DX Spectrum vs. OpenText Operations Bridge

As I said before, not only for Spectrum, but for any monitoring tool, you need to know what is critical in your environment and think about how exactly you should monitor and treat it. If you have done that, everything will work just fine.

• Well Suited - Networking Monitoring
• Less Appropriate - When you need to customize some monitoring and to update the version

Incentivized

Any customer who is looking for a unified monitoring solution with event Management and also looking for AIOPs. Good coverage of technologies coverage, however if any customer looking for better dashboarding solution then it may not fit. thou MF got BVD but it seems like more complex

• Polling and traps can be configured to take heartbeats at specified intervals and notify on an event in real-time, respectively.
• Topology of devices gives a high-level overview of network architecture.
• Discovery of devices is simple and secure with the use of community strings.
• Details can be added per device or alarm type for actions to be taken to make troubleshooting easier.

Incentivized

• The software includes several user-friendly features, such as a customized dashboard, drag-and-drop event management, and an integrated knowledge base.
• If you are considering purchasing a product, keep Micro Focus Operations Bridge in mind before making a purchasing decision.
• In addition, the purpose of the product is comprehensive, which means it will benefit your business in many ways.

• NOC
• Data Center/Telecom

Incentivized

• Overall dashboards can be better
• Agent onboarding can be more automated than manual

Other tools I have used are more server/application-centric. CA Spectrum seems to work effectively and efficiently for network devices. Notification delays can be set to grant grace periods in case of network blips or false positives, which occur ALL the time. Other monitoring tools send event notifications immediately and would clear instantly, which while on-call can wake a technician for no reason.

Incentivized

• Proactive monitoring for networking
• To many times to plan an update

Incentivized

• Monitoring, OOB plugins, Event Management and AIOps are good
• Dashboard and agent onboarding could be improved as one of our customer was not happy with the same