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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    iTop

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ACombodo is an editor of ITSM open source solutions headquartered in France. In addition to advising and assisting companies in ITIL to improve their services and better control their information system, they offer iTop, their flagship open source ITSM software solution.

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    OpenText Dimensions CM

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ADimensions CM is Software Change and Configuration Management for Agile development, developed by Serena Software and now sold by OpenText.N/A

    Trellix Change Control

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ATrellix Change Control (formerly McAfee, or Solidcore S3 Control) delivers continuous, enterprise-wide detection of authorized changes as they occur. It blocks unauthorized changes to critical system files, directories, and configurations while streamlining the implementation of new policies and compliance measures.N/A
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    iTopOpenText Dimensions CMTrellix Change Control
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    iTopOpenText Dimensions CMTrellix Change Control
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    iTopOpenText Dimensions CMTrellix Change Control
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of iTop and OpenText Dimensions CM and Trellix Change Control
    Feature
    iTop
    9.6
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    OpenText Dimensions CM
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    Trellix Change Control
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    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory9.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration9.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools9.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications9.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation9.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards9.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of iTop and OpenText Dimensions CM and Trellix Change Control
    Feature
    iTop
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    OpenText Dimensions CM
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    Trellix Change Control
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    Configuration mangement9.12 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard8.72 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement9.12 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of iTop and OpenText Dimensions CM and Trellix Change Control
    Feature
    iTop
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    OpenText Dimensions CM
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    Trellix Change Control
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    Change requests repository10.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar10.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    iTopOpenText Dimensions CMTrellix Change Control
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
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    8.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.0
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    Usability
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    9.0
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    Support Rating
    -
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    User Testimonials
    iTopOpenText Dimensions CMTrellix Change Control
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Combodo
    It is always at the heart of operational activities for the service center strives to establish a single repository shared by all teams that allow you to define offerings that can fit each customer. Has satellites that have the capacity to synchronize central control with [the] remote customer to provide them with solutions linked with your operations.
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    OpenText
    Serena CM is well suited to highly controlled, audited, and process driven environments. It will allow strict segregation of duties, and change traceability. If implemented correctly it will help you quickly build trusts with your auditors. It is also well suited to environments that require constant branching and merging. Due to the complexity of the product and learning curve for your development and operations team it may be overkill in a small shop with loose rules
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    Trellix (Musarubra US LLC)
    It gives more power to IT to track security breaches. Alerts make the job easier by ensuring that a constant overwatch is not needed. Gives a security boost with respect to adding policies as to what changes are allowed and what is not allowed especially when it comes to registry keys which is very crucial.
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    Pros
    Combodo
    • Open source
    • Issue Tracking
    • Integrations
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    OpenText
    • Code Promotion: Dimensions CM allows supervisors to control changes to code, in that they delegate requests to developers, and act as a gatekeeper prior to promoting to the next environment. This functionality is configurable so you can set up a workflow that best fits the structure and requirements of your own company.
    • Code Repository for changes and versioning: Code can be checked out by item or by synchronizing folders. Code revisions can be compared against other revisions or work files. Item histories show which developers made which modifications, and which supervisor and operations personnel were involved in assigning the request and promoting the code to each environment. Additionally a pedigree will show a stream diagram which graphically displays branches and merges.
    • Deployment: Serena Change Management offers help automating deployment including integrations with SVN and Jenkins. Its newer versions also have a powerful graphical deployment automation tool (Serena Deployment Automation- SDA). It comes with a certain amount of licenses built-in. If you have a many nodes to deploy to there will be separate licensing costs for that.
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    Trellix (Musarubra US LLC)
    • Track Content Change
    • Change Alerts
    • Easy to get started with
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    Cons
    Combodo
    • CSV import tools for any data.
    • Data synchronization.
    • Graphical impact analysis.
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    OpenText
    • The only major negative that I have encountered with Serena CM product is that the very power and flexibility of the tool means there is a risk that you will make a mess of things. In other words it gives you plenty of rope to tangle yourself with. I recommend careful, well thought out deployments implementing the built in roles and workflows that can be turned on and configured, using a consistent methodology.
    • My experience with the Serena help desk support has not been impressive. Though reasonably polite and diligent, the technicians were well trained, and often gave bad advise and terrible scripts. On several occasions I had to rewrite scripts they have me; if I had run them as provided they would have caused even more difficulties than the problem I was trying to solve. I speak of the support in the past tense because I conditioned myself not to call them, it was usually just easier to solve nay problems my self. They do have a good account management team though, and for any major issues you can go thru them.
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    Trellix (Musarubra US LLC)
    • Support on MacOS
    • Overhaul intrusion detection
    • Can work on interactive UI
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Combodo
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    OpenText
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    Trellix (Musarubra US LLC)
    The easy tool it is, performance which is smooth, not much expertise needed, change alerts are great and the policies can be flexibly changed.
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    Usability
    Combodo
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Trellix (Musarubra US LLC)
    Easy peasy and smooth. I don't have to worry about extensive memory consumption because it does not need much and yet provides pretty fast and smooth experience .
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    Support Rating
    Combodo
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Trellix (Musarubra US LLC)
    Never really needed for a support, but they do look to have good support parameters.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Combodo
    You can not beat [Combodo iTop] community edition in terms of features. It is a great piece of software that has its place for any company that needs to get a helpdesk up and a budget is a big concern.
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    OpenText
    Serena CM is superior to Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) in overall functionality, but does not have very good native integration with Microsoft. Therefore in a Microsoft centric shop with no audit needs ,TFS would be better. Otherwise I would choose Serena CM
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    Trellix (Musarubra US LLC)
    It is an easy tool to use that makes a huge difference, easy setup, and does not consume much memory. The performance is smooth which is difficult to see in all the other similar tools. Its real-time and continuous updates on changes when changes are made while keeping options to update the policies to change files gives users a lot of options to be happy with.
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    Return on Investment
    Combodo
    • Has tickets that report requests and bugs .
    • Has documentation that covers official extensions.
    • Customizable CMDB.
    • Guidelines.
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    OpenText
    • Serena has facilitated our annual completion of various audit and technology control certifications. These certifications make a huge difference to our company's reputation and bottom line.
    • There has been no negative impact on our company.
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    Trellix (Musarubra US LLC)
    • Feels more secure
    • More power to IT to track breaches
    • More control over company policies
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