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Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability
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    What do you like most about IBM InfoSphere Information Server?
    Top Answer:Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
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    What needs improvement with IBM InfoSphere Information Server?
    Top Answer:There are certain shortcomings in the cloud side of the solution, where improvements are required. In our company, we are presently in the process of doing a PoC phase since we have the solution… more »
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    Top Answer:I use IBM InfoSphere Information Server in retail banking for transformation purposes.
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    36th
    out of 100 in Data Integration
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    Average Words per Review
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    Rating
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    Also Known As
    InfoSphere Information Server, IBM Information Server
    BusinessObjects Data Federator
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    Overview
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server is a market-leading data integration platform which includes a family of products that enable you to understand, cleanse, monitor, transform, and deliver data, as well as to collaborate to bridge the gap between business and IT. InfoSphere Information Server provides massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities to deliver a highly scalable and flexible integration platform that handles a variety of data volumes (big, small, and everything in between).

    SAP Data Federator interface uses the Data Mart interface and is fully compatible with the SAP HANA database and SAP HANA and supports all InfoProviders in the BW system. Data Federator interface can be used from the SAP NetWeaver BW system to connect SAP BusinessObjects tools (Web Intelligence, Explorer, Xcelsius) to the SAP NetWeaver NetWeaver BW system. The Data Federator interface uses the Data Mart interface (see Data Mart Interface). This makes it possible to read all data and metadata for an InfoProvider (characteristics, key figures, navigation attributes).

    Sample Customers
    Canadian National Railway Company, Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce, Swedish Armed Forces, BG RCI, Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd., University of Arizona, Biogrid Australia
    Sailing Team Germany, ASR Group, Citrix, State of Indiana, PocketCard Co. Ltd.
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Government11%
    Insurance Company9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise75%
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    IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 36th in Data Integration with 7 reviews while SAP BusinessObjects Data Federator [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Data Integration. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4, while SAP BusinessObjects Data Federator [EOL] is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". On the other hand, IBM InfoSphere Information Server is most compared with IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Qlik Replicate, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog, IBM Cloud Pak for Data and Oracle GoldenGate, whereas SAP BusinessObjects Data Federator [EOL] is most compared with Tamr.

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