What do you like best?
Ataccama covers your Data Management needs all in one place. Basically you don't need bunch of different tools for ETL, Profiling, Data Quality, Referential Data Management, Workflows, Schedulears, Master Data Administration, Issue Management you name it. Whatever the task you can do it with pleasure with Ataccama. It shines best when it comes to powerful Master Data Management solutions. Once you get to know how you utilise its powers it gives you a great flexibility and freedom to develop and refine complex solutions and you can do it fast and debug immediately on the go. Ataccama just grows and grows each year you would not need anything else if stick to it.
What do you dislike?
It is a new tool and sometimes with new updates you might find some obstacles but the support is great. They invest in your success and will do their best to resolve as quickly as possible any bugs you might find with the next update but usually there is always a nice workaround solution. Since this is a very flexible beast you can always think of new ways to implement things that even you might think are impossible in the first place. Besides the support might help you with suggestions if you face critical situation.
What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
As mentioned above the whole project delivery you can do with Ataccama. Starting from the very beginning stage of database or just a simple file or advanced queue messages parsing, reading, profiling to their data cleansing, standardisation, validation and continue to the next stage of aggregating, match and merging records in a powerful master management solution with the end result of simple to use and user friendly data governance package. All in all synchronised with workflows, schedulers anything you need to meet the client's requirements. The amount of customisations is insane. You can go the extra mile and provide benefits to your client or to your own solution with adding more value and constantly grow the solution.