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"IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable.""This solution is extremely flexible and scalable.""Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""The integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature."

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"The most valuable features of SAP Process Orchestration are its system monitoring and alerts.""The monitoring tools are the most valuable feature.""It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs.""It is simple to transfer files.""Great monitoring tools and has its own alert framework.""The product has good technical support but you usually will not need it because it is quite stable.""The most valuable feature of SAP Process Orchestration is its flexibility in being able to build integrations with SAP systems and non-SAP systems.""In my opinion, SAP PO is the most mature suite of tools to integrate processes across SAP environments at this moment. It's really unbeatable because it allows you to integrate whatever scenarios you can imagine."

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Cons
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server should be more scalable. It should have the option to change the configuration to run on a single, non-multiple node, or multi-threading processing.""There are certain shortcomings in the cloud side of the solution, where improvements are required.""This solution would benefit from the engine being made more lightweight.""Their technical support needs improvement."

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"SAP Process Orchestration breaks down sometimes.""The solution is not very scalable because it is at the end of its life.""The usability is an area where it can be improved upon.""It would be beneficial to enhance the ease of implementing new projects and improve overall stability in our implementations.""Its administration management feature needs to be simpler to use.""The monitoring governance offered by SAP is too technical and needs to be geared more toward business users.""It's very difficult to find errors in a simple way.""SAP needs to improve a lot in terms of the orchestration part so that more adapters can be provided to users, which are areas where the solution has downsides."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The licensing cost of IBM InfoSphere Information Server depends on how many users there are."
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  • "The cost of SAP products is quite high but the quality is really good."
  • "The pricing for this solution is fine."
  • "There are fees in addition to the licensing."
  • "It's not an expensive solution."
  • "Looking at market conditions, vendors nowadays are giving products at very low price levels. However, SAP Process Orchestration have not yet reduced their prices. The prices could be reduced a lot to stay competitive."
  • "The license is a one-time payment, and additional costs are only incurred on the infrastructure side since it's an on-premise solution."
  • "The price of SAP Process Orchestration was reasonable."
  • "The fee for maintenance is costly."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
    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 »
    Top Answer:I use IBM InfoSphere Information Server in retail banking for transformation purposes.
    Top Answer: It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs.
    Top Answer:We subscribe to annual licenses, and the competitive license cost is reasonable. We find that the cost is even more affordable compared to other options available in the market.
    Top Answer:Implementing changes and introducing new interfaces in Process Orchestration should have been more straightforward. The current system is burdened with a heavy load and has become overly complex… more »
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    Also Known As
    InfoSphere Information Server, IBM Information Server
    SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, NetWeaver Process Integration
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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 NetWeaver Process Integration facilitates the integration of business processes that span different departments, organizations, or companies. SAP PI is based on general standards so as to enable 3rd-party systems to be integrated. At the center of SAP PI is an XML-based communication that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). Irrespective of the scenario used, the application-specific contents are transferred in messages in user-defined XML eXtensible Markup Language) from the sender to the receiver either via the Integration Server, or directly between the systems involved. SAP PI can be installed in different ways: Dual usage type installation: Based on both AS ABAP and AS Java. and Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX): Based on AS Java only.
    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
    Lenovo, Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Government11%
    Insurance Company9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Manufacturing Company30%
    Wholesaler/Distributor17%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Retailer9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise75%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise3%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 36th in Data Integration with 7 reviews while SAP Process Orchestration is ranked 1st in Business-to-Business Middleware with 28 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4, while SAP Process Orchestration is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Process Orchestration writes "A tool that can be useful for small integrations and large integrations". 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 Process Orchestration is most compared with Mule Anypoint Platform, SAP Data Services, webMethods Integration Server, IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services and IBM B2B Integrator.

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