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Information Architect at a healthcare company
Vendor
Sep 30, 2014
Good and easy debugging functions while better tools for geo-data are needed.

What is most valuable?

Maybe the best thing is the product's easy start-up level when you are familiar with Java. Also job creation is fast compared to some other tools. One more good thing is that tables' metadata is easy to bring into the tool and utilize. Last thing to mention here is flexibility to use Java code inside the job.

How has it helped my organization?

These are: fast job creation from start to finish which improves ROI, good and easy debugging functions.

What needs improvement?

First, We faced problems with stability of the products. Also some components were clearly not tested well, which meant that there were bugs. Better tools for geo-data are needed. Documentation was poor in the beginning but it got better over time.

For how long have I used the solution?

Talend Enterprise Data Integration 5.1 (1) and Talend Platform for
Data Services (2)

2 years by one customer (without Data Quality (1)), 6 months in other customer (with Data Quality(2))

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

At the customer deployment to the production environment from the test one was a bit exhausting. This could be because they didn't use/know the best-practices.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Yes we had issues. Quite often the server needed rebooting as if there were memory leaks. Sometimes the CVS version management got stuck.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues. Only issues were with the Java memory which is scalable and changeable from the job settings.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

Customer service was good most of the time. Answers came in a timely fashion.

Technical Support:

It was good most of the time. Answers came in a timely fashion.

How was the initial setup?

It was pretty straightforward. Memory settings by the client needed some modification in the first place. From the server point of view I cannot say.

What about the implementation team?

In house team.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yes. We evaluated IBM DataStage.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user154314 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Team Lead at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
Sep 30, 2014
Although we faced memory issues with 3GB of RAM, I would recommend this product.

What is most valuable?

JRules, TMap, TParallel, ELT, etc

How has it helped my organization?

It has provided the feature wherein the business could make the changes as requested without performing the ETL deployment code to production.

What needs improvement?

I think the memory issues we faced when using the 3GB RAM compared to the 4GB RAM computers caused lot of issues. Probably can improve in that.

For how long have I used the solution?

4 years - Talend Open Studio 3.1.2, 4.1.3, 5.0, Talend Integration Suite 4.1.3, Talend Data Quality 4

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Intially we did encountered issues with the deployment, but over the period of time we were able to find the proper way to perform the deployment and also used a tool called HERMES for the deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Very nice customer service

Technical Support:

Excellent support from the technical support team

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes earlier we had Ab Initio but switched to Talend because initially it was an Open Studio with no cost involved and also it was supported by the JRules component.

How was the initial setup?

It was not straight forward as it was pretty new to everyone among our team, but over the period of time when we had hands on the tool everything got smooth.

What about the implementation team?

It was a in-house team.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Ab Initio, Informatica etc.

What other advice do I have?

I would definitely recommend others to implement this product as it is really helpful, easy to learn, user friendly, provides lot of enhanced features, etc.

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Data Architect with 5,001-10,000 employees
Vendor
Sep 23, 2014
I like the option to start with the community edition. At the same time, it uses a huge amount of memory.

Valuable Features

The option to start with the community edition

Improvements to My Organization

Solves problems with the quality of data applying some business rules. And with the data integrator load data from multiple source to a target source.

Room for Improvement

The usage of memory. This tool uses a huge amount of memory.

Use of Solution

Around 3 years

Deployment Issues

I haven't had problems.

Stability Issues

Yes, I had some problems with the Linux version because of launch some exceptions.

Scalability Issues

No

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service: 5/5 - good customer serviceTechnical Support: 5/5 - good technical support

Initial Setup

We haven't experienced any problems.

ROI

You move data from one source to another without problem and apply some business rules in data.

Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing

Basically a good server.

Other Solutions Considered

Yes we evaluated: Kettle, CloverEtl and Oracle Data Integrator

Other Advice

Put in a server with a lot of memory and if it’s a hard process then put in a dedicated server.
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Manager at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
Top 20
Sep 4, 2014
Switch to Talend came natural - we were working on a custom data quality solution and encountered difficulty

What is most valuable?

Better control and flexibility to add/custom define features, to tailor to your needs by modifying its Java generated code.

How has it helped my organization?

While building Customer registry for a global hi-tech manufacturing firm few years back, to establish single view of customer across geographies, Talend data quality was used in conjunction with other tools to track and manage data quality metrics, with minimum investment. DQ Scorecards were published for daily updates to DMO(data management operations) and steering committee.

For how long have I used the solution?

I’ve been part of defining and building similar solutions and been part of this specific solution involving Talend for close to an year.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Yes, and we did overcome the same by custom defining/development efforts.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Switch to Talend came natural since working on a custom data quality solution then and encountered difficulty managing the same.

What about the implementation team?

An application dev/consulting firm supported with custom development efforts, not a Talend data quality vendor, intuitive UI and features of product helped the team to learn quickly and work on this platform.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We've evaluated multiple options including building/maintaining a custom solution. Cost, maintenance and custom development requirements were primary factors for choosing Talend.

What other advice do I have?

Account for Java developers/ custom development efforts apart from DQ functional/technical expertise, to use Talen DQ product to the fullest.
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it_user4518 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Databases at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
Mar 28, 2013
Powerful and flexible once we managed to get it installed and configured.

Valuable Features:

• It meets our operational and analytical data integration needs by providing us with a high performing set of tools to access, transform and integrate data in real time. • Provides us a central repository for sharing our enterprise metadata among business users, developers and IT staff, so we can access and share a single version of information. • It helped us in handling huge data volumes, remote execution of jobs, interacting with cloud data sources and deployment on cloud infrastructure. • We can centrally supervise our software integration processes by using Talend's advanced monitoring capabilities.

Room for Improvement:

• Lots of errors and system crashes during installation and IMHO we didn’t receive good enough technical support and guidance from Talend to solve the issues. • It doesn’t support multitasking.

Other Advice:

One of the reasons we chose the Talend integration suite was because it is an open source data integration tool. It provides us a central repository for sharing our enterprise metadata and meets our operational and analytical data integration needs. We like the fact that it offers data quality functionality, ESB and MDM solutions in a single package. We can easily manage huge data volumes and centrally supervise our software integration processes.
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it_user274527 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user274527Global Account Manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User

Hello,

You seem to have an experiment on a TIS which is no longer existing since 2013.
with 2 major upgrades per year, we have reached and accomplished lots of improvement (>850 plug and play connectors like sfdc, oracle, ...)
By example, you may download Talend Enterprise Data Integration on the us website and you should be able to test and use it 10 minutes after !

I may give you unlimited reasons to check Talend on his last release and you may reach me to get free licenses (for testing only)

I enjoy your initiative to speak freely, based upon user, of those software.

Regards,

reviewer1796481 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Reseller
Dec 16, 2023
Comes with a wide library of connects but needs to work on customer support
Pros and Cons
  • "Talend Data integration has a wide library of connectors."
  • "The tool's technical support needs to be better. It doesn't have a local data center but pushes everything to the cloud. They need to check in with customers to see if they're happy and how well the solutions work. They need to assign a customer success manager for the accounts they sell."

What is most valuable?

Talend Data integration has a wide library of connectors. 

What needs improvement?

The tool's technical support needs to be better. It doesn't have a local data center but pushes everything to the cloud. They need to check in with customers to see if they're happy and how well the solutions work. They need to assign a customer success manager for the accounts they sell. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product for four and a half years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Talend Data integration's stability is good. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the tools' scalability an eight out of ten. 

How was the initial setup?

Talend Data integration's initial deployment is simple. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate the product an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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