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IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) pros and cons

Vendor: IBM
4.0 out of 5
 

IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) Pros review quotes

it_user599013 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Test Analyst at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 31, 2017
Makes it really easy to obfuscate big tables involving lots of columns and to manage 100’s of tables without putting in much effort.
Technoloa76a - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 5, 2017
Optim is a great tool for enterprise data movement, data masking, data sub-setting, data comparison, and data aging.
it_user642165 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Leader in Global Technology, Corporate Systems at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 6, 2017
Reduces the need to keep expanding data storage Faster query performance with shorter batch execution times Consistent data masking and data integrity in non-production environments Efficient test data management
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it_user651513 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director-Projects at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 23, 2017
The product has helped to streamline the Test Data Management (TDM) process.
it_user653673 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 26, 2017
Customer service is good.
it_user628044 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager /Senior Solution Architect at Cognizant
May 5, 2017
The Data Archive or Data Growth feature is one of the very useful solutions that help organizations to manage and support their database archiving strategies.
it_user660612 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
May 8, 2017
Data masking with consistency across databases and applications is the most valuable feature.
reviewer827295 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Security Consultant at a tech services company
Feb 27, 2018
Data masking features are the most valuable, as non-production environments are used by diverse parties and data privacy has to be guaranteed.
OM
Data Modeler Manager / Application Development Manager at CIGNA Corporation
Mar 4, 2019
IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management can be found in the following platforms: Windows, Linux, *nix and z/OS; this presents a great opportunity to scale code and develop multiplatform libraries, updating the code once and deploying to all platforms.
SK
Technical Lead at Wipro Technologies
Mar 5, 2019
Data archiving reduces application performance issues and storage.
 

IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) Cons review quotes

it_user599013 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Test Analyst at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 31, 2017
Data masking with InfoSphere Optim products creates intermediary extract files and writing the data to persistent storage, which means that extraction, masking, and insertion happen being separate processes, taking more for the process to run.
Technoloa76a - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 5, 2017
The tool needs to have more test data management features like synthetic data generation and data reservation.
it_user642165 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Leader in Global Technology, Corporate Systems at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 6, 2017
In the past, we have waited months for IBM to resolve the problem.
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it_user651513 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director-Projects at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 23, 2017
Pricing and licensing is higher compared to other products.
it_user653673 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 26, 2017
The tool does not support new test data generation.
it_user628044 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager /Senior Solution Architect at Cognizant
May 5, 2017
In the IBM Optim tool, the Synthetic Test Data Generation feature is lagging behind.
it_user660612 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
May 8, 2017
Licensing could be improved. The PVU licensing mechanism is a limiting factor to expanding the use of the tool.
reviewer827295 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Security Consultant at a tech services company
Feb 27, 2018
I would like to be able to combine different masking functions on the same column map, making more complex masking without the need of writing an Lua procedure.
OM
Data Modeler Manager / Application Development Manager at CIGNA Corporation
Mar 4, 2019
Installation is too cumbersome.
SK
Technical Lead at Wipro Technologies
Mar 5, 2019
Improvisation in the area of the self-service user interface for test data management is required to cater to test data needs.