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We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere MDM and Reltio Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Question: Reltio: Question about Master Data Management Capabilities
Answer: Riversand technology is leader in the MDM space and makes a product called MDMcenter. Gartner and Forrester put these guys in a leader and visionary quadrant topping Informatica, oracle, and sap. They have a product used by many fortune 1000s and multinational companies. I have rolled out MDM solutions for a bunch of customers using different platforms and Riversand's is the best. They have cloud based and on premise solutions. It can scale from small projects to biggest implementations of the planet, different geographies/locations, langauges and near infinite entities. Their licensing can vary based on required modules; but they offer Matching, Deduplication, Searching, Workflow, Modeling, Analytics, Integration, Domain / cross-domain, Governance tools to change / commit / rollback. The applications modeling and framework is flexible so it can handle any domain, product, retail, manufacturing, customer, vendor, finance, investment vehicles, jewelry, oil and gas, person, auto, high tech, oil gas, fast food, grocery, etc. Hands down this is best product in its class. It's top shelf. Given the choice and having used other products, I'd choice Riversand over the other competing products. If you didn't check them out yet, you definitely should.
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"The features that are most valuable are the governance, the end-profiling and the ETL which allows you to see the metadata repositories.""When users update their information on one product, the data is sent to a database. My approach was to maintain a master data record, ensuring that each platform loads the latest updated record. Instead of having three separate records, the system keeps one master data record, storing the historical records for reference.""There are not really many areas of the product that need improvement because the product stays up-to-date with data management needs.""The advantage is that the matching engine is very good, so that's why customers generally prefer it. From the inbuilt data model perspective, IBM MDM is good."

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"The survivorship feature is great because we can define it, prioritize the sources, and only allow those sources to survive when making the golden record.""The most valuable feature is real-time synchronization. You can see the events as soon as they are posted within a couple of fraction seconds."

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Cons
"The product is really only created for large organizations.""IBM InfoSphere MDM's UI is complicated. It also needs to improve its on-prem configuration.""We also want better cloud integration, so we could do things in the cloud if we needed to. This would be a good feature to add in a future release.""The tool is difficult to understand from a customer perspective and for developers."

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"Reltio Cloud could be improved in two specific areas. Firstly, the API capability needs to be enhanced, as when utilizing the REST API and posting a significant amount of data, there are multiple rejections from the MDM side. This can be due to the MDM server not responding or being unable to process the request. Therefore, I suggest that the API capacity should be increased to handle larger amounts of data. Additionally, I have noticed that the response time from the servers can take up to a minute or a few seconds, which can be improved for a faster response time.""Sometimes, the service goes down for maintenance or when we run a lot of jobs so things get pushed to the queue and results don't get delivered on time."

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  • "It may be costly for small organizations but adds value for large organizations with demanding workflows."
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    it_user529854 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user529854 (CEO at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees)
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    I cannot offer insight into the licensing policy of each vendor as they are very varied and indeed can change deal to deal. Oracle for instance might give you limited database license if you use it specifically for MDM - but will audit you and bill you for full use even if you add one custom table! What it also means is that if are going with the big ones - you can negotiate!!

    I can, however, help you with key MDM requirements as defined by Gartner.

    -Workflow/BPM,
    -Loading/synchronization/business services/integration (which is basically ETL) - but it gives you the ability to implement in different styles - centralized, registry, co-existence, consolidation
    -Information quality, semantic consistency : this is for DQ capability and survivorship
    -data modeling - strength based on metadata management, policy enforcement, dating and versioning
    -Stewardship support (such as 360 degree view, where used, decay analysis, ownership)
    -Governance (a combination of a lot of the above really)
    -multiple use cases (Operational and analytical) - here you can use ERP/PLM/CRM as operational examples and APS and DWH as analytical use cases.
    - multi domain (product, customer, supplier, account, HR, location, person) - Tricky, as many vendors including Oracle claim to be multi domain - but they do not use a single framework to manage multiple domains - that is really not multi domain because the CDO's office still needs to manage multiple frameworks and the cost of ownership is very high.
    - data quality dashboards
    - Task management (Advanced)
    - multi device support

    If you are interested, you can also check us out at :
    http://www.triniti.com/oracle-master-data-management-software for cheaper alternatives if you are an Oracle eBusiness Suite user. You can also peruse our following whitepapaers:
    http://www.triniti.com/lean-mdm (gives you an insight on why we have eliminated ETL and modeling from MDM)
    http://www.triniti.com/content/mdmadmalanguage (Talks about an emerging part of MDM called ADM - application data management. We argue why MDM is worthless, if it is not built to make applications that consume master data such as ERP, CRM etc cannot use it instantaneously)

    it_user348246 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user348246 (Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees)
    Consultant

    If you buy InfoSphere MDM Domain Hub Standard Edition you can use following products:
    IBM Process Server Standard v8.5.6
    IBM Process Server Standard for Non-production Environment v8.5.6
    IBM Process Center Standard v8.5.6
    IBM Process Designer v8.5.6
    IBM Content Integrator v8.6
    IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition v10.5
    IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.2.2.0
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server Enterprise v11.5
    IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack v3.0.0.0
    IBM Integration Bus Express Edition v9.0.0.3
    IBM Watson Explorer v10.0
    IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v9.5
    IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v8.5.5
    IBM WebSphere Application Server Base v8.5.5
    IBM WebSphere MQ v8.0
    IBM WebSphere Portal Server v8.5
    IBM Installation Manager & IBM Packaging Utility for Rational Software Development Platform v1.8
    IBM Security Directory Server v6.4.0.0

    For IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Enterprise Edition you can use also:
    IBM InfoSphere Big Match for Hadoop v11.5

    InfoSphere Information Server contains both DataStage (ETL engine) and QualityStage (DQ components which are fully integrated with ETL).

    You could always check which products are provided in license on Software License Portal (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf/search)

    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:When users update their information on one product, the data is sent to a database. My approach was to maintain a master data record, ensuring that each platform loads the latest updated record… more »
    Top Answer:IBM InfoSphere MDM's UI is complicated. It also needs to improve its on-prem configuration.
    Top Answer:When users update their information on one product, the data is sent to a database. My approach was to maintain a master data record, ensuring that each platform loads the latest updated record… more »
    Top Answer:Here is a comparison of the main differences between Reltio Cloud and Talend MDM Platform Reltio Cloud Cloud-native SaaS platform Pre-built data models and integrations AI-powered Data… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is real-time synchronization. You can see the events as soon as they are posted within a couple of fraction seconds.
    Top Answer:Reltio Cloud could be improved in two specific areas. Firstly, the API capability needs to be enhanced, as when utilizing the REST API and posting a significant amount of data, there are multiple… more »
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    Also Known As
    InfoSphere MDM, InfoSphere Master Data Management
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    Overview

    InfoSphere Master Data Management (MDM) is the most complete, proven and powerful MDM solution with collaborative and operational capabilities. InfoSphere MDM manages master data for single or multiple domains - customers, patients, citizens, suppliers, locations, products, services offerings, accounts and more - for improving application & business process effectiveness

    Reltio Cloud goes beyond MDM by providing a transformational modern data management Platform as a Service (PaaS) that:

    • Supports both structured and unstructured data at any volume and scale.
    • Blends and relates multi-domain master data, reference data, transaction, interaction and social data into a single unified view .
    • Provides Data as a Service (DaaS) so you can access third party provider data sets through a single click.
    • Has granular data change tracking history down to attribute point-in-time level comparison for audit and compliance.
    • Handles complex connections, hierarchies and relationships between multiple domains using graph technology.
    • Forms a foundation to instantly deploy easy-to-use enterprise data-driven applications to front line business users.
    Sample Customers
    L'Oreal S.A., Kingland Systems, Oncor, Farmaceuticos Maypo, Volkswagen Financial Services
    iMiDiA, Slalom, MeritDirect, Cognizant
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Insurance Company8%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Company Size
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    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise73%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise71%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise77%
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    IBM InfoSphere MDM is ranked 4th in Master Data Management (MDM) Software with 9 reviews while Reltio Cloud is ranked 4th in Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions with 2 reviews. IBM InfoSphere MDM is rated 7.4, while Reltio Cloud is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere MDM writes "Provides inbuilt data model and good matching engine". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Reltio Cloud writes "Deduplication, enrichment, and survivorship features are great for making golden records". IBM InfoSphere MDM is most compared with Informatica MDM, IBM Master Data Management on Cloud, SAP Master Data Governance, TIBCO EBX and Stibo STEP MDM, whereas Reltio Cloud is most compared with Informatica MDM, SAP Master Data Governance, TIBCO EBX, Profisee and Boomi AtomSphere Master Data Hub.

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