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"The tool had many built-in automation capabilities.""Tivoli NetCool allows us to grasp a lot of data that can be applied toward predictive analytics and auto-remediation.""Support is one of the best aspects of this solution. NetCool is a good product that has good flexibility. There are a lot of documents available online which is one of the best features of IBM Tivoli Suite. Whenever an issue happens, rather than going to technical support, if you find the exact issue in Google, you can get tech notes for that particular issue.""Anything is possible with Tivoli. It's quite a robust system.""The scalability of monitoring, the breadth of supported network components, the scale of the number of monitoring events, and the flexibility in customization make this a well-rounded product.""The feature I have found most valuable with NetCool is how it collaborates all the alarms, and then it does a predictive analysis, providing a consolidated alarm view and management.""NetCool has a huge database that can collect and process about one million alarms a day.""It's very easy to use."

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"Tivoli NetCool is based on a Linux platform, it would be beneficial if they moved it to Windows because not everyone is acquainted with Linux.""In terms of improvement, I would like to see more AIOps, Artificial Intelligent Operations in the next release. IBM develops new features for Power BI or Cognos Analytics, which is good. As of now, we use Cognos Analytics, we are not using Power BI. They have the Insight concept but we don't like that.""The installation could be simplified, and technical support could be faster.""The solution does not have any AI capabilities.""The solution is too expensive.""The installation could be simplified, and technical support could be faster.""Tivoli NetCool's has medium scalability - there are some problems with its replications not being mature.""UI is outdated, very old legacy."

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"This is a relatively expensive product."

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  • "Customers are required to pay a licensing fee."
  • "Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
  • "It costs around 100k for every ten servers, which is lower than similar products from other vendors."
  • "The price of the product is too expensive."
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    Top Answer:I have worked from 1973 with all kind of systems in large enterprises across the world. And have experience with all kind of software in monitoring from infra to end to end, it depends on the… more »
    Top Answer:The tool had many built-in automation capabilities.
    Top Answer:There are problems with the latest security requirements because many things have changed in recent years, and now the security audits are very strict. And we need to switch to something else. We need… more »
    Top Answer:Licensing costs are on the expensive side.
    Top Answer:The Network Topology Mapper is on the expensive side - it would be helpful if it were less so.
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    Tivoli NetCool
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    Overview
    IBM Tivoli Netcool delivers near real-time, consolidated event management across business infrastructure, data centers, complex networks and IT domains. The software provides full management and automation to help you deliver continuous uptime of business services and applications.

    Automate device discovery and mapping
    Build multiple maps from a single scan
    Export network diagrams to Visio
    Auto-detect changes to network topology
    Perform multi-level network discovery
    Address regulatory PCI compliance

    Sample Customers
    Claranet, Consolidated Communications, Telus, €sterreichische Bundesbahnen (€BB), Telekom Srbija, Bendigo Community Telco, Capgemini, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB)
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company23%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Government13%
    Healthcare Company11%
    Energy/Utilities Company10%
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    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise33%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise6%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    IBM Tivoli NetCool is ranked 8th in Network Management Applications with 12 reviews while SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is ranked 15th in Network Management Applications with 1 review. IBM Tivoli NetCool is rated 7.6, while SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of IBM Tivoli NetCool writes "Reliable for enterprise monitoring but no longer actively developed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper writes "Very user-friendly and stable". IBM Tivoli NetCool is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, OpenText Network Node Manager i, HPE Intelligent Management Center, Moogsoft and Cisco DNA Center, whereas SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Cisco DNA Center, Aruba Airwave and Huawei eSight.

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