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    Siemens Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ATotally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) from Siemens is an automation engineering framework that gives users unrestricted access to the complete range of digitalized automation services, from digital planning to integrated engineering and transparent operation. The vendor states users will shorten time to market with the aid of simulation tools, boost the productivity of the plant using additional diagnostic and energy management functions, and increase flexibility via connections to…N/A

    SUSE Multi-Linux Manager

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ASUSE Multi-Linux Manager is a solution used to simplify management of any complex IT infrastructure. SUSE Multi-Linux Manager provides automated patching, content lifecycle management, and realtime monitoring to keep a mixed Linux environment secure and compliant at any scale – from 10 to over 100,000 clients – from a single console.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
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    10.0
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    10.0
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    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
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    9.3
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Siemens AG
    Well suited: It is a software that allows to simulate PID controllers is a valuable educational resource. Users can learn how PID controllers maintain the desired value of a process variable, such as temperature, pressure, or flow, by adjusting system inputs in simulation. It is a program that allows to simulate electro-pneumatic systems can be extremely useful to understand the integration of electronic components with pneumatic actuators, valves, and other elements in automated control systems. Less appropiate: The software appears to be resource intensive in terms of storage and execution. This means that it requires a significant amount of hard disk space and good processing power to run efficiently. On computers with limited or older hardware, the software may run slowly or not be able to execute all of its functions. This is an important limitation for users with limited access to high specification equipment.
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    SUSE
    In our specific use case, SUSE Manager is extremely useful. We're having a large landscape that is divided into intake, development, quality and production with a couple of different SUSE flavours that need to be automatically rolled out, configured, patched and maintained, everything from up to date repositories that are cloned on a daily basis straight from SUSE.
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    Pros
    Siemens AG
    • scada system simulation
    • Allows the simulation of HMI screens
    • integrates the necessary software to simulate PLC's and link them with HMI screens.
    • It is useful when handling Grafcet.
    • Easy to program in function blocks FBD.
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    SUSE
    • Manages patch levels for most Linux OS by: date, group, cloud or custom channels
    • Uses a lite version of Salt to run commands or scripts on any numbers of servers at once.
    • Allows the joining of groups inside SUSE Manager to quickly access or work with servers so grouped.
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    Cons
    Siemens AG
    • Amount of resources it takes up on the hard drive
    • excessive consumption of execution resources (RAM, GPU)
    • some licensing problems that are sometimes not recognized
    • the existing saturation of icons on the main programming screen
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    SUSE
    • The cloning of patches when using the content lifecycle module in a multi-environment landscape with many SLES flavours is a bit cumbersome.
    • More premade saltstate for default applications are always nice to have.
    • Upgrading SUMA could be easier, especially when a Postgres upgrade is also required.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Siemens AG
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    SUSE
    I am expanding the use of SUSE Manager throughout our organization and can't imagine going back to the "wild wild west" we had before.
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    Usability
    Siemens AG
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    SUSE
    The gui is extremely user friendly. The installation and configuration does have a learning curve, it takes a while to set everything up. But once you're passed this initial learning curve, everything is very intuitive. If you want extra automation, there's an api (eventough i personally find the documentation of the api could be ordered better). I gave this product a 9 because of the initial learning curve and the api documentation, but for the rest it suits my needs perfectly.
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    Support Rating
    Siemens AG
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    SUSE
    SUSE Manager provided a top-tier support person on site to us for two days to help integration. We did all the standard stuff they help with before he arrived. We were able to use him to get all the tricky stuff identified and solved in the short time we had. Had they sent us a lower-tier guy, it would have been a waste. I was impressed they sent such knowledgeable person.
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    SUSE
    The other competitors also have a good platform and service, but we went with SUSE due to cost. The price was best and we needed to keep under a certain budget. The functionality was perfect for what we needed so we took the step forward. This allows us to manage our Linux environment within the manager and update or deploy specific tasks to each as needed.
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    Return on Investment
    Siemens AG
    • accelerated learning curve
    • very intuitive visual interfaces
    • allows the user to get familiar with the programming environment easily
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    SUSE
    • Manages patch levels for most Linux OS by: date, group, cloud or custom channels
    • Make it easy to audit our own infrastructure.
    • Allows the joining of groups inside SUSE Manager to quickly access or work with servers so grouped.
    • 24/7 support team.
    • Automatic deployment.
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