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    Microsoft System Center

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft System Center is an enterprise-grade IT Operations Management (ITOM) suite designed for the centralized administration of data center infrastructure, virtualized environments, and hybrid cloud workloads. The platform provides unified management across heterogeneous environments, including support for Windows Server, Linux, and Azure Stack HCI. System Center is Microsoft's ITOM stack for organizations that maintain a significant on-premise footprint, vs the company's Azure-based…

    $1,323

    per month

    OpenText Asset Management X

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMicro Focus Asset Management X (formerly HP Asset Manager) is enterprise-class IT asset management (ITAM) solution acquired by Micro Focus from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, supporting change and configuration management and license management.

    $79

    per month per agent

    Pricing
    Microsoft System CenterOpenText Asset Management X
    Editions & Modules
    Standard Edition
    $1323
    Datacenter Edition
    $3607
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
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    Features
    Microsoft System CenterOpenText Asset Management X
    IT Asset Management
    Comparison of IT Asset Management features of Microsoft System Center and OpenText Asset Management X
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    Microsoft System Center
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    Ratings
    OpenText Asset Management X
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Software and hardware inventory tracking00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    License management00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Asset lifecycle monitoring00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Asset relationship management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft System CenterOpenText Asset Management X
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (58 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft System CenterOpenText Asset Management X
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    For companies with more than 10 Windows devices and needing to standardize the OS, AV, access, share resources, and install software. SCCM is the way to go. This software is unnecessary if the business is all remote users and not in an office-type setting. There are cloud offerings or none to accomplish what a business needs.
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    OpenText
    Asset Manager is great for people who understand the Software Development Lifecycle and are familiar with the terminology, however for a new assistant, or a new novice user, the software can seem over-whelming with the rather confusing terminology and a multitude of tabs that open up. It's definitely great software to use for a professional PM, however an assistant would be lost in the tools being offered.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Allows the grouping of devices by user.
    • Allows controlling updates being deployed to user devices.
    • Allows for the repurposing of machines by being able to load new or updated software on machines that already are in the system.
    • Allows us the ability to wipe a machine clean and restore it back to the configuration that was assigned the machine.
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    OpenText
    • Export Excel function
    • Notifications
    • Display set up
    • Contract to asset relationship
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The product could improve in the area of having better mechanisms in place with how the SCEP client is deployed/installed from the server on the management side. We have run into this firsthand with the client not installing on an endpoint, and then having to take the time to investigate why it was not installing.
    • A second improvement that can be made is to keep trying to improve the products detection rate for finding malware/viruses. The case can be made that there are some products out there that do a better job at this and have a higher detection rate.
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    OpenText
    • Need more video tutorials - Although HP has great FAQs and has included the keyword search for topics, but some video tutorials would be great to help a new user.
    • Overwhelming at times. I remember when I first started using the software, just the magnitude of tools were too much. However even though I don't use half the tools even now, just the possibility of more functions available to me, makes it a great software.
    • Secure Log-in - I would like HP to invest into single sign-on where you don't need to put in your user ID & password constantly. A push notification to a personal device would a great added feature.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Microsoft System Center Operations Manager is tightly integrated to Microsoft Windows servers os monitoring with great product support.
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    OpenText
    I find HP Asset Manager useful but sometimes too much data needs to be entered.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    It is not user-friendly for the most part. With IT infrastructure, sometimes it cannot handle excess requests. Every few months, you will need an upgrade in terms of server resources to keep up with incoming alerts and requests. This does not happen all of the time, but it does happen when there are too many requests.
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    OpenText
    I have used 2 systems (chevron and HPAM), each has it's pluses and minuses. Once I was comfortable with the system I gave it an above average score
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    There is a fair amount of documentation out there to help you when you have questions or run into issues with this product as well as tutorials on some of the more common tasks. Between the documentation and the overall ease of use we haven't had to deal with direct Microsoft support for this product.
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    OpenText
    Have not interacted with HP support that much
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    Easy to install with intuitive interactive interface during the installation process a and integration to MS SQL was smooth
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    OpenText
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    We previously used a mix of FOG and Clonezilla to image machines. The biggest issues with these products is that changing one piece of the image required you to rebuild the entire image itself. These pieces of software also did not allow you to manage applications and Windows Updates, causing IT to have to constantly touch machines after they were imaged and update or manage them with a much more hands on approach.
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    OpenText
    HP Asset Manager is definitely enterprise grade, whereas the other asset Management programs I have are specific to either one industry or a smaller locations that might not need the deep analysis & reporting functionalities & tools that are provided by HP. The cost is indeed higher than other programs like Fox Graphic Tracker (Internal Software) and Samange that I have used in the past, but for a large enterprise with multiple ongoing projects, HP Asset Manager is the way to go !
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • It has allowed the enterprise to standardize on a single platform for monitoring.
    • Easier troubleshooting of issues with Microsoft platforms.
    • Greater visibility of issues across platforms when applications are hosted in a mixed environment.
    • Additional costs for monitoring systems that are not directly supported with additional packs (iSeries, Linux on Power).
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    OpenText
    • HP Asset Manager is great for compliance purposes. We know we have all the licenses in place when needed for upgrades or yearly reviews. Saves us times.
    • Ability to track & print reports saves PMs time in quartely reviews.
    • Great way to prepare for any presentations by the use of analytical tools which saves us money in investing in other software for presentation purposes.
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