Overview
Multicloud, AI-powered data integration
IBM® DataStage® is an industry-leading data integration tool that helps you design, develop and run jobs that move and transform data. At its core, the DataStage tool supports extract, transform and load (ETL) and extract, load and transform (ELT) patterns. A basic version of the software is available for on-premises deployment, but to cut data integration time and costs, upgrade to DataStage for IBM Cloud Pak for Data® and experience powerful automated integration capabilities in a hybrid or multicloud environment.
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What is DataStage for IBM Cloud Pak for Data?
What is IBM Cloud Pak for Data? This cloud-native insight platform — built on the Red Hat® OpenShift® container orchestration platform — integrates the tools needed to collect, organize and analyze data within a data fabric architecture. It dynamically and intelligently orchestrates data across a distributed landscape, to create a network of instantly available information for data consumers. IBM Cloud Pak for Data can be deployed on premises, as a service on the IBM Cloud® or on any vendor’s cloud.
DataStage is available as an add-on to an IBM Cloud Pak for Data software license or as a service through IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.
Benefits
Features
Full spectrum of data and AI services
Manage the data and analytics lifecycle on the IBM Cloud Pak for Data platform. Services include data science, event messaging, data virtualization and data warehousing.
Parallel engine and automated load balancing
Process data at scale by optimizing ETL performance with a best-in-breed parallel engine and load balancing that maximizes throughput.
Metadata support for policy-driven data access
Protect sensitive data with metadata exchange using IBM Watson® Knowledge Catalog. Use data lineage to see how data flows through transformation and integration.
Automated delivery pipelines for production
Automate continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) job pipelines from dev to test to production and help reduce development costs.
Extensive set of prebuilt connectors and stages
Use prebuilt connectivity and stages to move data between multiple cloud sources and data warehouses, such as IBM Netezza® and IBM Db2® Warehouse on Cloud.
IBM DataStage Flow Designer
Increase developer productivity with machine learning-assisted design in a user-friendly interface, helping cut development costs.
In-flight data quality
Trust data delivery using IBM InfoSphere® QualityStage® to automatically resolve quality issues when data is ingested by target environments.
Automated failure detection
Reduce infrastructure management effort 65% - 85%², letting users focus on higher value tasks.
Distributed data processing
Execute cloud runtimes remotely wherever the data resides, while maintaining data sovereignty and minimizing costs.
Deployment options
As a service
Access all the latest capabilities available as part of IBM DataStage on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service, a subscription model for a set of integrated services fully managed on IBM Cloud.
On premises or any cloud
Add IBM DataStage Enterprise (or IBM DataStage Enterprise Plus) to IBM DataStage on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service to run workloads on premises or on any cloud.
On premises
Run basic ETL jobs on premises using IBM DataStage on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service. Parallel processing and enterprise connectivity deliver a scalable platform.
IBM named a Leader for the 17th year in a row in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Integration Tools
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Build data pipelines

Build data pipelines
Efficiently perform data integration work in a no-code/low-code environment with a user-friendly interface. Hundreds of prebuilt functions and connectors reduce development time and improve consistency of design and deployment.
Auto workload balancing

Auto workload balancing
DataStage has a best-in-breed, highly scalable parallel engine that processes substantial data volumes. Built-in auto workload balancing provides high performance and elastic management of compute resources.
Connections, integration

Platform connections and integration points
Accelerate DataOps with shared platform connections and integrations with other products in IBM Cloud Pak for Data, including data virtualization, governance, business intelligence and data science services.
Testimonials
DataStage on SaaS and IBM Cloud Pak for Data delivers ultimate flexibility – data movement and transformation on a modern, hybrid cloud architecture with seamless integration into IBM’s data fabric ecosystem.
Kevin Burnley,
Director, Technical Sales EMEA
Mastech InfoTrellis
Working with DataStage for IBM Cloud Pak for Data, we’ve transformed advanced analytics using open and transparent methodologies.
Philip Black,
Vice President, Client Services, TechD
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¹ Forrester, New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact Of IBM Cloud Pak For Data (PDF, 1.3 MB), February 2020
¹ Forrester, New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact Of IBM Cloud Pak For Data (PDF, 1.3 MB), February 2020