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  • "If you only need to use Ansible, it's free for any end-user, but when you require Ansible Tower, you need to pay per Ansible Tower server."
  • "You don't need to buy agents on servers or deploy expense management when using the solution, which affected our decision to go with it."

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    18th
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    2nd
    out of 37 in Configuration Management
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    Reviews
    6
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    1,424
    Rating
    8.7
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    Also Known As
    TrueSight Server Automation, BladeLogic Server Automation, BladeLogic Automation Suite
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    Overview

    BladeLogic Server Automation allows you to quickly and securely provision, configure, patch, and maintain physical, virtual, and cloud servers. 

    ·         Threat remediation: Combine with BMC SecOps Response Service to link vulnerabilities to identified patches and create a remediation plan

    ·         Compliance: Integrates role-based access control, pre-configured policies for CIS, DISA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, NIST, and SCAP, documentation, and remediation

    ·         Provisioning: Supports unattended installs and image-based, script-based, or template-based provisioning

    ·         Configuration: Consistently manage change and configuration activities across a broad range of server environments with one tool

    ·         Reporting: Assess change impact or complete an audit using multiple dashboard views

    ·         Patching: Supports and follows maintenance window guidelines to ensure timely delivery of patches

    Ansible is the simplest way to deploy your applications. It gives you the power to deploy multi-tier applications reliably and consistently, all from one common framework. You can configure needed services as well as push application artifacts from one common system.
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    Sample Customers
    State of Michigan, Fujitsu FSAS, Transamerica Life Insurance Company, SAP
    HootSuite Media, Inc., Cloud Physics, Narrative, BinckBank
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm25%
    Government25%
    Insurance Company13%
    Pharma/Biotech Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company35%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Government6%
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    Healthcare Company22%
    Comms Service Provider17%
    Government11%
    Legal Firm11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company23%
    Comms Service Provider15%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government8%
    Company Size
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    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise92%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise77%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    BMC TrueSight Server Automation is ranked 18th in Configuration Management while Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 6 reviews. BMC TrueSight Server Automation is rated 0.0, while Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is rated 8.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform writes "Enables us to efficiently manage an almost unlimited number of nodes". BMC TrueSight Server Automation is most compared with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, BigFix, Red Hat Satellite, HashiCorp Terraform and Control-M, whereas Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is most compared with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, Red Hat Satellite, VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), Microsoft Azure DevOps and UrbanCode Deploy.

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