Oracle OSS offers a comprehensive framework designed to streamline digital transformation by enabling efficient operations support. It provides tools that enhance service delivery and quality management for businesses looking to optimize their workflows.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| Oracle OSS | 14.3% |
| Ericsson OSS | 18.0% |
| NetCracker OSS | 16.9% |
| Other | 50.800000000000004% |
Oracle OSS is recognized for its ability to support complex operations within telecommunications and beyond. This robust framework integrates seamlessly with existing systems to provide real-time insights and enhance decision-making processes. Its architecture supports scalability, ensuring that businesses can adapt flexibly to changing demands. Through its detailed analytics, organizations can achieve higher levels of precision and effectiveness in their operational strategies.
What are the key features of Oracle OSS?In telecommunications, Oracle OSS helps manage network resources efficiently, ensuring uptime and service quality. In finance, it supports risk management and compliance through comprehensive data tracking and monitoring, while in manufacturing, it streamlines supply chain operations and enhances productivity.
Cablevision Monterrey, CPFL Telecom, SCSK Corporation, Rakuten Inc., KT
| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| System Engineer at Finance Now Limited | 4.5 | I find Oracle OSS stable for production, ensuring consistent environments and saving storage. Initial setup was challenging, but it’s reliable now. Oracle support is good, and it's a cost-effective Red Hat alternative, though more setup examples would help. |
We had in the past a mix of Oracle Linux and Red Hat, but now we are completely off Red Hat and we are working with Oracle Linux mainly.
We do not use the analytic capability because we use that as a channel provider. Oracle OSS has the typical analytics of CPU, memory, healthiness of the servers, and quality of the network.
Operations usually is Ansible. We use Ansible to coordinate pretty much all the systems.
Oracle OSS is part of the Oracle Management System, similar to Red Hat Satellite.
Enterprise Manager is the one that is used to manage databases. Oracle OSS Management Hub is the actual name of the product.
I would say stability for production systems is the most valuable feature. It gives assurance that the environments are all equal, which is something you must have in order to be compliant. You cannot have different packages in production, pre-prod, UAT, or test. It needs to be all the same.
There is saving in the storage as well. I believe they improved the way they allocate resources at the storage level. Before, they had copies of the same thing multiple times to the point that at the moment, we are using 10%, maybe 20% of the space that we were using before.
I think if the product had more laboratories or examples of typical setups, it would be beneficial. For example, if there were 10 typical scenarios where the product can be used, companies would choose the closest one to their reality, and they could follow the guidelines for that example. I think that is what is missing.
I believe it has been one year, or maybe less. Between eight months and nine months, around that.
Adoption is the only issue. It was not easy to start, but as soon as it is working, the product does not fail, so it is acceptable.
Oracle has always been good. To be honest, I barely use Oracle support. I am really good in the Oracle stack. I opened three tickets in my life, but they are good. Other team members open tickets with Oracle and they are responsive, so I am happy with the level of support that we get.
Positive
Oracle is cheaper than Red Hat. Sadly, since the purchase from IBM, Red Hat became too expensive. I am a Red Hat guy and a Red Hat certified engineer. I would say I prefer the Oracle solution.
It was really tough to start with the product. However, after a few readings and trials with some trial and error, we got there.
Once you understood how the product works and the limitations that it has, in other words, what you can do with the product, you are fine. Some team members try to use the product in a way they think it works, which in reality, after providing clarification of how the product actually works and what it can do, they were really fine.
As I mentioned before, it is not easy to start. This means the setup is not easy.
With Oracle, nothing is cheap. It is not the cheapest tool around, so you have no options. You cannot compare.
We are using Oracle OSS. This is correct.
It is a different company that looks after the network, so we do not use any of the capabilities of network performance. I do not know if the product has that.
We use a combination of multiple tools, but the Oracle product, the OCI, is the one that we are talking about. The product that was mentioned is OCI.
Most likely we are a customer, not a service provider. Because my main focus is to provide services in New Zealand, but I am an employee, not an enterprise. I am an employee that works for Finance Now.
I think if the product had more laboratories or examples of typical setups, it would be beneficial. For example, if there were 10 typical scenarios where the product can be used, companies would choose the closest one to their reality, and they could follow the guidelines for that example. I think that is what is missing.
I gave this review a rating of 9.
