I have used a number of similar solutions to SAP Data Services, such as Informatica. Informatica is a very mature solution.

I used Oracle ERP systems to fetch the data and to load two data warehouses using SAP tools. So, in Oracle, there are some products, like Fusion, which is a very good future product. I can't compare both tools because I have worked differently on both tools. With Oracle, I worked on the ERP side, and with SAP, I worked on the data warehousing side.

We did not use a different solution.

My company was using SSIS for a short time before I came on board. They switched because my boss knows Oracle well, and this seemed like the best option. He did an entire evaluation, and they decided to go with SAP Data Services because it is a fully functional reporting suite. Data Services operates well with BOE and its reporting solution. However, the primary factor in the decision was that my boss isn't a SQL Server person. He's an Oracle person, and this tool is more robust in the Oracle realm. In addition, Data Services isn't overly expensive. I believe that it's considerably less costly than Oracle Data Integrator or Informatica PowerCenter. He would've gone with those two tools, but they were too expensive.

We used third-party tools for data integration, including Informatica, Data Integrator, Ataccama, and Outlook.

I have experience with webMethods and Qlik.

SAP Data Services has been set up in our company's environment because we were involved in the data-loading process into SAP. Just the reason. My company also uses webMethods and Qlik to check the connectivity part since we are unable to connect to some of the applications. The volume of data in my company deals is very high.

I mainly work with SAP, but I do familiarize myself with competitor products to stay informed. There are reasons why competitors have an edge. Flexibility and scalability are areas where other vendors like Xfinity or SMP might perform slightly better. They are more heterogeneous in that regard.

I have previously used various different solutions.

I have been using Informatica prior to SAP Data Services. Informatica is the better solution, it is more user-friendly and flexible for creating connections.

I previously used Informatica, but there were performance issues with it.

I'm also working on learning Azure Data Factory. 

We previously used Talend which I found to be more flexible in terms of data transformation, applying additional logic and things like that. SAP Data Services has limited possibilities for data transformation.

We also use Informatica PowerCenter, but it's harder to find an Informatica consultant. SAP is more widely used.

Before using SAP, we were using SSIS — the Microsoft product. Of course, the Microsoft product is a simple product. At some point, we realized that it was not powerful enough, and, feeling discouraged, we evolved to using a better product.

Previously, I had used another ETL solution.

We also have other ETL tools, such as Informatica, that are being used in other teams, but SAP Data Services is the main solution that we are using. I have not heard any complaints about it.

No, in that project we only used BO Dataservices.

We did previously use a different solution. We switched because Data Service has a lot of upcoming technology and there's a good market for their services currently.

No.

Yes, because its more dynamic and has so many features.

I'm using SAP Data Services since it was an OEM product in Cognos in 1998

Yes. We previously used Microsoft SSIS, but found this a poor solution for our environment. It lacked strong integration with SAP or Salesforce and had extremely limited support for web services.

The first ETL tool being implemented is SAP Data Services and it was implemented during 2008.

Previously BW was being used, but is was a closed system , we had new source application which contained information in oracle and SQL DBs, and BW wasn't very good at loading the data in schedules.

SSIS. I switched because a) my current company specialises in Data Services and b) because DS is the best tool for working with SAP ERP and SAP Hana.

No, we did not.