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Pros
"A great product enrichment tool.""The most important features are the mastering of the data and the UI intuitiveness.""The staging and hierarchical features are the most valuable."

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"What I like about Microsoft, is that it has a huge database with many users.""The solution is easy to install.""One of the main features I have found useful is the integration with Azure active directory.""The most valuable feature is the administration console.""Technical support is very good.""The ease of use is valuable.""Enables non-technical people to directly interact with the BI system.""The backup and restore functionality are the solution's most valuable aspects."

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"The product is extremely flexible.""The data quality is very good.""The most valuable features of TIBCO EBX are that is a complete tool and everything can be done inside, including data governance. We are able to model everything according to the needs of the company. If the company needs five people to agree to a change in data, they can do it with TIBCO EBX. They can model it with any particular rules. Additionally, there is dynamic data modeling, simple workflows using the GUI that comes from the server.""The data modeling is very good.""The tool's UI is good and easy to understand.""The most valuable features of TIBCO EBX are the workflow and interface.""The initial setup is easy and straightforward.""This solution allows the user to have complete control, and is 100% customizable."

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Cons
"Database access is highly restricted particularly if you're using the cloud version.""Its look and feel needs improvement. It has a lousy look and feel. Informatica PIM is designed specifically for the retail industry. They need to make sure that it is also applicable to all the other industries and verticals.""They need more feature flexibility, as it is not fully developed."

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"In the next version, I would like to see integration with Azure.""Most of the Microsoft partners, especially digitally, are separate. Personnel are business people, and they do not have technical expertise, so you end up as a company spending a lot of money training your staff and your engineers.""The Microsoft license cost could be lower.""Stability can be fragile at times. If you are not attentive or make a mistake, it can cause problems.""It would be a better option to have an on-cloud version.""JMD repositories have records that come in thousands and millions, which takes a long time to process.""The solution could be better integrated into Microsoft's other products.""I do not like using Silverlight and Internet Explorer. The new 2019 version gets rid of that, which is one of the reasons why we are looking to switch."

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"The support isn't great and takes too long. And the pricing can be improved.""The tool has to improve mapping and workflow. It should be made more robust.""In terms of improvements that this solution needs, it should support big data.""The design should be easier and more visual.""Currently, users can't use Plain SQL queries in TIBCO EBX.""Everything is updated through forms, and working with UI web forms. It's more record-based processing. It is not mass-based processing. This is one of the things that are not good for TIBCO EBX. Another problem is we cannot join tables and prepare a view where the tables are joined. Someone can code it but it is not a feature of the solution without code. You have to take data from a table, combine it with data from another table and then present it. This could be done better.""The initial setup can be a bit complex.""We would like to see the community an documentation for this solution be developed. At present there is very little tutorial documentation available, and limited community support for issues with the product."

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  • "We switched to Informatica PIM because it was cheaper than the Oracle solution. It is cheaper initially, but they will bundle it later. This is what happens in the industry."
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  • "The pricing of this solution is good."
  • "With Microsoft, we buy everything though an agreement, so we purchase volume licensing every year."
  • "I would like to see better pricing."
  • "MDS is a part of the SQL Server enterprise license. I am not aware of any additional costs."
  • "SAP is more expensive than Microsoft."
  • "The solution does require a license and we have enterprise licenses."
  • "Microsoft MDS is an expensive solution."
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  • "I'm just involved in technical, but I understand that its pricing is similar to HP so it is quite expensive."
  • "TIBCO EBX is a very expensive solution. There is an annual fee to use the solution."
  • "This solution is costly compared to other products on the market, but this is due to the complete functionality that is provided. The pricing model is very straightforward, and is worked out on a pay-per- instance basis, and only applies to active instances."
  • "The price of TIBCO EBX is too high. The solution can only be used in a project that has good sponsorship that can afford it."
  • "TIBCO EBX is cheaper than Informatica."
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    Also Known As
    PIM, Product 360, Heiler
    Microsoft Master Data Services, Microsoft MDM, Microsoft SQL Server Master Data Services, MS MDS
    TIBCO MDM, Orchestra Networks EBX
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    Overview

    MDM – Product 360 is Informatica’s master data-fueled product information management (PIM) system. It allows business users to more effectively manage and collaborate on product content to fuel all sales channels with consistent, rich, and accurate product data for an informed and engaging customer experience. By delivering clean, consistent, and trusted product data, Product 360 empowers customer engagement and a company’s digital transformation by increasing speed, agility, and time to market.

    Microsoft Master Data Services (MDS) is an SQL server solution for master data. MDS enables users to organize and manage a business's master set of data into models while also creating rules for updating the data and control over who can edit it. In addition, the master dataset can be shared with other people in your organization through Excel.

    In Master Data Services, you create a model, which is the highest level container in the structure of your master data. This model can then be used to group similar data. Within the model, there can be one or more entities that are similar to a table. Those entities contain members that are the data records. For example, your model can include commodities such as style, color, and product if you manage online product data. The color entity may contain members for various colors. Models may also have attributes that contain values that describe entity members and can be defined within the entities.

    There are also attributes that contain values that help describe entities within entity members. There are two different types of attributes:

    • Free-form attributes - include numbers, dates, text, or files.
    • Domain-based attributes - includes values that can be used as attribute values for other entities.

    Features of Microsoft MDS

    Microsoft MDS offers a variety of features that provide a central management of master data, while accommodating access to editors and other consumers of the information. These features include:

    • Data Validation: With a proactive monitoring process in Business Rules, users can ensure data validity before the lists are used.

    • Domain Agnostic: Any data type or data schema can be supported by the MDS system.

    • Security: Without risking unauthorized changes, IT teams are empowered to control access at the attribute, entity, and record levels.

    • Web-based UI: There is no need to install software, as the web-based user interface gives access to a vast user base.

    • Versioning: Each model in MDS can be versioned, allowing for users to tab particular versions for subscribing systems.

    • Hierarchy Management: MDS offers functional and versatile management of business hierarchies with various hierarchy types and specialized controls.

    • Transaction Logging: MDS offers a transaction log to keep track of changes, as well as the ability to explain why changes were made.

    Reviews from Real Users

    For those managing large quantities of master data, Microsoft MDS is a solution of choice for a number of reasons. Two of those are its ability to empower everyone to interact with the BI system as well as its integration with Azure active directory.

    Satyam S., a senior software developer at a manufacturing company, notes, "Enables non-technical people to directly interact with the BI system."

    An individual contributor at a pharma/biotech company writes, "One of the main features I have found useful is the integration with Azure active directory."

    TIBCO EBX™ software helps organizations avoid silos with an all-in-one approach to managing data assets across the enterprise.

    When you can manage and share all your data assets, you thrive. Data fuels mission-critical operations, analytical processes, and customer experience. With constantly evolving data from diverse channels and sources, business teams can no longer rely on simple office automation or outdated data management tools. EBX™ software, a recognized leader in Master Data Management (MDM) and a pioneer in data asset management, is an innovative, single solution for managing, governing, and consuming all shared data assets, including:

    • Master data
    • Reference data
    • Hierarchies
    • Business glossaries
    • Metadata

    It provides risk mitigation and an accurate, trusted view of business functions, insights, and decisions. When used for integration and analytics initiatives, it empowers better decisions and faster, smarter actions. And unlike other solutions that require integration of multiple standalone applications, EBX software is a single software solution.

    Sample Customers
    Puma, Saint Gobain, Unilever
    ETA a.s., Apeejay Surrendra Group, Blue Star Infotech, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, New Belgium Brewing
    BNL, SunGard, TUI Group, Uti Worldwide, Yellow Pages Group
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Retailer11%
    Financial Services Firm6%
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    Manufacturing Company17%
    Retailer8%
    Government8%
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm10%
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    Healthcare Company7%
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    Computer Software Company38%
    Insurance Company13%
    Financial Services Firm13%
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    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Insurance Company8%
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    Large Enterprise71%
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    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Small Business13%
    Large Enterprise87%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise75%