Horizn vs. Observium

It is well suited for someone who works from home often. In this whole new work from home environment most people are facing, it is vital to have software that enables you to access your work desktop. It is also suited for people who travel for work on a regular basis. I can't really see any scenarios where it is less appropriate. Horizn allows anyone to have access to their work desktop at anytime regardless of their physical location.

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• If you are on a budget, this is one heck of a tool for the price (including the ~$200/year for the Pro subscription).
• If you are OK with maintaining and updating open source tools, this is a great tool.
• If you are afraid of the Linux command line or live in a Windows-centric world, this might not be the tool for you.
• If you can't stand things occasionally not working, this is probably not a good fit.

Incentivized

• It is easy to log into
• Functions exactly as if I was on my desktop computer at work
• Haven't had a lot of problems with the connection dropping

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• Automatic device discovery.
• Scalability
• Real-time monitoring.

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• I have had issues with logging in a timing out
• The system can get overloaded if there are too many users logged in at the same time
• When it does freeze, I do have problems logging back in and all my tabs and save progress is lost

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• Documentation
• Community support
• Easy to set up but hard to customise fully

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It's open source. Your mileage may vary. Sometimes the provided documentation is beyond frustrating, other times it's right on the mark.

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We used WorkJam in the past, but it really wasn't comparable to Horizon. WorkJam was more about bring staff together to stay informed on learning management, task management, daily communications and staffing. It was more about providing a platform where employees could connect to stay current on the latest communications from the company. It didn't have anything to do with providing access to your virtual work desktop.

Incentivized

I haven't used other products that are similar to Observium. Observium is an open tool, with a robust feature set. There are elements of comparable monitoring across other tools, but nothing I've seen that is a complete parallel in terms of feature set and visualizations. If I were asked, I wouldn't have another tool to recommend over Observium.

Incentivized

• allows people to be connected to work at anytime and anyplace
• don't have to wait to go back into the office to perform certain work functions
• little to no learning curve to use

Incentivized

• It is good for DC admin.
• Only positive impact.
• Highly recommended.

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