Data Quality Report From IT Central Station 2015-07-04E5

Data Quality
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VENDOR (BY RANKING)
SOLUTION
SAP
SAP Data Services
SAS
DataFlux
IBM
Information Analyzer
IBM
QualityStage
Oracle
Oracle Data Quality
Informatica
Informatica Data Explorer
Informatica
Informatica Data Quality
Trillium
Trillium Software
SAP
BusinessObjects Data Quality Management
RedPoint
Convergent Marketing Platform
SAP
Data Insight
Uniserv
Data Quality Batch Suite
Uniserv
Data Quality Explorer
Datactics
Data Quality Manager
Uniserv
Data Quality Monitor
Uniserv
Data Quality Real-Time Services
Datactics
Datactics v4
DataMentors
DataFuse
Innovative Systems
FinScan
Human Inference
HIquality Data Improver

Rating: 8.18
(18 reviews)
Rating: 8.4
(7 reviews)
Rating: 8.0
(5 reviews)
Rating: 9.0
(6 reviews)
Rating: 8.34
(3 reviews)
Rating: 9.0
(2 reviews)
Rating: 8.0
(2 reviews)
Rating: 10.0
(2 reviews)
Human Inference
HIquality Identify
Human Inference
HIquality Name Worldwide
Human Inference
HIquality Suite
Innovative Systems
i/Lytics Data Profiler
Innovative Systems
i/Lytics Enterprise Data Quality
DataMentors
NetEffect
Pitney Bowes
Spectrum Technology Platform
Trillium
TS Discovery
Trillium
TS Insight
DataMentors
ValiData

Top Data Quality Vendors

Over 87,463 professionals have used IT Central Station research on enterprise tech. Here are the top
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from real users, validated by our triple authentication process.
1. DataFlux
2403
2. SAP Data Services
1627
3. QualityStage
1810
4. Information Analyzer
1157
5. Oracle Data Quality
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TOP 5
TOP 5
Based on Views
Based on Views of Comparisons
2403
DataFlux
6519
DataFlux
1918
2841
QualityStage
1810
QualityStage
2661
SAP Data Services
1627
SAP Data Services
2595
1157
2527
TOP 5
TOP 5
Based on Followers
Based on Rating
364
DataFlux
10.0
Trillium Software
142
QualityStage
9.0
QualityStage
130
9.0
123
SAP Data Services
8.4
Oracle Data Quality
120
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DataFlux

SAP Data Services

Vendor: SAP
Top
Comparisons:*
Informatica Data Quality vs. SAP Data Services
Compared 15% of the time.
DataFlux vs. SAP Data Services
Trillium Software vs. SAP Data Services
* Data is based on the aggregate profiles of IT Central Station Users researching this solution.

SAP DATA SERVICES REVIEW BY A REAL USER

Emil Beloglavec Verified by IT Central Station
Sr Solution Architect, Data at a manufacturing company
with 1000+ employees
Valuable Features:
Connectivity with SAP and low impact on SAP environments. Alsooverall stability
of the product.
Improvements to My Organization:
Kellogg (the company I work for) used this product for data migration into the new
SAP environment that we have established for North America. We also used the
tool during the Pringles acquisition.
Room for Improvement:

Matching Transforms are quite complex.
WHAT REAL USERS

ARE SAYING...
"Matching Transforms are
quite complex but
Connectivity with SAP is a
valuable feature. "
"Auto documentation &
recovery of jobs are
valuable but when working
with custom functions,
repeatedly fails to execute.
"
"Ensure you invest in
training early. You need
someone with prior
experience on your team
if not, use consultants."
Use of Solution:
5 years.
Deployment Issues:
No issues that would impact our timelines.
Stability Issues:
Data Services is extremely stable and stability information steward is considerably
higher in version 4.2 than it was at the initial version 4.0.
Scalability Issues:
Easy to scale horizontally or vertically.
Customer Service:
"Easy to use, but a lot of

versions over the years
which makes it hard to
sync up with older versions
of the same tool."
"Unusual behavior of
tables where only solution
is to recreate them could
be improved but custom
functions were valuable."
"Its setup is
straightforward; solution
gave us an easy way to
collect different data
sources into an analytic
DB."
Satisfied.
Technical Support:
Needs improvement as far as responsiveness.

Previous Solutions:
No.
Initial Setup:
I was not directly involved at the initial setup.
Implementation Team:
I heard Kellogg used a combination of SAP and Accenture for the initial setup.
ROI:
Data Quality has an indirect ROI and we have not derived a fixed number.
Pricing:
Since I was not involved with the initial setup I am not able to answer a question
about the start-up cost. As far as day-to-day cost, it is minimal (1/4 FTE) due to its
stability.
Other Advice:
Depends on the environment. If you are connecting to SAP environment I would
recommend involvement of a 3
rd
party vendor with experience.

SAP DATA SERVICES REVIEW BY A REAL USER

Mohammed Abdul Majeed Verified by IT Central Station
Consultant at a tech services company with 1-100
employees
Valuable Features:
Impact and Lineage analysis.
Auto Documentation.
Recovery of jobs.
Text Data Processing.
I've done a migration project (from OWB to BODS) in Singapore. The reason
customer opted for BODS over OWB was automated trigger E-mail when job fails
and the recovery of the jobs from the point it failed in the last execution. Also, when
loading data from flat files, once the data loading from a file is complete BODS is
capable enough to call any batch files to move the processed files to another
location after completion.

When working with custom functions, many times it fails to execute (from 4.0
onwards) because of the data types mismatch errors. This has to be corrected.
Use of Solution:
More than 6 Years.
Deployment Issues:
No issues with deployment.
Stability Issues:
No issues with stability.
Scalability Issues:
No issues with scalability.

Customer Service:
100% as no manual intervention is required once the solution is implemented.
Technical Support:
100%.
Initial Setup:
It was quite straightforwardfor me as I had experience with other ETL tools and the
concepts.
Through vendor team and the level of expertise was satisfactory.
Alternate Solutions:
OWB.

DataFlux
Vendor: SAS
Top
Comparisons:*
SSIS vs. DataFlux
Informatica Data Quality vs. DataFlux
SAP Data Services vs. DataFlux

DATAFLUX REVIEW BY A REAL USER

Joseph DiVenere Verified by IT Central Station
Architect at a wireless company with 1000+ employees
Ive used this product in multiple ways. Initially, I integrated it with QAS address
software to validate and standardize customer website registration data in real
time, loading the cleansed customer data into Siebel CRM. Ive used the data
profiling reports to identify errors in ETL jobs and enterprise data warehouses. Ive
built business rule metrics that score ETL jobs in terms of data completeness and
data accuracy between the business application data store and the enterprise data
warehouse. All efforts have proved invaluable to the business user.
Use of Solution:
SAS Data Management Studio V 2.4
WHAT REAL USERS

ARE SAYING...
"Very powerful options in
terms of Data Profiling,
Data De-duplication, and
programming complex
data cleansing rules."
"Data Governance needs
specific tools, don't try to
survive with user written
codes"
" For the amount of
features that we use, the
licensing is expensive."
Deployment Issues:
While the deployment is more complex now that it was 7 years ago, if you follow the
detailed instructions from SAS regarding the software depot deployment, it is not
difficult, and can be completed in 1-2 hours easily.
Stability Issues:
The server side component runs rock solid on Linux. The Windows client
component is less stable, and may require a restart a few times a day, especially if
installed on a PC with limited RAM and you are dealing with very large data stores.
Since Im one major release behind in this software, its possible these client
stability issues have been corrected in the most recent release.
Scalability Issues:
Very large data stores require a powerful server to run the data profiling reports for
all of the rows in the database. My estimate for very large is a database >= 200
million records.
Customer Service:
When DataFlux was a standalone company, the customer service deserved an A+
rating. Now that it is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAS, and just one piece of a
giant software conglomerate, I would give them a C+.

Technical Support:
Technical support is strong at resolving install and configuration issues of the client
side tool. You will need to speak with a SAS DataFlux consultant to debug complex
technical issues related to the data quality jobs you code, or server side problems.
Im an independent DataFlux consultant, so I am the vendor. Ive partnered with
SAS consultants on implementations, as well as performed solo installations. SAS
DataFlux consultants are top notch in their expertise of the tool and data. But they
are not required to install successfully, just add a level of confidence.
ROI:
The ROI can be very high in terms of improving the reliability and accuracy of data
used in forecasting and marketing models (ex: customer data, sales data). You can
also reduce storage costs; slow the need for hardware upgrades by using DataFlux
to eliminate duplicate data. Even better, use DataFlux to audit your ETL and data
warehouse efforts, insuring accurate reporting. CEOs and CIOs will drop $10M for
a new ERP system installed by a big-4 consulting firm, and then balk at 5% of this
cost to insure that the data stored in this complex and costly ERP system is not
corrupt or full of duplicate data.
Yes, including Business Objects, IBMs Infosphere, and Trillium.
Other Advice:
Take the time to send a minimum of 3 of your most technical data architects to
onsite training at SAS in Cary, North Carolina. Their facilities and teachers are
excellent, and this training is of great benefit for your organization over the long
term.

DATAFLUX REVIEW BY A REAL USER

reviewer154305 Verified by IT Central Station
Principal & Manager at a consultancy with 1-100
employees
Valuable Features:
National Quality Knoledge Base
Matching features
QPI (Quality Performance Indicator) analysis approach
High performances in matching tool

ETL functions
Use of Solution:
Since 2012
Deployment Issues:
Proprietary programming language
Stability Issues:
Not at all
Scalability Issues:
No, high integration level with SAS
Customer Service:
High
Technical Support:
High

Previous Solutions:
Informatica Powercenter
Lack of data quality governance features
Initial Setup:
Complex, as usual with SAS
The vendor team was from SAS, high level of expertise
ROI:
High
Consider that, for Data Governance, the meaning of ROI may be Risk Of Inactions
IBM QualityStage
Other Advice:
Data Governance needs specific tools, don't try to survive with user written codes

Vendor: IBM
Top
Comparisons:*
QualityStage vs. Information Analyzer
Informatica Data Quality vs. Information Analyzer
SAP Data Services vs. Information Analyzer

INFORMATION ANALYZER REVIEW BY A REAL USER

Hong Zhang Verified by IT Central Station
ETL Consultant at a tech consulting company with 1-100
employees
Valuable Features:
Data profiling and data quality control
I worked on a project which was to enable the Impact Analysis for the changes
happened in source system. By leveraging the IA data profiling capability, the
profiling result was re-directed into an external database container, and some of BI
reports were generated on top of that to support monitoring the data quality.

The product can be better in the future by improving the following:
Make the IA db more visible so that the analyzed result and output of data rule
executable can be easily seen by external programs
Enhance the integration between DataStage and Information Analyzer. Since v8.7,
the Data Rule stage has been introduced which has dramatically enabled and
eased the use of Data rules in IA. I would like to see a similar stage or solution that
can be useful in terms of data profiling
WHAT REAL USERS

ARE SAYING...
"It's a good product,
although there are some
features which need to be
enhanced."
"Product had purported
features that fell short of
how they were hyped, or
didn't work at all."
"Data analysis features are
usefull but they should
improve performance and
comparison of results."
"Data rules, column
analysis are valuable,
however the interface is
unfriendly and very difficult
to navigate."
Support more CLIs or extend the existing IAAdmin.sh and IAJob.sh scripts, which
could be more flexible for the end users.
Provide more log details when running any data profiling or rules from the console
directly. As of v9.1, the troubleshooting process is still painful. Developers have to
do that from multiple places, either from the underlying DataStage job log or the log
files placed in both server and client side.
Use of Solution:
3+ months
Deployment Issues:
Yes. When I tried to deploy some data rules in production, the package has to be
placed on the server. This could be better if IA supports the package located on the
machine where the client software installed.

Scalability Issues:
Yes. When trying to run a data rule towards tables containing big volume of data,
the IA db does not perform well.
Initial Setup:
Well, the setup is not complex because the IA is one of Information Server
components, however, as a post-installation the configuration process for the end
users is not simple. Users have to manually setup the IA db from provided scripts,
configure the engine and IA db connections from the console.
Other Advice:
Information Analyzer is still a good product. It enables the auto data profiling for the
end users and it is also capable of doing data quality analysis via business
language oriented rules. Being a component of Information Server suite, IA is also
leveraging some advantages from it, like shared metadata and powerful parallel
engine. Although there are some features which need to be enhanced, I would still
recommend others to use IA as a product for data profiling and data quality control.

INFORMATION ANALYZER REVIEW BY A REAL USER

consultant1993 Verified by IT Central Station
SAP SD-MM-WM Consultant at a pharma/biotech
company with 1000+ employees
Valuable Features:
3 - Best used in tandem with other IBM Infosphere products
For basic Business Rule Creation to cleanse Legacy data, it worked as intended.
Lacked functionality to get creative.

Business Rule builder needs to be worked on - if we jointed tables (even if we
create virtual tables) from other modular areas the function would time-out.
Use of Solution:
1 year
Deployment Issues:
Yes - it would go down constantly until IBM spent a better part of several weeks
(and our budget to pay their consultants) stabilizing it. Seriously freaky stuff - data
on screens shaking...no joke.
Stability Issues:
Many.
Customer Service:
5/5
Technical Support:
5/5
Previous Solutions:
We used the Data Stage.

Vendor team - Expertise high - but selling us the product seemed to be their
primary objective - our ability to realize the program's potential (Viability wise) was
definitely secondary.
ROI:
Stopped using it. Took a loss.
Other Advice:
Be sure your people on the ground who will be using it are in the room with IBM
making sure their needs are represented and addressed. They'll know the legacy
data landscape, and where it's going...not management.

QualityStage
Vendor: IBM
Top
Comparisons:*
Information Analyzer vs. QualityStage
Informatica Data Quality vs. QualityStage
DataFlux vs. QualityStage

QUALITYSTAGE REVIEW BY A REAL USER

BI-tech-0431 Verified by IT Central Station
BI Technical Arquitect at a tech services company with
1000+ employees
Valuable Features:
Data Profiling and Data Cleansing features.
I work for a company which provides solutions to the customers using this software
WHAT REAL USERS

ARE SAYING...
"If you install everything on
the same box, the
installation process is
easy."
"Has allowed my teams of
developers to transfer data
quickly and easily from
SQL databases into
Oracle databases."

Predefined rules implementation depending on the industry
Use of Solution:
4 years
Deployment Issues:
The installation process will depend on the solution topology from the infrastructure
point of view. But if you go for the easy way (Everything installed on the same box)
the installation process is easy.
Stability Issues:
No significant stability issues found.
Scalability Issues:
No significant scalability issues found.
Customer Service:
Customer service is really good.
Technical Support:
Customer service will depend on the support you buy, but I would say the the
support up to now has been really good.

Previous Solutions:
I have checked out IDQ and IDE (Informatica)
Initial Setup:
It's difficult to get the overall knowledge if you are coming from java or similar
engages.
In-house
Other Advice:
I would recommend this solution depending on the Data Quality Issues you have.

QUALITYSTAGE REVIEW BY A REAL USER

Erin Jostes Verified by IT Central Station
Application Systems Security Tech at a tech services
Valuable Features:
As an administrator the most valuable tools are the Admin client and IBM
Information Server. These tools allow me to create and maintain projects as well as
create and maintain user security.
This application has allowed my teams of developers to transfer data quickly and
easily from SQL databases into Oracle databases. The application also allows my
teams to easily create and run batch jobs.

As an administrator I would appreciate a more condensed installation guide. The
amount of information is overwhelming for the install. With all the necessary
installation steps spread out over multiple web forms installation is difficult the first
time. It would also be helpful for the educational assistant links to be linked to the
directions relevant to those steps. It is very time consuming to search for a tutorial
relevant to the specific step of the install.
Use of Solution:
I have supported this tool within my company for two and a half years. We
previously used version 8.1 and last year upgraded to version 8.7.
Deployment Issues:
I did encounter issues during the install. For most issues the concierge service only
sent me links to documentation I already had. Once I was given a dedicated
resource to assist in troubleshooting the level of support was great.
Stability Issues:
Yes we have encountered issues with stability. After a successful import and
compile of all of our jobs, they would have a Not compiled status in Director. Our
IBM resource stated we would need to change the odbc file to list a default
parameter. This seems to be a common issue with this product, however, I could
not find this detailed in the installation documentation. We have also noticed that
the tnsnames entry for the oracle database does not connect properly using the full
database naming convention. However, when setting up connections to other
databases the full path can be used.

Scalability Issues:
No, we have found the product to be very scalable for our companys purposes.
Customer Service:
I have only requested support twice and each time support was very good once I
was given a dedicated resource.
Technical Support:
The support is very good once given a dedicated resource. It is difficult to get a
dedicated resource when first requested. The initial response is a link to
documentation. This would be helpful to others who have not gone through the
documentation but a little frustrating when submitting a support issue after going
through the documentation.
Initial Setup:
Initial setup was complex. The documentation is not very straightforward and a little
difficult to navigate. Because of the large choice of installation options it would be
helpful to be able to filter more on the specific architecture being used for each
install. It would also be helpful to have links to the Education Assistant included in
the sections that are relevant to that section.
We implemented through an in-house team, which consisted of our DBA and
myself.
Other Advice:
My advice would be to review all relevant installation documentation in advance.
Bookmark the relevant pages as well as the Education Assistant tutorials relevant
to your install. If this is the first install engage a vendor team.

Oracle Data Quality

Vendor: Oracle
Overview:
Oracle Enterprise Data Quality delivers a complete, best-of-breed approach to party and product data,
resulting in trustworthy master data that integrates with applications to improve business insight.
Top
Comparisons:*
Informatica Data Quality vs. Oracle Data Quality
QualityStage vs. Oracle Data Quality
SAP Data Services vs. Oracle Data Quality

ORACLE DATA QUALITY REVIEW BY A REAL USER

Ravi Kiran Kanumuri Verified by IT Central Station
Enterprise Data Quality Architect at a recruiting/HR firm
with 101-1000 employees
Valuable Features:
Data Cleansing, Profiling, Matching, Customizable platform to meet anyone's
needs.
Identifies the data anomalies and correct them. Finds the duplicate data with the
entire enterprise Customer/Product data and merges them to make a single
Customer or Product unique across the enterprise.

Integration performance and availability of out of the box integration to more
products (ERP Tools, Data Cleansing Software etc.).
WHAT REAL USERS

ARE SAYING...
"A little complex in terms of
the designing the
infrastructure but not too
complex."
"We used Informatica IIR
and switched because of
support & compatibility
reasons."
"A good pick for a data
quality management
solution. I hope they add
more instructions and
examples to their online
help."
Use of Solution:
3 Years
Deployment Issues:
No
Stability Issues:
Used to have issues with the previous versions, but the product is pretty stable right
now.
Scalability Issues:
No
Customer Service:
Very Good

Technical Support:
Good
Previous Solutions:
We used to use a different solution, but switched to Oracle Data Quality because of
its range of features and platform to perform multiple requirements in the same tool.
Initial Setup:
A little complex in terms of the designing the infrastructure but not too complex.
Vendor team. They have a very strong expertise about the product.
Yes. Informatica Data Quality, SAP BO, Talend etc.
Other Advice:
I'd recommend this solution to anyone who is using data quality or would want to
know the quality of data in their company and fix the data.

ORACLE DATA QUALITY REVIEW BY A REAL USER

Farrukh Saeed Verified by IT Central Station
Siebel Consultant at a government with 1000+ employees
Valuable Features:
Synchronization of Contact / Account data is most valuable to the client.
The quality of data has vastly improved & our business intelligence reports are
accurate in real time.
Additional examples:
1) Stateless that means no synchronization of Contact / Account data is needed
between Siebel and OEDQ. If for example a new contacts gets created it will be
possible to match this new contact immediately. There is no lag time for the
synchronization between both.
2) Fully configurable matching process. In OEDQ a matched contact or account
the rules which are applicable while matching can be identified. So a score of 95%
can be explained in such a way that a contact was found based on an exact match
but with a different phone number.

Installation & initial setup while integrating with other enterprise software vendors.
Use of Solution:
2 years.
Deployment Issues:
Yes, Java 64 bit version was used, but Siebel the enterprise software application
was 32-bit. So we had compatibility issues.
Stability Issues:
Stand-Alone application (OEDQ) was very stable with-in apache.
Customer Service:
Oracle customer service was excellent.

Technical Support:
Oracle technical support was great as we got the response of most of our resolution
ticket on thesame day.
Previous Solutions:
Yes, we used Informatica IIR (identity resolution system) & we switched because
most of Enterprise software was Oracle based, so for support & compatibility
reasons we switched to OEDQ.
Initial Setup:
Initial setup for OEDQ was straight forward but integration with CRM system was
complex.
This product was implemented as a part of in-house development.
ROI:
We have trust worthy & reliable data; accurate ana.
Pricing:
N/A. Software was procured by another department based on our request. You
need one FTE or consultant to maintain the product after initial setup.
Other Advice:
Ensure that you have clear understanding when integration OEDQ with other
enterprise software. Also ensure that softwarecompatibilitymatrix & setup
documentation has been reviewed carefully.


Vendor: Informatica
Top
Comparisons:*
QualityStage vs. Informatica Data Explorer
DataFlux vs. Informatica Data Explorer
Informatica Data Quality vs. Informatica Data Explorer

INFORMATICA DATA EXPLORER REVIEW BY A REAL USER

BIConsultant7 Verified by IT Central Station
Business Intelligence Consultant at a tech consulting
Valuable Features:
1. Column Profiling to identify discrete values, min/max values, range uniqueness,
data patterns and identifying nulls
WHAT REAL USERS

ARE SAYING...
"IDE has helped refine
business rules, define
cleansing rules,
transformation definition,
and monitoring
requirements."
2.Cross Table Structure Analysis to identify redundant tables, and to identify

attributes for Foreign key referential integrity.
IDE has helped to refine business rules, Define cleansing rules,
defineTransformation Definition, and Monitoring Requirements.

Scalability to Tera bytes of Data analysis.
Use of Solution:
2 years
Deployment Issues:
No issues.
Stability Issues:
No issues.
Scalability Issues:
Sometimes it gets disconnected from the source.
Customer Service:
Excellent.

Technical Support:
Good.
Initial Setup:
Straightforward. Installation setup for server and client is clearly defined.
Vendor Team. They were very helpful and have in-depth understanding on product
architecture.
ROI:
Overall our company requirements are met with this product.
Other Advice:
It's a very powerful profiling tool with GUI Based reports.


Vendor: Informatica
Overview:
Informatica Data Quality delivers trustworthy data to all stakeholders, projects, and data domains for all
business applications on premise or in the cloud.
Top
Comparisons:*
Trillium Software vs. Informatica Data Quality
SAP Data Services vs. Informatica Data Quality
DataFlux vs. Informatica Data Quality

INFORMATICA DATA QUALITY REVIEW BY A REAL USER

swaroopkanth seethapathy Verified by IT Central
Station
Senior IT Application Specialist at a tech vendor with
1000+ employees
Valuable Features:
Data cleansing and address validation are the most valuable features. Also the web
services which can be called on the fly. Data Duplication plays a very important
role.
WHAT REAL USERS

ARE SAYING...
"We started with Firstlogic
then switched to
Informatica for it's ease of
use."
"Solid Integration tool. GUI
is poor and needs
improvement. "
It has improved the customer data management where we had the incorrect
addresses and data cleansing. Also in finding the duplicates so as to ensure the
customer data is not duplicated.

Asia pacific region address validation needs to be improved.
Use of Solution:
3 years
Deployment Issues:
None
Stability Issues:
None
Scalability Issues:
None
Customer Service:
4 out of 5

Technical Support:
4 out of 5
Previous Solutions:
We previously used Firstlogic as a data quality tool. We found that Informatica is
more feasible and user friendly than Firstlogic.
In-house.
Yes. Trillium.

INFORMATICA DATA QUALITY REVIEW BY A REAL USER

H. U. Farooq Verified by IT Central Station
Data Analyst / Data Integration at a comms service
provider with 1-100 employees
Valuable Features:
IDQ integration with Power Centre Designer Repository. On the fly you can move
your IDQ artefacts to Power Centre Designer. Later you can use them in a workflow
and for scheduling etc.
Improved Data Quality, after we run the IDQ session which we customize for each
client (Developed custom business rules in IDQ).

GUI is poor in IDQ
Use of Solution:
Over a year
Deployment Issues:
No
Stability Issues:
No
Scalability Issues:
No (Depends upon your design and architect)
Customer Service:
Customer service is OK
Technical Support:
Technical support is OK

Previous Solutions:
Earlier we used ODI and IDPQ, but the new client wants the development in
Informatica.
Initial Setup:
It was a ittle complex, as there are post installation services you need to create in
Informaitca Administrator.
In house team (I was part of the team as an Informatica Administrator and IDQ
Developer)
ROI:
Better data quality
IBM Data Stage, IBM Information Analyzer and IBM Quality Stage (More cost
Centric). Oracle ODI (Oracle Data Integrator) and ODPQ (Oracle Data Quality and
Profiling).
Other Advice:
Informatica Data Quality is a solid Integration tool.

Trillium Software
Vendor: Trillium
Overview:
Trillium Software provides data quality, data governance, data cleansing, and data profiling solutions.
Sample
Customers:
Absa, Alstom, AT&T, Banco Popular, British Airwys, Canon, Cendant, Chaucer, Dela Cooperative, FedEx,
GroupeAeroplan, HSBC, Iceland Frozen Foods, Littlewoods, Microsoft, UK Ministry of Defence, Norwich
Union, Oki Data, Prudential UK, Porsche, Severn Trent Water, Carphone Warehouse, Trans Union, Wales
& West Utilities
Top
Comparisons:*
Informatica Data Quality vs. Trillium Software
SAP Data Services vs. Trillium Software
QualityStage vs. Trillium Software

TRILLIUM SOFTWARE REVIEW BY A REAL USER

managingdir93 Verified by IT Central Station
Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-100
employees
Valuable Features:
Ease of data profiling and discovery to uncover hidden data risks and issues. South
African name and address parsing, geocoding and matching.
WHAT REAL USERS

ARE SAYING...
"Approach your problem
incrementally get quick
wins and then improve
rather than a big bang
approach."
Use of Solution:
About 10 years.
Deployment Issues:
None.
Scalability Issues:
The only limitationsare in terms of available disk space. Users should ensure that
they cater for the necessary disk space for their application.
Technical Support:
Good quick turn around and follow up if issues are not resolved immediately.
Previous Solutions:
No.
Initial Setup:
Simple.
Through thevendor good skills and local knowledge.
Informatica.

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