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    OpenText Dimensions CM

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ADimensions CM is Software Change and Configuration Management for Agile development, developed by Serena Software and now sold by OpenText.N/A

    OpsNow

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/ABespin Global headquartered in Seoul offers OpsNow, a cloud management platform.N/A
    Pricing
    OpenText Dimensions CMOpsNow
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    OpenText Dimensions CMOpsNow
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    OpenText Dimensions CMOpsNow
    Cloud Management
    Comparison of Cloud Management features of OpenText Dimensions CM and OpsNow
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    OpenText Dimensions CM
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    Ratings
    OpsNow
    9.6
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Cloud Management Security00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Automation and Orchestration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Cost Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Cloud Management Performance Monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Governance and Compliance00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Systems Integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    OpenText Dimensions CMOpsNow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    OpenText Dimensions CMOpsNow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OpenText
    Serena CM is well suited to highly controlled, audited, and process driven environments. It will allow strict segregation of duties, and change traceability. If implemented correctly it will help you quickly build trusts with your auditors. It is also well suited to environments that require constant branching and merging. Due to the complexity of the product and learning curve for your development and operations team it may be overkill in a small shop with loose rules
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    Bespin Global
    We use OpsNow for Multi-Cloud Management (DXC and Azure) Clouds. This is the best scenario because in only one platform you can have all information about your resources such as your environments, Planning, designing, delivering, operating, and managing the cloud represents more than just infrastructure operations, project or service requests and error handling, to manage your Cloud IT from development to operation in its entirety.
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    Pros
    OpenText
    • Code Promotion: Dimensions CM allows supervisors to control changes to code, in that they delegate requests to developers, and act as a gatekeeper prior to promoting to the next environment. This functionality is configurable so you can set up a workflow that best fits the structure and requirements of your own company.
    • Code Repository for changes and versioning: Code can be checked out by item or by synchronizing folders. Code revisions can be compared against other revisions or work files. Item histories show which developers made which modifications, and which supervisor and operations personnel were involved in assigning the request and promoting the code to each environment. Additionally a pedigree will show a stream diagram which graphically displays branches and merges.
    • Deployment: Serena Change Management offers help automating deployment including integrations with SVN and Jenkins. Its newer versions also have a powerful graphical deployment automation tool (Serena Deployment Automation- SDA). It comes with a certain amount of licenses built-in. If you have a many nodes to deploy to there will be separate licensing costs for that.
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    Bespin Global
    • Hybrid Environment Management
    • Advanced Monitoring
    • Cost optimization
    • Analyze and Manage Resource Usage
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    Cons
    OpenText
    • The only major negative that I have encountered with Serena CM product is that the very power and flexibility of the tool means there is a risk that you will make a mess of things. In other words it gives you plenty of rope to tangle yourself with. I recommend careful, well thought out deployments implementing the built in roles and workflows that can be turned on and configured, using a consistent methodology.
    • My experience with the Serena help desk support has not been impressive. Though reasonably polite and diligent, the technicians were well trained, and often gave bad advise and terrible scripts. On several occasions I had to rewrite scripts they have me; if I had run them as provided they would have caused even more difficulties than the problem I was trying to solve. I speak of the support in the past tense because I conditioned myself not to call them, it was usually just easier to solve nay problems my self. They do have a good account management team though, and for any major issues you can go thru them.
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    Bespin Global
    • There isn't Live Online training
    • Insufficient languages, for now only available English
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    Support Rating
    OpenText
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    Bespin Global
    The general support is very good because is online and also its available during business hours. I think OpsNow doesn't have 10 because support 24/7 isn't available yet. I hope in the near future it will be available.
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    Alternatives Considered
    OpenText
    Serena CM is superior to Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) in overall functionality, but does not have very good native integration with Microsoft. Therefore in a Microsoft centric shop with no audit needs ,TFS would be better. Otherwise I would choose Serena CM
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    Bespin Global
    Azure Monitor: Because we need to have complete control about resource consumption and also know how our systems are running. Aris: Because is very important to have our flows in a single tool. Bubble PPM: It's a good tool because is very easy manage our project with a intuitive UI.
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    Return on Investment
    OpenText
    • Serena has facilitated our annual completion of various audit and technology control certifications. These certifications make a huge difference to our company's reputation and bottom line.
    • There has been no negative impact on our company.
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    Bespin Global
    • We save almost 1,000,000.00 USD in infrastructure
    • Now we have all processes centralized in a single tool
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