F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack vs. IBM Cloud Managed Istio

F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack is quite straightforward with the UI and you can expose the features you want. This simplifies the experience for non-admins

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Clearly, the [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] tool is very useful when you have multiple services and each service is connecting with other services through APIs in different networks. To manage this type of complex network, [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] is very useful. It comes with a license that can increase the billing of your project so make sure if your application network mesh, monitoring cannot be managed on your own then you can use it. If your application is not very complex then you have many tools available like Grafana, Prometheus, Sumo Logic, which you can integrate individually with your cluster and implement. In this type of scenario, it is better to not use [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] and it will serve your purpose as well.

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• Kubernetes
• Cloud
• Ease of use
• Value

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• Layers transparently onto existing applications
• Allows control of access and rules to be developed
• Creates metrics for usage

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• It's still a little early so the app feels foreign to our ops teams
• I would like to customize the UI so I can visually see if I'm in Prod or Dev based on background colors
• Templates are a little awkward to create

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• Some more functionalities added could improve it better.
• Better technical user guidance.

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I gave F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack this usability rating because, in my opinion, Documentation and learning resources are key to me providing a perfect score for F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack.

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generally support is fast

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Training and usage support available

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F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack's partner provided services are excellent

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Its capable of a better more powerful hybrid and cloud scenario.

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• We don't yet have hard numbers but it is already making a positive impact to the end users.

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• It reduced the complexity of network mesh (ingress/egress services).
• One tool with many solutions. No need to integrate monitoring tools or notification tools.
• It reduced the number of lines of YAML code.
• It reduced the number of labor hours.

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