Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) Reviews

It allows you to build your own rules to identify the golden records as part of master data management.

It helped my client, a technology company, to identify a unique customer and remove the redundant customer information. For example, a customer might be linked with a product to the organization directly, indirectly or as a retailer. Informatica MDM helped us realize our goal of maintaining a distinct (golden) record in our database for better decision making and reporting purposes.

I've been using it for 15 months.

In general, it is good. We used to face some Java application problems, approximately two issues a month.

As the data keeps growing, we have to clear temporary storage space. Otherwise, we encountered issues in starting the batch jobs.

3.5/5.

3.5/5.

I worked as a vendor for one of my clients. As I heard recently, the contract is still on, so I think we are doing pretty well.

I used this product almost 18 months ago. Informatica is one of the renowned names in Enterprise Information Management and there has been some changes for their MDM product. I would suggest you check their recent upgrades and take an informed decision.

The flexibility to interact with many different sources and targets like Oracle, MySQL , Flat Files, Informix, SAP thru PowerExchange, applying different transformations that you can configure in an intuitive way, gives both business and IT teams the opportunity to track the data lineage and also to provide value to the data workflows you create, integrated to feed the MDM solution together with Data Quality processes.

The portability to use your integration flows into MDM and Data Quality helps to improve the data stewardship and also provides value for the metadata management you can take advantage of to document your business rules while interacting with different business data.

The product ranking we provide is 8 out of 10 -- because there are parts of connectivity with SAP Non-Unicode that are not supported by Informatica, since they only provide connectors to write on SAP Unicode. Then, we had to develop and enable the connectivity to write into SAP Non-Unicode.

Mainly, MDM requires improvement when you need to migrate your version to a later one -- because it is very difficult and takes a lot of time to convert the processes you have already developed and implemented on a previous version, and can cause a need to rework the processes.

We've been using the Informatica Solution for Data Integration and Data Quality for 12 years. We've been using MDM for seven years.

Sometimes the IDD console connectivity.

The difference between components and functionality from one version to the immediate latest one.

It is good, however response time is always depending on the support contract you acquire.

SAP MDG. At that point in time, it was not prepared to provide flexible integration and data quality process to generate a 360 view.

The initial setup was kind of complex while polishing the business requirements to be translated into technical flows.

I recommend reviewing and assessing the volume of data you will incorporate into the MDM, because the pricing seems to be based on row count used at the MDM Entities you built.

Yes -- SAP MDG and IBM MDM .

First, you need to assess the status quo of data integration and data quality at your organization, then, after you settle these strategies and implement the solutions, it is advisable to go for MDM.

If you do it the other way around, it will cause a lot of headaches and will cost you many more resources, time, and overall creditability to generate value beyond just results.

• Integration - it provides a single code-base with all data management technologies, and handles all entity data types in all modes (for operational and analytical use)
• Model-Driven - it models an organization’s business definitions according to its own requirements and style. All metadata and business services are generated on the organization’s definitions. Informatica MDM Hub can be configured with history and lineage.
• Flexible - it implements all types of MDM styles registry. Reconciled trusted source of truth and styles can be combined within a single hub. Informatica MDM Hub also coexists with legacy hubs.
• Reporting – it has an integrated Data Stewardship User Interface Application which has been recently integrated with Jasper reports. One of the most powerful open source reporting engines which can provide on demand MIS (Management Information System) reporting

I've never been a client, but can suggest the usage across industry verticals.

• Regulatory compliance, such as financial reporting and data privacy requirements
• Avoid corporate embarrassments. For example, you can improve recall effectiveness and avoid mailing to deceased individuals.
• Cost savings by streamlining business processes, consolidating software licenses, and reducing the costs associated with data administration, application development, data cleansing, third-party data providers, and capital costs.
• Productivity improvements across the organization by reducing duplicate, inaccurate, and poor-quality data, helping to refocus resources on more strategic or higher-value activities.
• Increased revenue by improving visibility and access to accurate customer data, resulting in increased yields for marketing campaigns and better opportunities for cross-selling and up-selling to customers and prospects.
• Strategic goals, such as customer loyalty and retention, supply chain excellence, strategic sourcing and contracting, geographic expansion, and marketing effectiveness.

UI application performance was quite disappointing until v9.0.x, but with 9.5 and later versions, they have facelifted the UI. Still there are some performance improvement scopes.

I would like to see a custom service based integration of MDM Hub with the Informatica Data Director (presently JMS and SIF) and a seamless usage of Informatica 9.5+ versions with other databases such as SQL server which still has quite a few bugs.

I would like to see more ETL capabilities inside the MDM tool to be a self-sufficient in handling data extractions

I've used it for about five years, including 9.0.x (7/10), and 9.1.x (7.5/10).

No issues encountered.

Sometimes, but it depends largely on the design decisions.

Absolutely brilliant. Their on-demand support is really good speaking from a development team perspective.

Very straightforward. You just need to finalize the version based on business requirements, and I always suggest you get the latest version. And there is a Product Availability Matrix available which will guide you through the rest of the process.

The primary use case of this solution is to extract technical metadata, tag the data dictionary, and profiling. We also use it for lineage and relationship aspects.

I recommend Informatica to my clients based in the finance and banking sectors. It has been very helpful.

The most valuable feature is its ability to extract metadata from various sources- be it an old SaaS application or the latest cloud application. They have a custom resource that allows us to customize no matter which source system we have, and we can customize it to extract the technical metadata.

They are moving from on-premises to the cloud. I expect all the on-premises features in the cloud version as well.

I have been using the product since 2019.

It is a perfectly stable solution and a leader in data governance tools in the current market.

The scalability is tough. For example, if you want to increase the scalability in the middle of the project, it would be a challenging process, but it is doable. As consultants, we analyze the requirements from the client end and, based on that, suggest the infrastructure for scalability.

Customer service is a piece of cake if you are a premium member. You need to raise a ticket, and they will immediately respond. For example, they will let you know if it is a limitation; if it is a bug, they will provide you with emergency bug fixes.

Positive

The initial setup is easy. If we compare version 10.4 and version 10.5, they had a major architectural change in terms of infrastructure. The setup for version 10.5 became easier.

The deployment was straightforward, and it took 10-15 minutes to deploy the solution, including migrating technical metadata (importing and exporting).

I would recommend that rather than implementing it on a complete whole enterprise project, start with some small system or a small project first. And from there on, you can move on one step at a time.

I would rate the product an eight out of ten.

Typical use cases for Informatica MDM include consent management (for a large telecom vendor in Australia), master-data consolidation and analytics for vendors, facilitating vendor onboarding, and syndicating and automating global data synchronization networks.

The configuration process is pretty lengthy and challenging and could be made easier to understand.

I've been using Informatica MDM for over ten years.

Informatica MDM is a very stable product.

Informatica MDM is highly scalable - we've set it up for a customer with over a hundred million customers, and the system worked quite well.

Informatica's technical support is great - I was amazed by the quality of their technical people and the support they provide, as well as their willingness to provide it.

Because it's on-prem, the initial setup is of medium complexity.

Informatica MDM stands out as a tool that can give you the flexibility needed for doing channel-specific data quality or business validation. I don't think any tools come near it in terms of its matching capability and the volume it can handle. Unless your budget is a constraint, it's definitely the way to go. I would give Informatica MDM a rating of nine out of ten.

We use Informatica Cloud Data Integration mainly for monthly mapping tasks. We work with it on cloud because we help customers to use the solution and to integrate it on their database and on their information systems.

The features I find most valuable is the synchronization, verification, functionalities and all the data integration features. I have been academically trained and earned the Cloud Academy badges 101 and 201. Currently, I am training to use this solution in real-time.

It's very easy to develop with the solution whenever we have an evolution for the data integration. Perhaps the web services need to improve because when you create a new data file and add some changes, we must edit it and create a web service transformation again. So, in my opinion, the functionality is bad and it needs to improve to make web service transformation better and easier.

I have developed a good relationship with the technical team and they usually assist me immediately whenever I have an issue.

On a scale from one to ten, I rate this solution an eight. I haven't seen the functionalities of this tool yet. The data quality is good but I still need to test the B2B gateway of the data quality. I would like to have profiling functionalities and quality transformations in the cloud so that I can directly integrate quality transformations inside the cloud. In the next version, I would like to have more tools for monitoring and perhaps also a system dashboard on our homepage.

It is a cloud-based solution. This means it has no complex software nor does the startup need to be installed. However, a cloud agent is required.

Like most cloud-based solutions, it is easy to share with others. For example, let's say I am working on a site and decide to hand-off to another team member. He can essentially pick up where I left off, provided that he has the same set of files.

Informatica goes down for maintenance quite a lot due to the upgrades. They also need to improve their security. As an administrator, I could very easily make connections to other people's machines through their agent without their knowledge.

I have used this solution for two years.

There were no stability issues.

There is a slowdown when using the mapping feature. This may be due to the processor's speed or may be a result of the complexity of the browser.

I would give the technical support a rating of 9/10. They are very good, once they are aware of the issues. However, sometimes we need to fill out multiple help desk tickets and give them reminders in order to get an active response.

We are partners with a number of different companies. This is the first cloud-based solution. It serves the client's needs well, as the solution is not overly complex, such as during replication between different databases or systems.

The setup was very straightforward. Once the agent is installed, you can then be up and running.

We work with Informatica to establish the pricing and licensing fees. I personally have not sold this product to clients, but I have been involved with presales and demos.

We chose to be Informatica partners, so we just ended up with this version.

Understand the needs of your organization. I strongly advise an understanding of the Informatica PowerCenter, so as to achieve the full effectiveness of this tool.

For simple replication, it works well. However, there are some other free tools that can also do the trick of replication just as nicely.

We use it to take data from one source to another.

It's a subscription service. It's in Informatica's cloud, and because we have the cloud version, we are up to date in terms of its version.

We have a lot of integrations, and it's very easy to create integrations. They have a lot of connectors.

Its pricing model can be improved. The response time from technical support can also be improved.

I have been using this solution for a little over three years.

It is very stable.

It is easily scalable.

It is not great, but it is good. Sometimes, they take a lot of time to respond.

It was really easy to set up the product.

Its pricing model can be improved.

I would recommend this product. From a technical point of view, it's a great product. It's very user-friendly. It's really easy to create integrations, and it's very stable.

I would rate it a nine out of ten.