OpenText Universal Discovery and Universal CMDB vs. ServiceNow IT Asset Management

Micro Focus Universal Discovery and Universal CMDB is well suited for medium to large IT operations after a careful review and strategy definition of all support tools that will be integrated. When it comes to deciding on a set of tools for IT operation management and its different processes like Incident, event, and change management; a good approach would be to create a roadmap with the integrated suite of tools to create a native ecosystem and reduce complexity on the integration and adoption.

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As I have used it as a ticketing tool, so it has an ability to integrate very well with other softwares to help make co ordination in your work much easier. Whenever, I used to get a scenario from end user regarding an issue via chat, the service now window would pop up immediately as it was integrated.

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• Management and organization of Configuration Items
• Ensures a single and uniform source of database to avoid any ambiguity between departments.
• Proper delivery of services

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• Single place portal for employees and IT for assets assigned
• Track the requests raised by employees and manage the historical record for reference

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• When getting started the Cloud deployment may be not that easy.
• To manipulate the system deeply requires a professional operator.
• Working on large data project.

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• The ITAM dashboards and forms can feel overwhelming for agents or managers who don’t use the system every day.
• While the reporting tools are robust. building custom, dynamic reports still requires a decent understanding of the ServiceNow Platform.

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Old versions which do not support CMS have a luck of user experience and performance for reports and service modeling.

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On overall look, ServiceNow IT Asset Management works amazingly well and it is easy to use for beginners. It is a great tool for all types of companies and with customisation and integration options, ServiceNow IT Asset Management becomes a giant. There are few scope of improvements which when done, will level this tool up.

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Some complex issues regarding performance and platform upgrades have been difficult to address and have short time solutions.

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Upgrades from old versions were really hard to handle.

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Quite competing products but short learning curve and fitment in our IT Landscape were main differentiators.

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Remedy for one was a tool to be installed on my computer whereas ServiceNow is a web-based tool and is available to use everywhere since it's a SaaS offering. Next is reporting which you have to use formulas in remedy but you have that good UI for easy report creation

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• ensured proper service delivery which helped organizations to grow
• It was a little expensive for the company.
• Mainly had a positive impact especially in the cases of risk assessment and analysis.

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• By tracking license usage, we’ve been able to reallocate unused licenses instead of purchasing new ones, saving thousands annually.
• With the integration to Amazon Connect and Zoom Phone, agents can instantly view user assets during calls, which has reduced average resolution time and improved customer satisfaction scores.

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