IBM Master Data Management on Cloud vs Stibo STEP MDM comparison

IBM Master Data Management on Cloud provides a proven master data management (MDM) solution on the IBM SoftLayer global cloud platform. It offers the rich features of an on-premises MDM deployment without the cost, complexity, and risk of managing your own infrastructure.

Based on IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Advanced Edition, IBM MDM on Cloud is a multi-domain solution that comes preinstalled and ready to run in small, medium, and large server configurations. IBM MDM on Cloud also includes capabilities from IBM Business Process Manager and IBM InfoSphere Information Server.

IBM MDM on Cloud provides a cost-effective entry point to InfoSphere MDM and a path to easily add new environments. It supports the following use cases:

• Quickly deploy development or test environments for new InfoSphere MDM projects.
• Move all or part of your InfoSphere MDM workload to the cloud.
• Comply with corporate mandates to move to the cloud.
• Reduce risk and initial cost for new projects and deliver faster return on investment.

STEP is a Multidomain Master Data Management platform that integrates multiple disparate systems in your company by streamlining the process of aggregating and consolidating information around your products, customers, suppliers, employees, assets, location and reference data from multiple sources and formats, connecting that information to derive actionable insights, and publishing that information to backend systems and/or to online and offline channels.