IBM SevOne

Score8.2 out of 10

44 Reviews and Ratings

What is IBM SevOne?

IBM SevOne’s app-centric, hybrid network observability empowers NetOps teams with ML-driven insights, enabling proactive issue prevention and resolution. With a single source of truth for network performance, it delivers visibility to optimize operations and support agility in complex, multi-cloud environments.

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Screenshot of Hybrid cloud network monitoring. This view helps achieve application-centric observability in hybrid cloud environments for maintaining optimal performance across infrastructure.

Screenshot of MSP network monitoring. This provides comprehensive network monitoring and observability that empower MSPs to support enterprise clients on their hybrid multicloud journeys.

Screenshot of SD-WAN monitoring. This helps mitigate the transitional risk of moving from traditional WANs to fast and dynamic SD-WAN links.

Screenshot of SDN monitoring. This helps maximize the performance and value of Cisco ACI infrastructure with built-in support for monitoring Cisco ACI-based software-defined networks (SDNs).

Screenshot of Enterprise wifi monitoring. This creates visibility across wifi infrastructures to assure consistent high-quality services with modern wifi monitoring and management capabilities.

Screenshot of A view of the default machine learning analytics and visualizations that aid in troubleshooting, anomaly detection, and forecasting. This allows for proactive identification and troubleshooting of issues before they impact end-users.

Screenshot of App performance insights. Flow traffic analysis from IBM SevOne offers real-time, intelligent insights to monitor, manage and optimize a network for continuous performance. These insights can be used to improve customer experience, optimize infrastructure for performance and cost, and reduce time taken to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve network issues.

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Screenshot of Hybrid cloud network monitoring. This view helps achieve application-centric observability in hybrid cloud environments for maintaining optimal performance across infrastructure.

Hardware health monitoring
Ability to monitor key hardware metrics including temperature, fan speed, and power supply
Category average: 9.2
Automated network device discovery
Automated network device discovery allows all devices in the environment to be found and tracked
Category average: 8.7
Network capacity planning
Capacity planning analyzes interface utilization, disk usage, etc. and allows identification of capacity problems well in advance of threshold breach
Category average: 7.6

Network monitoring
Monitoring network device availability and performance indicators like bandwidth, packet loss, CPU, WAN links, etc.
Category average: 9.4
Wireless infrastructure monitoring
Ability to monitor wireless access points, controllers, and connected clients
Category average: 7.5
Alerts
Alerts warning of critical infrastructure component failure can be sent via email or SMS or other channel
Category average: 8.7

#1 most frequent

Information

25.6%

56 installations of 219

#2 most frequent

Finance and Insurance

21.9%

48 installations of 219

#3 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

16.4%

36 installations of 219

Marcelle Galinari

Network Infrustructure Engineer in Information Technology at Calif Technologies (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a network infrastructure engineer and my work is to ensure optimum network performance in our organisation. I use IBM SevOne software to monitor performance and general health of our IT systems, detect performance issues across-the-board our network infrastructures and prevent down times which may lead to interruption of services. The software makes it so easy for me to identify root causes of anomalies and enhance repairs. Use of the product has also ensured real-time visibility into our network performance and eliminated network management repetitive tasks and processes.

Pros

The software ensures real-time alerts on network performance issues and has very effective anomaly detection capabilities.
IBM SevOne software ensures comprehensive security and compliance.
It is well suited in active performance monitoring both on premises and cloud.

Cons

IBM SevOne deployment and implementation process is not easy. The product has a steep learning curve that favours only IT professionals.
The software only supports English language which is a major limitation.

Return on Investment

Use IBM SevOne has ensured better performance of our systems by timely identifying issues and dealing with the on time.
The software has enabled automation and proper management complex and time consuming network tasks.
Since IBM SevOne was introduced in our organisation we have not had down times due to systems failure. The software is able to dect network interruptions and offers warnings in time.

Other Software Used

Action Network, IBM Verify, LogicMonitor

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM SevOne software to monitor our network traffic and ensure everything stays up without major issues. Our scope involves monitoring hundreds of routers and switches across multiple data centers, and it prevents the IT team from losing their minds when stuff breaks.

Pros

Customizable user interface.
Great reliability.
Dynamic baselining.

Cons

Difficult learning curve.
Complex configuration.
Steep pricing.

Return on Investment

Quick network issue diagnosis.
Stopped wasting money on bandwidth upgrades.
Freed employees from digging manually through logs.

Other Software Used

Slack, Splunk AppDynamics

Jim McDonough

President in Corporate at DataHub (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As an IBM Business Partner, DataHub is asked to provide network performance monitoring and show insights into the network elements that can help clients deliver applications at scale.

Pros

Network Observation
Automate Infrastuture Delivery
ConnectApplications Across clouds

Cons

More Integration with other vendors

Return on Investment

Time savings for automated network discovery
Insights into the network. Planning and configuring for future updates/deployments

Alternatives Considered

Dynatrace

Other Software Used

IBM watsonx.data, IBM Guardium, IBM SPSS Modeler

Verified User

Employee in Finance and Accounting (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM SevOne is our go-to tool for monitoring network health very closely. It provides us with real-time information, helps us reduce downtime, and increases our customer service. The tool tracks network performance, detects problems and prevents them from occurring across our different branches.

Pros

Network performance monitoring
Cloud and hybrid setup
Issue detection
Custom dashboards

Cons

Nevertheless, we still need training in order to utilize all of its features.
Customizing reports can sometimes be challenging.

Return on Investment

Automated monitoring takes over the manual task and reduces the workload of the staff.
Fast identification of issues ensures uninterrupted service.
It is support for audit and regulatory requirements.

Alternatives Considered

Datadog

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our company we run as a 3PL and light manufacture with over 170,000 sqft of space so warehouse network connectivity is very critical to our operations. It allows us to monitor devices and network metrics to watch for application performances. We can define alerts, baselining, anomaly detection and improve metadata as well.

Pros

To see trends in network usage, identify upgrade switches, increase bandwidth and cabling
Provide dashboards to operations, logistics for both warehouse and production managers
Can integrate into incident systems to auto create tickets when issues happen

Cons

Complexity of deployment and configurations
Upgrades and customization challenges
Cost maybe a factor for companies with constrained budgets
You may get false alarms or alert from deduplication

Return on Investment

Cost may not be saturable for those with constrained budgets.
Updates and customization may cause a challenge with level of complexity.
Complexity of deployment and configuration also a hurdle
Scale and proactive issue notice are plus for this platform

Alternatives Considered

IBM Netcool Network Management and Zabbix

Other Software Used

IBM Netcool Network Management, Zabbix

OpenText Network Node Manager i (NNMi)

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

Broadcom DX NetOps

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What is IBM SevOne?

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IBM SevOne Key Features

Top Performing Features

Hardware health monitoring

Automated network device discovery

Network capacity planning

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Network monitoring

Wireless infrastructure monitoring

Alerts

Most Frequent Users

Information

Finance and Insurance

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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