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Cisco
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Dell Technologies
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers vs. HPE ProLiant DL Servers
Dell PowerFlex vs. VxRail
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs. HPE StoreOnce
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Amazon AWS vs. Dell ECS
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Fortinet
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Azure Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiGate-VM
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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IBM
ActiveMQ vs. IBM MQ
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IBM Open Liberty vs. Spring Boot
IBM API Connect vs. IBM DataPower Gateway
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IBM DOORS vs. Polarion Requirements
Camunda vs. IBM BPM
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IBM Db2 Database vs. SQL Server
Microsoft
GitLab vs. Microsoft Azure DevOps
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Oracle
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Oracle Linux vs. Ubuntu Linux
Oracle VM vs. VMware vSphere
Firebird SQL vs. MySQL
Microsoft Power Apps vs. Oracle Application Express (APEX)
Oracle Database vs. SAP HANA
Microsoft Azure vs. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Oracle HCM Cloud vs. SAP SuccessFactors
NetSuite ERP vs. Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
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SAP
SAP ERP vs. SAP S/4HANA
Celonis vs. SAP Signavio Process Manager
SAP HCM vs. SAP SuccessFactors
Oracle Database vs. SAP HANA
Amazon AWS vs. SAP Cloud Platform
SAP Analytics Cloud vs. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform
Microsoft Dynamics CRM vs. SAP CRM
Kinaxis vs. SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain
SAP PowerDesigner vs. erwin Data Modeler by Quest
Oracle WMS vs. SAP Warehouse Management
VMware
Hyper-V vs. VMware vSphere
VMware Fusion Pro vs. VMware Workstation
Jakarta EE vs. Spring Boot
VMware vSAN vs. VxRail
Microsoft Azure vs. Pivotal Cloud Foundry
VMware Live Recovery vs. Veeam Data Platform
Azure Stack vs. VMware Cloud Foundation
Rancher Labs vs. VMware Tanzu Platform
CrowdStrike Falcon vs. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
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Azure Search Pros review quotes
it_user809916
Technical Evangelist at Kentico
Jan 29, 2018
Offers a tremendous amount of flexibility and scalability when integrating with applications.
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Rene Hautle
Director, Domain Architect at UBS Financial
Jun 12, 2023
Azure Search is well-documented, making it easy to understand and implement.
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Shane Archibald
Cybersecurity Instructor at Gwinnett Technical College
Aug 25, 2020
It provides good access capabilities to various platforms.
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Alon Mantsur
Chief Executive Officer at Cybrella
Oct 7, 2020
The amount of flexibility and agility is really assuring.
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Sandeep Srirangam
Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Diebold Nixdorf
Apr 21, 2023
The customer engagement was good.
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Shashank Sisodia
Engagement Lead at DCM infotech
Dec 1, 2023
The product is pretty resilient.
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Mohamed Heikal
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Jul 10, 2023
The solution's initial setup is straightforward.
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AshutoshTripathi
Associate Lead Technology at Nagarro
Jan 22, 2018
The search functionality time has been reduced to a few milliseconds.
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Azure Search Cons review quotes
it_user809916
Technical Evangelist at Kentico
Jan 29, 2018
For SDKs, Azure Search currently offers solutions for .NET and Python. Additional platforms would be welcomed, especially native iOS and Android solutions for mobile development.
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Rene Hautle
Director, Domain Architect at UBS Financial
Jun 12, 2023
The pricing is room for improvement.
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Shane Archibald
Cybersecurity Instructor at Gwinnett Technical College
Aug 25, 2020
The initial setup is not as easy as it should be.
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Alon Mantsur
Chief Executive Officer at Cybrella
Oct 7, 2020
They should add an API for third-party vendors, like a security operating center or reporting system, that would be a big improvement.
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Sandeep Srirangam
Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Diebold Nixdorf
Apr 21, 2023
It would be good if the site found a better way to filter things based on subscription.
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Shashank Sisodia
Engagement Lead at DCM infotech
Dec 1, 2023
The after-hour services are slow.
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Mohamed Heikal
Responsable TUIC at MISSION LAIQUE FRANCAISE
Jul 10, 2023
The solution's stability could be better.
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AshutoshTripathi
Associate Lead Technology at Nagarro
Jan 22, 2018
Adding items to Azure Search using its .NET APIs sometimes throws exceptions.
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