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Leonardo Salvino
We are now able to analyze products, stores, suppliers and sales as quickly as we need.
In that occasion, the customer was one of the biggest retail companies of Brazil. The company uses SAP and other technologies to manage their... Read more →
Alexis Bustamante
Smoothly integrates data from diverse sources, but can be prone to bugs
Azure Synapse Analytics helps us move quickly when it comes to finding data warehousing and analytics solutions for our customers.
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Pros
"The most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance."

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"The initial setup is very simple.""The pricing seems to be quite fair.""We've had a good experience with technical support in general.""I like its performance. It is well-structured and offers a lot of practical options. Because of the visual design of the product, it is very easy to find icons and other visual elements. It took me more than two weeks to understand how it works. I had an intensive training session to understand it, which was enough. It was not hard to understand how it works.""The features most valuable are the simplicity, how easy it is to create a dashboard from different information systems.""The most important feature for me is the integration with PolyBase.""The architecture, including compute and storage, is good.""Can capture all the transactional data throughout a company."

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Cons
"IBM Netezza Performance Server could improve its interface, support for big data, and APA-based connectivity should be available."

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"I am pretty sure that there are areas that need improvement but I just can think of them off the top of my head.""The initial setup has a bit of a learning curve.""It would be ideal if the solution could be better used intuitively by the staff without having a great deal of training.""More integration is needed to improve the product for the future.""They should provide a less expensive version with a smaller setup for small businesses. Currently, its price is quite high for entry-level or small businesses. In terms of integration, new connectors are always welcomed.""Documentation could be improved.""Right now, we are really struggling with the performance. it's not as good as we had hoped.""I would like to see more ready-to-use products from Synapse. Right now, everything seems a bit futuristic without much modern use."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
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  • "Our license is very expensive"
  • "They are cost aggressive, and it integrates well with other Microsoft tools."
  • "There is a cost calculator available online that allows you to input your entire scenario, and it will get back to you with information on what the costs are going to be."
  • "Its price could be better. It was a school project, and I got it for free. If I try to pay through my company, it is a little bit more expensive as compared to Oracle."
  • "The price of the package not expensive and depends on how much it is used."
  • "The cost of the licensing depends on the size of the warehouse, where the cost of storage is approximately $130 USD per terabyte."
  • "This is a cost-effective product."
  • "Because it's cloud the cost is a different convention and the licensing costs are not the same."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about IBM Netezza Performance Server?
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance.
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    What needs improvement with IBM Netezza Performance Server?
    Top Answer:IBM Netezza Performance Server could improve its interface, support for big data, and APA-based connectivity should be available.
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    What is your primary use case for IBM Netezza Performance Server?
    Top Answer:I am using IBM Netezza Performance Server for enterprise data.
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    Top Answer:Amazon Redshift is very fast, has a very good response time, and is very user-friendly. The initial setup is very straightforward. This solution can merge and integrate well with many different… more »
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    What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?
    Top Answer:The solution can scale.
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    Ranking
    8th
    out of 30 in Data Warehouse
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    5,626
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    Reviews
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    Average Words per Review
    505
    Rating
    8.5
    2nd
    out of 15 in Cloud Data Warehouse
    Views
    33,074
    Comparisons
    22,599
    Reviews
    44
    Average Words per Review
    491
    Rating
    7.9
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    Also Known As
    Netezza Performance Server, Netezza
    Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft Azure SQL DW, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, MS Azure Synapse Analytics
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    IBM
    Microsoft
    Overview
    IBM Netezza appliances are now part of IBM PureSystems - expert integrated systems with built in expertise, integration by design and a simplified user experience. Part of the PureData family, the Netezza appliance is now known as the PureData System for Analytics. It has the same key design tenets of simplicity, speed, scalability and analytics power that was fundamental to Netezza appliances.

    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is an end-to-end analytics solution that successfully combines analytical services to merge big data analytics and enterprise data warehouses into a single unified platform. The solution can run intelligent distributed queries among nodes, and provides the ability to query both relational and non-relational data.

    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is built with these 4 components:

    1. Synapse SQL
    2. Spark
    3. Synapse Pipeline
    4. Studio

    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics Features

    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics has many valuable key features, including:

    • Cloud Data Service: WIth Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics you can operate services (data analytics, machine learning, data warehousing, dashboarding, etc.) in a single workspace via the cloud.

    • Structured and unstructured data: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics supports both structured and unstructured data and allows you to manage relational and non-relational data - unlike data warehouses and lakes that tend to store them respectively.

    • Effective data storage: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics offers next-level data storage with high availability and different tiers.

    • Responsive data engine: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics uses Massive Parallel Processing (MPP) and is designed to handle large volumes of data and analytical workloads efficiently without any problems.

    • Several scripting languages: The solution provides language compatibility and supports different programming languages, such as Python, Java, Spark SQL, and Scala.

    • Query optimization: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics works well to facilitate limitless concurrency and performance optimization. It also simplifies workload management.

    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics Benefits

    Some of the benefits of using Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics include:

    • Database templates: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics offers industry-specific database templates that make it easy to combine and shape data.

    • Better business insights: With Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics you can expand discovery of insights from all your data and apply machine learning models to all your intelligent apps.

    • Reduce project development time: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics makes it possible to have a unified experience for developing end-to-end analytics, which reduces project development time significantly.

    • Eliminate data barriers: By using Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, you can perform analytics on operational and business apps data without data movement.

    • Advanced security: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics provides both advanced security and privacy features to ensure data protection.

    • Machine Learning: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics integrates Azure Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, and Power BI.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics users who are currently using the solution.

    PeerSpot user Jael S., who is an Information Architect at Systems Analysis & Design Engineering, comments on her experience using the product, saying that it is “Scalable, intuitive, facilitates compliance and keeps your data secure”. She also says "We also like governance. It looks at what the requirements are for the company to identify the best way to ensure compliance is met when you move to the cloud."

    Michel T., CHTO at Timp-iT, mentions that "the features most valuable are the simplicity, how easy it is to create a dashboard from different information systems."

    A Senior Teradata Consultant at a tech services company says, "Microsoft provides both the platform and the data center, so you don't have to look for a cloud vendor. It saves you from having to deal with two vendors for the same task."


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    Sample Customers
    Seattle Childrens Hospital, Carphone Warehouse, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Battelle, Start Today Co. Ltd., Kelley Blue Book, Trident Marketing, Elisa Corporation, Catalina Marketing, iBasis, Barnes & Noble, Qualcomm, MediaMath, Acxiom, iBasis, Foxwoods
    Toshiba, Carnival, LG Electronics, Jet.com, Adobe, 
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm35%
    Retailer18%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Insurance Company12%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Insurance Company10%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Healthcare Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Comms Service Provider16%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Energy/Utilities Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise76%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise77%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    IBM Netezza Performance Server is ranked 8th in Data Warehouse with 2 reviews while Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Warehouse with 44 reviews. IBM Netezza Performance Server is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM Netezza Performance Server writes "We are now able to analyze products, stores, suppliers and sales as quickly as we need". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics writes "Scalable, intuitive, facilitates compliance and keeping your data secure". IBM Netezza Performance Server is most compared with Oracle Exadata, Snowflake, SQL Server, IBM Db2 Database and Teradata, whereas Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is most compared with Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Azure Data Factory, Apache Hadoop and Vertica.

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