Information governance is a next-gen comprehensive process of administering, enhancing, and collating information to strengthen an organization’s trust and belief that its decision and business processes are the best for the organization’s overall health and continued progress. IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is an intuitive, progressive web-based tool that empowers users to discover, comprehend, and dissect information. Users are able to design, administer, and collaborate to track data pipelines, execute protocols and procedures, and share common business languages.
Integrate the solution with IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog to increase on-premises Information Governance Catalog efficiency in the cloud and improve the benefit of current gathered data sets. This value-added governance catalog enables users to place gathered metadata where experienced users, analytics, and data communities have seamless protected access to the appropriate resources, based on need, while still maintaining the organization's governance standards.
IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog delivers a secure starting point for organizations to better comprehend and govern their information across the entire network, and continually delivers secure, well-defined, and governed data.
| Type | Title | Date | |
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| Category | Metadata Management | Jun 2, 2025 | Download |
| Product | Reviews, tips, and advice from real users | Jun 2, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) | Jun 2, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog vs Alation Data Catalog | Jun 2, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog vs Collibra Catalog | Jun 2, 2025 | Download |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
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| Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) | 4.0 | 24.3% | 93% | 185 interviewsAdd to research |
| Alation Data Catalog | 3.8 | 15.6% | 71% | 12 interviewsAdd to research |
IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog Benefits
IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog was previously known as IBM Information Governance Catalog.
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Our company uses the solution to build a business glossary that includes categories based on lines of businesses, business terms, and maintenance of stewardship management in the Information Governance Catalog.
We also integrate the solution with an external BPM tool where we propose new terms or other activities and show end-to-end data lineage to leverage it in the IGC.
We currently have 30-50 members who use the solution.
The solution allows us to leverage a concept called Open IGC to create custom assets and data lineages that are not technologies typically supported by IBM via connectors. This feature is a standout but is complex to derive.
The solution has performance issues when scaling up small sets of information such as assets and data lineage to the ITC. It is an Open IGC issue and does not allow a large volume of records to upload in one pass. We have experienced this issue with multiple versions of the solution including 11.3, 11.5 and 11.7 and have escalated the concern to IBM who is trying to resolve it.
It would be a benefit to allow more customizations on the UI. Internally, we have identified a number of solutions to the look and feel of the product that we would like to be able to customize.
I have been using the solution for more than three years.
Two years ago I would have ranked the solution as very stable but there are now a number of competitors offering better solutions. There is room for improvement with IGC so that IBM again becomes a leader in the data space.
The solution's scalability is good with no issues. It takes three easy steps to add users and bring the new set to the IGC.
I have reached out to support for challenges with use cases and rate the experiences a six out of ten.
Neutral
The initial setup was not very difficult and went smoothly. We experienced a challenge when we canceled the first attempt to push a second attempt because the initial insertion files remained and we had to manually insert replacement files.
Our setup was small and took four to five hours.
We completed the implementation using our in-house team.
One of our customers feels that the user interface and customization options in the IGC are not very good. For example, it is not very easy to move a technical asset into the glossary when creating a hierarchy structure.
I have compared the solution to the Azure tool Collibra which offers many customizable features that are lacking in IGC.
Our company is part of the IBM stack and uses multiple products. When we started our data governance program, IBM offered platinum support because of our relationship with them. Since we already had the stack and the UTL tool running there, it made sense to keep everything under one umbrella.
I recommend in-house training for the solution before onboarding new users to the IGC. It is important to first understand the organization's glossary structure, assets, data lineage, and terms for proposing a new rule. Explore what is already contained in IGC to determine structure and starting points.
A few years ago, I would have rated the solution an eight or nine. With competition in the market and other products available, IBM needs to focus on fixing existing issues and adding more customizable features that provide the end user with a better product.
