Select the best ETL tool to fit your organization

The seventh edition of the independent ETL tools survey, published in May 2009, has uncovered some interesting features and shortcomings of the most popular ETL tools in the marketplace. Passionned, an independent consultancy and research company based in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, compared ETL tools across eight different categories and more than 80 criteria considered essential for attaining high productivity and Business Intelligence systems that work.

Background - List of ETL tools - Criteria - Ranking - Contents - Order

Many customers from all over the world have already downloaded the report and got real benefits from using the information it contains. Eighteen of the major players (see logos below) in this area have contributed to the survey. Get immediate insight into which ETL tools have scored well on specific categories and criteria. By doing so you will ensure that your organization gets the best ETL tool for the best price.

"The ETL Tools Survey has been immediately useful to me" Richard Silverstein, Strategic Planning Manager Sweet & Maxwell Group

IBM releases new version of Information Server (formerly Datastage)

IBM has recently released a new version of Information Server (V 8.1) which has significantly improved the basic functionality of the product. This brings IBM into the top spot for the first time in the category Basic Functionality. Read more in the section 'ranking by category' or download the ETL 2009 Survey Report.

What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG)

Some ETL tools apply the WYSIWYG principle to ETL All the ETL vendors say the same thing: “our biggest competitor is custom code and stored procedures”. There are still a large number of organizations building data warehouses without using an ETL tool, writing their own, mostly very complex, SQL statements, often difficult to maintain. This is not very smart if you realize that an ETL tool can increase productivity by a factor of three to five. Two of the most important features in this case are that these tools are completely meta data driven, and work with an easy to understand graphical user interface (GUI). Some ETL tools are not only meta data driven, but in addition, they have an embedded data driven approach. They can show you, at any time you choose, how the data will be transformed and loaded into the data warehouse, without actually loading it. At any time, the user can press the ‘WYSIWYG’ button, and the ETL tool shows immediately what the results of an ETL flow would be. Read more in the analyst ETL 2009 Survey Report which is now available for purchase.

Has there been a marriage between EAI and ETL tools?

Has there been a marriage between ETL tools and EAI tools? What are the similarities between Enterprise Application Integration and Extraction Transformation and Loading tools? Some people (analysts) think these technologies will converge to form one product, Enterprise Information Management. They both move data, often use the same metadata, so why shouldn't they merge into one package? Read why this may be a problem.

Making Business Intelligence successful

In this research paper you will find the results of a three year study into the success factors of Business Intelligence and Performance management. The study was initiated to gain more insight into which factors actually determine the success (or otherwise) of these initiatives. In this clearly written research paper you will discover the secrets of success for Business Intelligence and Performance Management.

Order the ETL Tool 2009 Survey Report

Get all information to select the best ETL tool for the best price by ordering the ETL 2009 Survey Report. For just EURO 425 (approx US$ 550) you will get real insight into using ETL tools to build successful data warehouses and we will send you results of comparing 20 ETL tools across 80 criteria. Open the table of contents to see what's in the ETL Survey Report. The price is stated in Euros and excludes local taxes. Applicable taxes will be applied during the checkout process.