Customer success stories
Initiate Systems Inc.: CloverETL as an Embedded ETL Application
We at Initiate Systems were faced with a classic “make-buy” decision, where we had to consider the challenge of building it ourselves versus the speed and implementation of an external application.
A typical ETL product would not provide us with the flexibility or extensibility we needed. We wanted an application which would extract, transform and load data between the Initiate Master Data Service® platform and external systems as an integral part of our product, thus simplifying implementation and enhancing end-user experience.
CloverETL, with its small footprint, large functionality and simple extensibility was a perfect fit to our master data management (MDM) solution. In addition, the ease of its integration allowed us to quickly implement our MDM solution around CloverETL’s core functions – it was so easy. In short, CloverETL, as an embedded part of our solution, provided key aspects such as flexible connectivity, data integration, validation, enrichment and the speed required to support our evolving client MDM requirements.
Today, CloverETL provides four unique attributes that enhance Initiate Master Data Service.
- First, CloverETL extends our functionality by providing data validation, enrichment and data processing. Its tight integration allows Initiate Master Data Service to use all the features and functions of CloverETL.
- Second, CloverETL acts as a seamless interface between and among external data systems and the Initiate Master Data Service. Data are easily integrated and CloverETL is aligned with Initiate Master Data Service to enable better, easier and faster communications as well as seamless connections to external systems.
- Third, CloverETL enables rapid implementation of our projects. Because CloverETL is readily customizable, there are no specialized requirements that can’t quickly be resolved.
- Fourth, CloverETL provides an extendable Eclipse-based design-time environment. Integration with our Initiate Master Data Service Workbench tool is extremely simple.