Proof of concepts for DS and Informatica

vardhan354 · Post by **vardhan354** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:06 am

Recently we had Proof of concepts for DS and Informatica.I'm a DS consultant and I'm in favour of DS(Hawk).But I need to convince other team members that DS(Hawk) is more effective tool than Informatica.So inorder to do so, I need your support.Please post your valuable experience in support of DS highlighting some +ve aspects and also do the same on informatica if u have any information on that.
It would be better if the discussion on these two tools include a minimum of 2 paragraphs, 1 for PROs and 1 for CONs on both of these 2 tools.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.

vmcburney · Post by **vmcburney** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:10 pm

Since Hawk isn't available yet it is hard comparing it to other ETL products.

vardhan354 · Post by **vardhan354** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:41 pm

Atleast please make u opinion based on your experience working with DS server or EE to Informatica.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:20 pm

Hang on, you're the consultant, you're being paid for this POC? But you want us to do your work for you for free?

If you are interested in a commercial arrangement, please revert in those terms.

Both tools are good - otherwise they would not be where they are in the marketplace. The approach the ETL "problem" using a different mindset but, all else being equal, ought to arrive at very similar solutions.

The main point I'd make is that I (personally) would be reluctant to implement any production ETL environment in a Windows architecture.