Information Builders Omni-Gen/iWay Reviews

The ease of integration and cleansing my data.

No complaints, I love Omni-Gen, nothing bad to say.

Validating addresses and obtaining Geocode data.

Regarding our MDM, I like the peace of mind that comes with knowing that when we cleanse massive amounts of data, it's safe and secure, as well as complete. The data management platform is a fantastic foundation.

Cloud installation solutions are traditionally a problem for me. I have to rely heavily on cloud as local isn't an option. When getting deep into cleansing towards the end of the day, uploading can show way down. Obviously this mainly falls on our network, but I feel the packet distribution on the software side could be better.

Scattered, incorrect and mismatched data. The data platform has helped up consolidate our records and give us a single source of truth.

The 8.0 road map for iWay look to enhance the robust functionality of iWay 7.x and make development even more streamline pairing this with Omni Gen will allow the business units to participate in validation of the mastered data.

The package is still fairly complicated to install.

EDI data processing has improved using this tool set.

One of the perfect platforms for analyzing and managing data online, it's a great foundation. The data imported into it is safely encrypted end to end. The best part of this software is that it can be easily be integrated with other CRM and marketing platforms. The software helps in unifying the data from other websites.

There are errors in the notification feature of this software; the tracking feature sometimes does not work accurately. When uploading or importing more extensive data simultaneously, the processing speed of this software gets slower.

The software has dramatically helped improve communication with the other company. The infographic feature included in this software is so helpful to use in generating and analyzing the data.

I'm loving how iWay is able to perform all the "magic" necessary in ETL in a stable environment. I'm excited about the new version 8 interface and looking forward to all the new featured as highlighted by Inessa during a TechTalk with her.

The dislikes were in the user interface, but looks like the new 8 addresses some of those.

ETL

Simple to use and understand by both developers and business users.

Graphical coding when getting iWay to do what I want isn't obvious is frustrating (my experience is with 7, though).

DMP would be used to assist in validating and cleansing data from multiple sources, particularly imports of existing customer bases purchased by the company. Currently, ISM is used to support business control flows triggered by data availability and a forwarding and simplifying resource for web services (isolating our database server from the web).

I do like the GUI interface. I have worked in both the Integration side and the Data Quality side, with most of my training/work on the Data Quality side. I do like the interface , the tools are pretty straight forward and easy to use and figure out. Also, i do enjoy the support staff. I have forged a good relationship with many like Walter Zublionis, Lou Deturris, Jeff Paoletti and Craig Sanders. They have been very attentive to my needs, and make any issues with documentation less painful.

Documentation. Many times we are required to do something beyond the basic scope of the tool. Documentation can many times be hard to come by, or difficult to understand.

Be very detailed in what your requirements are, and if you know the intricacies of what you'll need , analyze them as early as possible. Any possible hurtles can be cleared up early in the process and will make it a lot smoother down the line.

Our business typically used to take a reactive approach where we correct problems/inconsistencies with our data, after the fact. But now our business is changing to be more proactive, and to correct problems upon entry. This has reduced many data inconsistencies and work from end users on the backend to have to cleanup the data.

My experience with Information Builder's Technical team has been really great. The technical team is very knowledgeable and what I like best.

There is nothing that I can say that I dislike about the product.

Portfolio View of Customers, Accounts and Customer Relationships

This program is easy to use and functional. The look is not modern, but not out of date. Would Recommend to use.

There’s not much I dislike. I definitely prefer to use this over other programs

For privacy reasons I cannot give too much information but Mostly data management and Making decisions

I really liked the infographics produced, I believe they make it look very professional versus other free websites online. Also, the software is easy to use.

At this time, I did not experience anything I disliked.

I would recommend using Information Builders Omni-Ten/iWay for any company looking for an other alternative than excel charts to better explain their data

As a visual learner, this software helped immensely to better explain and communicate company data in meetings. The infographics were good to use for company projects as well and proposals.