the cloud. I am familiar with localized hardware, but on the cloud, I still have to do the work around it. In the beginning, we estimate the load and based on that, we put the hardware, but if there is continuous increase, I believe IBM also faces problems. Scalability needs to be improved because once the demand comes, you should be able to improve it, but for that, documentation on how to add hardware or resources to the software needs to be proper. I do not have much hands-on experience with that.
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
12%
Construction Company
9%
Retailer
6%
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Company Size

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Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with IBM InfoSphere Information Server?
We are using the on-premises version of IBM InfoSphere Information Server, but we feel that all new development is mainly for the cloud. We receive corrections of errors, but we do not see new func...
What is your primary use case for IBM InfoSphere Information Server?
My usual use case for IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ETL, where we take data from one source to another data warehouse solution.
What advice do you have for others considering IBM InfoSphere Information Server?
We are about to change our platform from IBM AIX to SUSE Linux, as our whole platform is changing, so everyone should change from IBM to SUSE Linux. It would be very difficult for us to have a diff...
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Also Known As

InfoSphere Information Server, IBM Information Server
Syncsort Elevate IMS, Precisely Syncsort Optimize IMS
 

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Sample Customers

Canadian National Railway Company, Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce, Swedish Armed Forces, BG RCI, Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd., University of Arizona, Biogrid Australia
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