Likelihood to Recommend WebSphere DataPower Gateway is really beneficial if you are trying to integrate two or more systems. It provides you with comfort and peace of mind by creating a DMZ zone for the services which are going out of the intranet to hit external clients APIs. It is greatly recommended if you have a very high volume service or API which is being used by a majority of clients because it has a dedicated physical box present which takes care of memory, CPU and all such stuff. So, all your transactions happen at wire-speed.
Read full review Microsoft Application Server has been incredible this past year during COVID. Previously I would have said that we could go without it, but after this past season, Iām glad we have utilized it. Without having this software set up prior to COVID, we would have been in a tough situation. I mention COVID a lot because we were able to continue our work almost seamlessly this entire year.
Read full review Pros The most obvious thing that DataPower does exceptionally well is security. All the built-in supported security capabilities allow us to isolate most security tasks to DataPower and as a result "protect" down steam services/systems to have to deal with security. DataPower is very good at protocol conversion and as it is usually used on the edge allows you to narrow down the protocols used between the companies public and private networks. The appliance concept makes maintenance, recovery and, management so much simpler. Read full review Microsoft Application Server has proven to be highly reliable and effective at deploying to all of its clients. Application performance is surprisingly good and responsive even in bandwidth-constrained environments and generally very reliable. All software programs are manageable from a single location, even when bandwidth is limited. Read full review Cons The old interface is being really missed by our team as the new WebUI interface is not that intuitive or easy to work with. It takes a lot of time to load. There should be an inbuilt wizard for creating a Rest service as well like there is for an XML based service. IBM support is very knowledgeable but it's not that easy to reach them. They don't release the fix patches very soon which also becomes a big issue in certain situations where critical projects are involved. Lastly, DataPower has its steep learning curve and it requires time and effort on your end to gain full control and make the most of the advanced features which it offers. Finding the right resource in the market is not that easy. Read full review Some security hotfixes and general release updates require restarts. We wish it supported more applications out of the box. Thin client support would be great for MS Application Server. Read full review Likelihood to Renew Cost of the appliance
Read full review Usability I have found Microsoft Application Server to be incredibly easy to use. I have used dozens of similar programs and have always struggled to navigate through all the functions. So far I have been able to adapt and learn this software with ease. I rarely run into a problem that I wasnāt easily able to move forward on with a few tips.
Read full review Support Rating Stability is one of the first things we consider when evaluating software. MS Application Server has been rock solid and has reduced the time that our IT staff dedicates to maintaining our legacy applications.
Read full review Alternatives Considered It has a similar feature to what Microsoft Application Server has but at a greater cost and also having to deal with another vendor when we could use a full Microsoft Stack for better training and support.
Read full review Return on Investment It has really taken our business to the next level. We have expanded and integrated with so many new vendors and for all those integrations DataPower is serving as our security gateway. We don't have to depend on any other tool for doing the load balancing of the incoming requests as that is also taken care inside the WebSphere DataPower Gateway box itself, thereby distributing the load equally. It has made our platform much more secure, uniform and robust to deal with any kind of incoming message format or threat as well due to its latest security mechanisms and huge processing power. Read full review Our ROI has been great since it has enabled our IT staff to have a central location to perform application updates which enables us to save time and money. Deployment is very easy since the internal applications that required constant updating are now updated in one central location. It's a lot easier to be within compliance protocols requirements. Read full review ScreenShots