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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle Observability and Management

    Score6.3 out of 10
    N/AOracle's Observability and Management solution provides visibility and machine learning-driven actionable insights to ease management across all layers of the stack deployed on any technology. To drive scale and predictable results, Oracle’s integrated functionality and automation for DevOps monitoring and IT operations management aims to make it 50% easier to prevent and solve IT problems.N/A

    Symantec Server Management Suite

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AThe Symantec Server Management Suite is an option for automating the management of servers and deployments.N/A
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    Oracle Observability and ManagementSymantec Server Management Suite
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    Oracle Observability and ManagementSymantec Server Management Suite
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Oracle Observability and ManagementSymantec Server Management Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle Observability and ManagementSymantec Server Management Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    Ideal for a complex organization with requirements to build very complex reports. Especially useful for organizations that already have numerous Oracle products and need to pull information from them. This tool works best when plugged in with other Oracle tools and databases. If you're a larger company, and/or if you're managing a lot of data, Oracle IT Analytics Cloud Service is the perfect tool to manage your Oracle deployment. It provides a number of different options for intelligent analysis while not being too overwhelming to manage. Companies that want a robust tool to manage all data and present it in a visually appealing way to users will greatly benefit from this tool. The tool is very customizable and can be tailored to meet the needs of different users.
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    Broadcom
    The SMP suite is great at what it does, but it can be very complicated to learn how to get it to do what you want. It's a beast! However, when you learn how to the things you want to do, it comes as second nature and you complete them like they're supposed to be done that way. A lot of these things are done to be able to be completed a number of different ways. Take Patch Management, you can deploy patches automatically, via Jobs, or via the "Start Software Update Cycle Now" link in the SMP Agent!
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • It helps in the detection and elimination of security threats.
    • It enables us to detect and resolve IT issues before they impact the end users.
    • It provides automatic diagnostics.
    • It improves the efficiency of operations and productivity.
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    Broadcom
    • Software deployment through policy
    • Engage with customers for feedback
    • Understands the future needs of customers
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • There's a pretty steep learning curve that needs to be overcome in order to properly deploy this tool. So, unless you're a seasoned IT administrator, you may have a fair amount of homework to do. Implementation and maintenance of this takes a bucket of consulting hours from outside consultants to come in and set up the tool and regularly maintain it, in the long run, this could be costly.
    • The dashboard is not as easy to set up as I would like, however, after setup it will serve your purpose in the best possible way. You may not be able to find out how some data related to another and you can create a report that you think has all the details you need, but it comes up blank because the data really is not connected.
    • There aren't enough self-learning materials available like tutorials and how-to videos. I would like to have access to more e-tutorials from inside the tool. A steep learning curve for most. It would be nice to have a robust learning portal within the application where users can access self-learning material directly from the application and step to spet guides on how to perform different tasks.
    • Does not provide the ease of adding additional data sources without lots of complications. Even though it can handle large data sets, rendering of reports can take a fairly long time if the parameter set is large. For some time it seems like processing takes a bit of time when large data sets are being used. This is not the case with other competing tools.
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    Broadcom
    • The SMP solution is a beast. Each piece is complicated in itself let alone how everything ties together!
    • There is plenty of documentation online on how to perform a specific task, but you need to pay attention to what VERSION the article is written for. I've been halfway through implementing something only to hit a roadblock since I'm running a newer version and the option the article says to click on doesn't exist anymore...
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    Usability
    Oracle
    Oracle Observability and Management is a valuable tool for monitoring, troubleshooting, and capacity planning
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    Broadcom
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    The product management team is very responsive. They are on LinkedIn and Twitter, responding to your questions and offering ideas. I have not opened an Oracle support ticket for this product yet
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    Broadcom
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    Oracle Analytics Cloud is an enterprise solution and can't be compared apple-to-apple with a data visualization tool like Tableau. This is not the same use at all. Before selecting Oracle Analytics Cloud, it is most important to consider the data you are looking to collect and how you plan to visualize it. Other tools like Tableau and microstrategy feel smoother to work with, have better UI's and are quicker when processing data. It is also important to think through how you will use the data across your organizations. Can have a steep learning curve but once you are well trained on this tool, the possibilities are endless. The tool is highly customizable and will generate what you design it to generate. If you are having issues with reports and analytics, it is most likely due to data quality issues. Oracle Analytics Cloud also benefits by adding Essbase in it, to perform multi-dimensional analytics.
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    Broadcom
    The decision to use Symantec was not my own but I believe it competes well against other products such as SCCM offering more features.
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • Reduced security threats.
    • Saves time taken in fixing issues.
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    Broadcom
    • Being able to report on the majority of things you want all from one interface, makes it really easy to get the results you want.
    • Because my employer didn't provide training, it took working with support, reading technical documentation, and just playing around on my own to learn how to do certain things.
    • I've had a lot of help from the SMP Support staff and they're great people and very helpful!
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