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Actian DataConnect Reviews & Product Details

Actian DataConnect is a hybrid integration solution that enables users to integrate anything, anywhere, anytime. It can be deployed in on-premise, cloud, and/or hybrid environments and offers quick onboarding. With its emphasis data quality, data reuse, adaptability and self-service integration, DataConnect is designed to support rapid onboarding and deliver the fast time to value.

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Actian Corporation

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Actian DataConnect Demo - Data Connect Features

DataConnect is a hybrid integration solution that enables you to quickly and easily design, deploy, and manage integrations on premise, in the cloud or in hybrid environments with no limits on data types or volumes.

Actian DataConnect Demo - Integration Solution for Every Use Case

Actian DataConnect is an easy to use, versatile hybrid integration platform that supports a wide range of use cases in every industry.

Actian DataConnect Demo - Application Hub

DataConnect helps service delivery teams (e.g. SaaS ProServ team, Systems Integrator) rapidly onboard and maintain application integrations across their customer base.

Actian DataConnect Demo - Data Onboarding

DataConnect helps organizations onboard master data from their customers as part of the customer onboarding and maintenance process.

Actian DataConnect Demo - Business to Business (B2B) Transaction Network

DataConnect helps an enterprise or service provider exchange EDI data with their supply chain, customer network, or partner network.

Actian DataConnect Demo - DataConnect For All Needs

DataConnect fits the needs of all integration personas.

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Nick H.

SQL Engineer

Management Consulting

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/11/2014

"A developers perspective on Pervasive's Data Integrator"

5/5

What do you like best about Actian DataConnect?

The flexibility that the solution allows when mapping, moving, and transforming data. Using the data integrator, it was very easy to program for all sorts of incoming data and handle all types of situations based on events, data quality, variables, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Actian DataConnect?

I wish they would get rid of that proprietary scripting language they use (RIFL) and instead go with c# or python or any other more standardized language. RIFL was hard to lookup when we had questions or problems because it's not used anywhere else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Actian DataConnect:

I have an interesting perspective on Data Integrator because I worked with it for almost 4 years before switching companies. To be honest, when I started working with Data Integrator I didn't like it at all. I found it tough to program in, specifically the RIFL scripting because there is very little community support when compared to the likes of c# or javascript. After the initial learning curve, it got much better for me but I still wasn't 100% sold on the product. It wasn't until I got to my new company where we DON'T have Data Integrator that I fully understood the value Pervasive brings to the industry. At this company, we use SSIS to perform the same kind of data movements that I did previously using Data Integrator. While I do see some benefits of using SSIS, I am currently pushing management to move over to Pervasive. It's a million times more flexible and user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Actian DataConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?

My primary role when working with Pervasive's Data Integrator was as a data migration analyst. We would migrate massive databases between software suites, vendors, and software versions. Without this software, the migrations would have been a million times harder and far less consistent. Using Data Integrator, we could push out hundreds of migrated data sets each month with relative ease and we were also able to scale the product out to help with the largest of our migrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steve H.

Data Integration Architect

Computer Software

9/8/2014

"Healthcare and Automation"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Actian DataConnect?

The variety of connectors to read different file formats. This is important especially in the healthcare space where maintaining HIPAA compliance is becoming mandatory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Actian DataConnect?

Not a large user community rely upon for help. Now that our users are proficient, we are continually finding better, more creative ways to use the tools. To that end, having access to samples, use cases and insight into how other customers are using the tools would have enabled us to get to the point we are at even faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Actian DataConnect:

Before purchasing speak with Actian on the direction they are taking with regard to their integration tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Actian DataConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?

We receive and processes large amounts of data from a broad spectrum of sources. With growth in business came the realization that data volumes would ultimately outpace their manageability. To prevent this, we needed a set of tools that could not only digest and transform a variety of file types (ASCII, COBOL, EDI), but that also provided added functionality to enable full “lights out” automation of our loading process. Pervasive Data Integrator gave us this capability. We now pull files from a secure FTP server, decrypt, stage, transform and load them to our SQL databases without the need for human manipulation. This significantly reduces the time required to process data, and the data itself is inherently more secure. Analysts can spend more time turning this data into usable information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brian L.

Senior Product/Marketing Database Analyst

Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/12/2014

"Using Pervasive"

4/5

What do you like best about Actian DataConnect?

its ease of use, and its functionality. It was really easy for me to pick it up quick. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Actian DataConnect?

I felt that it had a few limitations with integrating with our automation services when we were doing ETL. Pervasive would sometimes freeze when mapping the different fields from different sources to our fields. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Actian DataConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were using Pervasive as a tool for data integration from a variety of different data formats from across the real estate agencies, associations and data repository centers. Pervasive came in very handy in matching the fields from different data sources to our standard data sources. I think the ease of use and as long as someone has a basic idea of data integration, Pervasive is easy to pick up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Biotechnology

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/8/2014

"Its an Awesome product to use especially when working with XML files"

5/5

What do you like best about Actian DataConnect?

I like the way how pervasive recognizes the unstructured XML files and its own way of transformations which are user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Actian DataConnect?

in most of the case it is not a quick learning tool just like the other tools in the market. and some transformations are not user friendly like upto the market standards Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Actian DataConnect:

its very nice product when your organisation is very small and dealing mainly with unstructured targets or sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Actian DataConnect solving and how is that benefiting you?

we used this product to load the web user reviews to and flow to third parties as well for analytic purposes.

we see significant differences in sales using the reviews. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tu L.

Senior Oracle Database Administrator

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/12/2014

"Exploring and evaluating product"

4/5

What do you like best about Actian DataConnect?

It is a SaaS model so you can say it got all advantages of SaaS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Actian DataConnect?

It is a SaaS model so you can say it got all disadvantages of SaaS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aspen O.

Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director of Computer Science

Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/27/2014

"Used Data Integrator in classroom to show students how to do ETL without coding"

4/5

What do you like best about Actian DataConnect?

I loved the ability to have secure integration without coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Actian DataConnect?

More developer information is needed to build custom plug ins Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/11/2014

"Does the job"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Actian DataConnect?

Many connectors and HL7 document schema is already defined Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Actian DataConnect?

licensing can be complicated, esp with upgrades from legacy versoins Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/24/2014

"Great product"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Actian DataConnect?

Easy to use designers make it a snap to design your ETLs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Actian DataConnect?

Having to maintain an onprem instance is a pain. So, the cloud is awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Defense & Space

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/4/2014

"Review by consultant"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Actian DataConnect?

It is a very nice software and all the tools are very well organized Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Actian DataConnect?

I dont dislike any features of this software.It is very good tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kryz O.

Global Partner PreSales and Technical Enablement

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/30/2012

"Great integration with many "standard" plugs"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Actian DataConnect?

We used Pervasive at Exact to link the front and back office solution where many Countries ERP databases fed into one. Great and relaiable solution with accurate rules and master/slave parameters Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Actian DataConnect?

To understand and use pervasive is very difficult. 2 weeks worth of training for our admins and they struggled to get data to replicate in difference databases (simple field replication).

If your solution does not have a plug its a very hard implementation to develop one - I think this is where the Partner bit comes in and it is upto the Vendor to develop on the client/customer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.