Item: IBM Cloud Managed Istio
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Cloud Managed Istio is being used across our organization and not only in few particular departments. It's being used mainly for the management of different microservices which takes care of connecting them with each other across the network. It's also secure and provides flexibility irrespective of which vendor is providing the microservices.

Pros and Cons

It is cloud managed and very ease to use.
Implementation is simple and can be easily adopted.
It lessens the complexity and hence is very good for the new users.

Some more functionalities added could improve it better.
Better technical user guidance.

Return on Investment

Management burden is reduced resulting in positive ROI.
Application is being seamlessly instrumented with good impact on business.

Alternatives Considered

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

[IBM Cloud Managed] Istio is cost-effective compared overall with and provides better Kubernetes environments.

Key Insights

Do you think IBM Cloud Managed Istio delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Cloud Managed Istio's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Cloud Managed Istio live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Cloud Managed Istio go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy IBM Cloud Managed Istio again?

Yes

Other Software Used

BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB), Pega Platform, Apache Hadoop

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Managed Istio is best suited for small to mid-scale enterprises especially the startups who have a requirement of cloud managed services from experts in the industry. However, it could be a little less appropriate for the bigger market players who have their own infrastructure and can easily manage on their own and are just looking for some traffic management services.

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Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud Managed Istio