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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HPE Intelligent Management Center

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AHPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC), formerly known as HP Network Management Center, is a network performance monitoring option, from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.

    $1,710.07

    one-time fee 50‑node License E‑LTU

    Keysight Network Test (Ixia BreakingPoint & Hawkeye)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AKeysight Network Test, consisting of the former Ixia BreakingPoint and Ixia Hawkeye product brands, among other tools, helps the user exceed customer expectations by ensuring high performance of wired, Wi-Fi, and 3G/4G/LTE networks in both pre-deployment and real-world environments.N/A
    Pricing
    HPE Intelligent Management CenterKeysight Network Test (Ixia BreakingPoint & Hawkeye)
    Editions & Modules
    Basic Edition
    $1,710.07
    one-time fee 50‑node License E‑LTU
    Enterprise Edition
    $5,884.04
    one-time fee 50‑node License E‑LTU
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HPE Intelligent Management CenterKeysight Network Test (Ixia BreakingPoint & Hawkeye)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMonthly pricing available through HPE financing options.—
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    Would buy again
    100%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    HPE Intelligent Management CenterKeysight Network Test (Ixia BreakingPoint & Hawkeye)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    HPE Intelligent Management CenterKeysight Network Test (Ixia BreakingPoint & Hawkeye)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Its very good and easy to do custom polling by importing MIB files where we had challenges to do out of box monitoring. Integration is easy.
    Incentivized
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    Keysight Technologies
    Keysight BreakingPoint Cloud is a Software-as-a-Service Cybersecurity Assessment Platform which ensures optimal configuration of DDoS protection services and performs regularly scheduled validations using an always up-to-date library of DDoS attacks. BreakingPoint Cloud has intelligence of more than 20 years of leadership in network security testing to reveal your security exposure across public, private, and hybrid networks.
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Multivendor flexibility.
    • Topology map features.
    • Backup configurations.
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    Keysight Technologies
    • Scalability
    • DDoS Protection
    • Data Security Compliance
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Visibility of both LAN and WiFi network components.
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    Keysight Technologies
    • Cost Effective
    • Multi Vendor Support
    • Private Cloud support
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    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    They are fast responding when you create a support case. But they also have a forum (community) where you can find knowledge-base information that is very useful.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Cause of the great gui and easy management can be customized to your liking. The awesome topology maps you can make easy to change make it your own design. Great support. Don't need a large database to run. Can handle multiple users at once with ease. Overall a great product recommend to anyone
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    Keysight Technologies
    Keysight Breaking Point stacks up against others as it has an intelligence for more than 20 years. It gives evidence to document DDoS protection compliance to comply the regulatory compliance. To eliminate attacks, Keysight’s Breaking Point Cloud provides a real time IP validation, confirming you can simulate DDoS tests only against resources on your Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Easy to implement
    • Easy to configure
    • Overall good monitoring tool
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    Keysight Technologies
    • Data Center Micro Segmentation
    • Scada Network Security
    • Application and Threat Intelligence
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