We performed a comparison between IBM WebSphere Application Server and Microsoft System Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."IBM WebSphere Application Server is one of the best servers due to its stability and paid license."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Portal Virtualization."
"The VPN service is quite useful."
"The solution is very stable and robust."
"It does integrate well with the Tivoli Federated Identity Management system."
"The scalability of the product is quite good."
"IBM WAS is extremely scalable. It is easy to add additional servers and to divide the load over servers in all kinds of ways."
"The thing about WebSphere, as opposed to other ones that I am aware of such as JBoss and Liberty, is that WebSphere has the most comprehensive scaffolding available to it."
"The installation process is easy."
"The solution is easily available. That's its most valuable aspect."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ease of configuration and the easy discovery of the environment."
"Good for managing and administering the infrastructure."
"The availability performance matrix and the reporting capabilities are the solution's most valuable features."
"Step-by-step documentation that clarifies the implementation procedure."
"We like Microsoft System Center's Operations Manager. That is primarily why we use it."
"It can generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure)."
"While WebSphere mostly supports IBM HTTP Server (IHS) as the web server plugin, I think it would be beneficial if it also supported Apache and NGINX web servers. That would give customers more flexibility in their choices."
"Initial setup is very simple. Just use the IBM Installation Manager and add the packages. The install wizard takes care of the rest. The only thing that can be difficult is to find the right packages on the IBM website, because of all the changes that IBM does on its website(s)."
"Sometimes, I feel WebSphere runs a bit slow. It might be loading unnecessary libraries, impacting its performance compared to other application servers."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server hasn't changed much. It's still a heavyweight for any company compared to what you get. Unless your code base is deeply linked with it, I don't think it's a great idea to go with this solution. The current trend is toward modularity and containerization, and given the product's requirements, containerization will be difficult. There is a memory requirement as well."
"The solution consumes hardware."
"IBM needs to pay attention to market changes more quickly. We now have Java 9 and very soon Java EE8. We do not want to wait for two or three years after their release until they are supported by the new version."
"Installing or configuring a WAS server instance as a Windows Service causes a lot of problems, especially when the server needs credentials to stop."
"The current trend is to move to Liberty because of the portability of its cloud and its Kubernetes, which containerize the application."
"The platform performance and responsiveness need improvement. It still demands high computing resources."
"Most of the documentation is online, however, there are some gaps there. The product documentation still refers back to the 2012 Server. We're pretty much in 2022. There's a ten-year gap there."
"Implementation and integration in the case of multi-tenant environments needs improvement."
"System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure."
"Something super important that we need is this integration via Intune Configuration Manager."
"The platform's performance could be improved. Additionally, its UI needs to be well-upgraded and work faster."
"Could be more user friendly."
"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."
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IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 5th in Application Infrastructure with 26 reviews while Microsoft System Center is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 17 reviews. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Application Server writes "Compatible, stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft System Center writes "Good review of configurations, effective antivirus administration, and has weekly reports". IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss, Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic Server and IBM BPM, whereas Microsoft System Center is most compared with Oracle SOA Suite. See our IBM WebSphere Application Server vs. Microsoft System Center report.
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