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DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager comparison

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Categories and Ranking

DX Unified Infrastructure M...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
120
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (47th), Server Monitoring (15th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (33rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (28th), AIOps (23rd)
IBM Tivoli Business Service...
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

DX Unified Infrastructure Management and IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. DX Unified Infrastructure Management is designed for IT Infrastructure Monitoring and holds a mindshare of 1.5%, up 0.9% compared to last year.
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager, on the other hand, focuses on Event Monitoring, holds 4.8% mindshare, up 2.4% since last year.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
DX Unified Infrastructure Management1.5%
Zabbix4.7%
SolarWinds NPM3.6%
Other90.2%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
Event Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager4.8%
SCOM9.4%
BMC TrueSight8.6%
Other77.2%
Event Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

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Solution Architect at SA Consulting
Helps us provide visibility into network performance, capacity planning, and cost analysis
Better support and more accessible resources are crucial. Customers have expressed that support is not as flexible, and it is difficult to obtain necessary information quickly. Customers would benefit from improved training material for integration with other products. The solution's pricing is high and needs to be reconsidered, and the technical support should improve to provide more accessible and open information.
reviewer847356 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Good technical support, and efficient for working with business data
We use this solution for working with data. The most valuable feature of this solution is the efficiency. This application should be made easier to use because it usually needs training and it is not easy to operate. We have been using this solution for fourteen years. The stability of this…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is the foundation for our monitoring solution."
"Another division handed us the opportunity to monitor their solutions as written, and UIM was very useful for that."
"Nimsoft allows for long term data storage / trend analysis compared to preset SLA objects that allow for capacity planning to remove risks of downtime due to lack of resource provisioning."
"You can scale it pretty much however way you want to as long as you have the servers to throw at it."
"Latest version of tool comes integrated with Jaspersoft reporting solution, giving excellent reports."
"With UIM, the one thing I've learned is there's hundreds of ways of doing it and they're all right."
"I recall the initial setup being straightforward."
"We are transitioning to a proactive monitoring; by using thresholds and predictive analysis, we are reducing incidents."
"TBSM is a rock, and our house would have crumbled without it."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the efficiency."
 

Cons

"They need to work on the user interface. It's not with the times, it's not real intuitive, and you really need to work with it to figure out where things are."
"Stability."
"Making a GUI with criteria such as selection by robot/hub/probe etc."
"Its integration to CA's SOI (manager of manager), the out of the box connector release by CA is disappointing."
"One of the things I would like to see an improvement on is the ability to do mass deployment."
"They should further test their probe development. If we add a probe to pick out certain metrics from a particular platform, it’s not easy and there are some issues."
"The biggest, most annoying problem, if you will, is the ISE that's embedded in UIM."
"There are a few areas for improvement, but I would have to say some of the Java content is a little buggy and would definitely like to see continued upgrades and improvements in the GUI."
"This application should be made easier to use because it usually needs training and it is not easy to operate."
"Yes, Event Storms and other less traumatic triggers the JVM to hang requiring recycles."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product-price ratio is better than other brands such as Fortinet or SonicWall."
"This product is expensive compared to other vendors (SolarWinds, ManageEngine)."
"Reasonable setup cost and licensing prices."
"CAD $400,000 annually."
"The license cost depends on the number of probes and robots."
"Pricing for DX Unified Infrastructure Management isn't cheap at all. It's a complex tool, so you have to pay more. No one is happy with a large bill to pay, but if it's a complex product and you designed a complex solution to be monitored, it'll be your fault that you need to buy an expensive product, and that would be implicit in the design of DX Unified Infrastructure Management. Monitoring is just a small part of it. Sometimes you have to pay a significant amount of money for a complex yet very good solution."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
15%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise80
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Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for DX Infrastructure Manager?
We are an integrating company that offers DX Unified Infrastructure Management to customers. We help them set it up, do the integration, and provide support. Our end customers include financial ins...
What advice do you have for others considering DX Infrastructure Manager?
I would recommend DX Unified Infrastructure Management to others as it is a good and reliable solution. I would rate it nine out of ten due to its robust functionality and capability to support inf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Infrastructure Manager?
The pricing of DX Unified Infrastructure Management is high and often a concern for customers. The cost is higher compared to other Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), which is feedback we hav...
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Also Known As

DX Infrastructure Manager, DX Infrastructure Manager for Z Systems and CA UIM for zSystems, CA UIM (DX Infrastructure Manager), CA Nimsoft Monitor, CA UIM, DX Infrastructure Manager
Tivoli Business Service Manager, BSM
 

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CBNCloud, IIJ Global Singapore, AT&S, AXSOS, Aozora Bank, HCL Technologies, IntelliNet, Securex
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