Item: TIBCO ActiveSpaces
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with TIBCO ActiveSpaces

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using TIBCO ActiveSpaces for storing user session details. With the help of TIBCO ActiveSpaces we are able to store user session in active memory which helps minimize calls to server for authentication every now and then. This saves time and enables user to login quickly. Apart from user session, we are also storing user role details in TIBCO ActiveSpaces.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Easy to scale
Support for many hardware and software platforms
Easy to implement

Cons

Consumes more memory
Not suitable for complex architecture, can lead to performance issues
Debugging can be difficult sometimes

Return on Investment

TIBCO ActiveSpaces has helped improved overall performance as it stores data in memory and quickly fetches the data
Cost of licensing and storage used by TIBCO ActiveSpaces is not very high
TIBCO ActiveSpaces has helped to remove redundant data by providing one source of truth (data which is stored in TIBCO ActiveSpaces is master data)

Usability

TIBCO ActiveSpaces is easy to install and integrate with other product suites. It is easy to understand and implement as well. TIBCO ActiveSpaces supports multiple databases for storing the data(we are using Oracle Database). All the master data related to the users is being stored using TIBCO ActiveSpaces which keeps the data in memory and help to retrieve it quickly. It has helped to prevent concurrent login sessions by the same user as session details are stored in TIBCO ActiveSpaces and we override the existing user session with the new session details.

Alternatives Considered

Oracle Database

Before using TIBCO ActiveSpaces, we were storing all the data in Oracle Database and due to large volumes of data response time was more and overall performance had reduced. With the introduction of TIBCO ActiveSpaces, we moved the master data to TIBCO ActiveSpaces for storing data which needed frequent access in memory for faster retrieval. This improved the performance significantly and also made managing data easier.

Key Insights

Do you think TIBCO ActiveSpaces delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with TIBCO ActiveSpaces's feature set?

Yes

Did TIBCO ActiveSpaces live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of TIBCO ActiveSpaces go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy TIBCO ActiveSpaces again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Notepad++, SoapUI Open Source, supported by SmartBear, Postman

Likelihood to Recommend

TIBCO ActiveSpaces is useful for storing in memory data which enables fetching data quickly and efficiently. We can make use of TIBCO ActiveSpaces APIs for storing and retrieving data. In our organization, we store user session details in TIBCO ActiveSpaces and this session detail is used for authentication and authorizing user. We have integration TIBCO ActiveSpaces with React UI and TIBCO Business Works.

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