IBM InfoSphere Optim Reviews

My current use case for IBM InfoSphere Optim is just for doing backups.

We are using IBM InfoSphere Optim specifically for backup purposes.

The compression feature is valuable because it achieves around 80% compression.

We use the solution for refreshing the data, one of the two types being a bulk refresh, which is an exact replica of what there is in production. We subset the data based on business needs, not on theta production volume. We also use the solution to mask specific PA data, such as the SSN's address, data work and phone number. We also deal with master data. 

I feel the solution to be a bit faster than the traditional methods, which makes it easy to customize. This is because it is very easy to tailor to one's requirements,  instead of needing to write the sequels. Even when it comes to the process, we find the solution to be faster than those involving traditional methods. 

We use it for archiving Db2 and Oracle databases.

We like that we can easily restore the database with just a few clicks. The database is linked as well.

The most valuable feature of this product is the in-line masking feature for Oracle & Teradata, which works just like normal DB functions, thus giving us a lot of flexibility to mask the data & designing the overall masking process & routines.

The biggest improvement we achieved via the Optim in-line masking process is to enable an automated data masking process, by which we have minimized the manual intervention to mask PII information after every data refresh in lower environments. In addition, using the in-line masking process helped to reduce the time required for masking a huge amount of PII information & ensured similar masked data all over the organization.