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by Kamil Goral, expert in developing solutions for the DataWalk platform, collaborates with customers in Law Enforcement, Intelligence, Insurance, Banking, Oil & Gas, and Telco. He specializes in cryptocurrency investigations, anti-money laundering, AI/machine learning, and more.
DataWalk: One Of The Key IBM® i2® Competitors
IBM (now Harris) i2 Analyst Notebook, or ANB, has long been a popular link analysis tool worldwide. However, we frequently hear from customers that they are looking for alternatives, and they want to know who are the key IBM i2 competitors (or Harris i2 competitors).
The first question for those looking for IBM i2 competitors is “what do you need?” This is a critical question, because as depicted below, “i2” can refer to a broad range of usage models and capabilities, depending on which IBM/Harris products you are using, and how you are using them.
Figure 1. Sample IBM i2 products and usage models.
On one extreme, if you are using IBM i2 ANB just for manually drawing link charts, then you can consider that the appropriate IBM i2 competitors are drawing tools such as Microsoft® Visio®. On the other extreme, if you are looking for Enterprise-class tools for link analysis and more, then IBM/Harris i2 Enterprise Insight Analysis is the more appropriate comparison, and you can consider that IBM i2 competitors are Palantir® Gotham® and DataWalk.
Why Is DataWalk Among The Strongest IBM i2 Competitors?
DataWalk is a fully integrated, Enterprise-class system for data analysis, which is modern, scalable, easy to use, and cost effective. DataWalk is a full-stack solution that provides leading-edge capabilities compared with other IBM i2 competitors:
- A server-based architecture which facilities immediate, secure collaboration on data, analyses, reports, and other work product.
- A web-based interface which eliminates the need to manage client-side software.
- A scalable repository capable of easily handling vast amounts of data, while storing (and automatically generating) connections between data elements across different data sets.
- Facilities for automatically ingesting data from customer’s internal and external sources, which may include databases, public records services, external sources, spreadsheets, and social media*, all organized in a simple flexible model oriented around simple concepts such as people, events, vehicles, phones, and so forth. See Figure 2 below.
- Like IBM/Harris i2 and most IBM i2 competitors, DataWalk also includes a robust facility for link analysis, with integrated maps and social network analysis facilities. DataWalk then extends much further with advanced querying, entity extraction, address/PDF parsing, reporting, and many other incremental features.
- The DataWalk team has some of the best technologists and analytic minds in the industry, and works closely with customers to ensure their success.
Figure 2. DataWalk organizes data in a simple flexible model oriented around understandable entities.
Summary
IBM/Harris i2 products, particularly IBM/Harris i2 Analyst Notebook, have served the industry well for decades. However, for those customers evaluating IBM i2 competitors and looking to move on to a modern, scalable, collaborative, and cost-effective Enterprise-class system, DataWalk can be an excellent alternative.
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IBM is a trademark of IBM. Harris and i2 are trademarks of N. Harris Computer Corporation. Microsoft and Visio are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Palantir and Gotham are trademarks of Palantir Technologies.
*May require third-party software purchased separately.
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