CenturyLink Public Cloud vs IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

Likelihood to Recommend

I believe for small to mid business application hosting Centurylink provides an adequate service. When moving to larger scale business enviornments I believe the limitations, slowness is going to become a problem

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Analyst in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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It's a test to have another site as DR and keeping it up to the level of our item site. IBM Cloud permits us not to stress over keeping up another site. It's not difficult to begin with IBM Cloud, moving beginning seeds, and keeping up reproducing information.

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Rajesh Singh

CEO & MD

Gurjartech Pvt LtdInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

Virtual machine automated provisioning

Management console

Live virtual machine backup

Live virtual machine migration

Hypervisor-level security

Pros

Offloading the requirements for hosting apps in house - cost savings
Access ability - users could access documents and programs from anywhere
Collaborative work ability - multiple users could work within the same enviornment

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Analyst in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Ease of use - we don't want to spend extra hours trying to figure out a problem
Easy Setup - onboarding was simple and quick
Great documentation - Most of the answers to our questions are very easily accessible without additional help

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Engineer in Engineering

Computer Networking Company, 201-500 employees

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Cons

Perhaps ease of use - it's not convoluted but a little more streamlined of an interface would be great
Make your presence more known - in a world of heavily advertised cloud options CenturyLink is not at the top of the pile and I think it may be due to a lack of awareness in the business community. Advertise!
Streamline functionality - interface can be a little slow at times.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support is horrible and or non-existent
Documentation is out of date and incorrect for the most part
IBM employees and salespeople are not aware of features or offerings
Does not integrate the Zerto, only Veeam and has limited options for data migration

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David Fertig

VP

The Systems House, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions 8.0

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We are highly likely to renew this product as it has quickly very integral across our organization and is useful in almost all of our core data analytics and business processes. We have to ensure the cost side is manageable and still worth it upon renewal - but don't see this as a major hurdle

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General Manager in Corporate

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Usability

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions 8.2

Based on 3 answers

Everything is very clearly laid out. Being familiar with vSphere already, it was a quick transition over to the IBM environment. This allowed us to spend less time on the implementation phase and move quickly to actually utilizing the system on a day to day basis. Also, the performance is very good. No lagginess to the website like our previous on-prem environment.

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Professional in Information Technology

Utilities Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions 9.0

Based on 2 answers

We view IBM as one of the most reliable vendors we have dealt with from an availability perspective. No issue whatsoever in terms of getting answers and solutions in a timely manner when we need them.

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General Manager in Corporate

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Performance

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions 9.0

Based on 2 answers

We use this product both on a stand alone basis and have also integrated it with various internal systems. We have not experienced any delay / issues when using the product in either instance - excellent and consistent performer across the board

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Verified User

General Manager in Corporate

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions 8.6

Based on 10 answers

Overall, just a great experience here. No one in my opinion gets a perfect 10/10 rating (no one is ever perfect), so 9/10 is probably as good as it gets! From initial planning to post implementation support, the IBM Cloud and professional services has been there for my group as much as we have needed them. Great job!

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Professional in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Implementation Rating

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions 7.5

Based on 4 answers

IBM professional services helped us plan and implement the project with great success. They guided the project from planning, scoping, pre-implementation, testing, roll-out, then production and post-production support. We were very impressed with their knowledge of VMware and really appreciated their desire to make our project a success. I would highly recommend them!

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Professional in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

I did not select the application hosting environment - I was a user. That being said I do not have much of a voice in the difference between hosted services that I have experienced.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is better for clients on a dollar to dollar basis compared to AWS Backup. It allows customers to easily see how much resources they are using in the cloud (a feature not fully available with AWS). This helps save them money and be smarter with their backup storage.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Scalability

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions 8.0

Based on 1 answer

The product is highly scalable - our primary concern upon implementation was this very issue. We found it integrates with our own internal systems in a very seamless manner - have had absolutely no issues on this front

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General Manager in Corporate

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

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It emphatically affects the expense needed to keep up our vSphere climate by permitting us to dispose of our vSphere equipment and not stress over upkeep by the same token.
There have been not very many negatives, however one would be the open-finished expense related with cloud items when all is said in done.

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Rajesh Singh

CEO & MD

Gurjartech Pvt LtdInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

Likelihood to Recommend