Broadcom Questions

Works

SaltStack vs. Ansible - which should I choose?

I’m debating if I should deploy Ansible which is VERY simple and quite capable and very popular, or deploy Salt which has far more features and “power” but it’s more complex and less popular – so troubleshooting can be harder. Any advice or opinions would be helpful and appreciated.

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Senior Consultant at Unify Square

Do you think there is a minimum critical threshold that justifies the deployment of the System Center suite?

Recently I have seen small / medium companies deploying System Center 2012 R2 in their datacenter (sometimes as a part of projects and proofs of concept to replace existing VMware solutions).While the administrative and economic costs of the suite make sense with a large private cloud, I have the...

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Senior IT Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

SailPoint IdentityIQ vs. CA Identity Governance

I'm comparing CA Identity Governance (CA GovernanceMinder) vs SailPoint IdentityIQ from a governance point of view.

What are the pros and cons of these tools?

Ariel Lindenfeld

VP Product

PeerSpot

SCCM vs. vCenter Configuration Manager

We are looking to replace vCM (vCenter Configuration Manager).

How does SCCM compare to the compliance aspect to vCM?

What other aspects should we take into consideration?

Works

Have you evaluated CA Release Automation (LISA/Nolio) and Thoughtworks Go?

I read a review of XL Deploy here where the reviewer says that they evaluated IBM Udeploy, CA Release Automation (LISA/Nolio) and Thoughtworks Go. Did anyone else evaluate CA Release Automation (LISA/Nolio) and Thoughtworks Go? Can you share what you learned?

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Project Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Do you have a comparison of IBM vs. CA Service Virtualization?

I'm looking for a comparison of Service Virtualization solutions: IBM vs. CA LISA

Does anyone have a comparison which they can share or any comments about these competing solutions?

Thanks,

Yifat

Automation QA Specialist at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

CA Service Virtualization vs. HP Service Virtualization

Has anyone done a comparative study of CA iTKO LISA vs. HP Service test? If yes, can you please share your results and/or report.

What needs to be considered when comparing them?

Thanks in advance.

Works

vCloud Director versus HP Operations Orchestration?

Is there any advantages for OO versus VCO or they both can do same stuff with different ways of doing tasks? Any distinction for choosing one of them instead of the other? Thank you.

Dan Gillman

Senior System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

Moving from ESXi Essentials to plus: key install or a reinstall? What are my options for a redundant active passive san?

I have taken the company I work for and brought them down the VMware path. They are an Oracle programming house in business for over 30 years. They have several Government contracts and have recently gotten into the private sector. When I came on board they had 26 physical servers. They tasked me...

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Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

VMware has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for four years. Agree/Disagree? Why?

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

VMware has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for four years. Agree/Disagree? Why?

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

How does VMware ESXi compare to alternative virtualization solutions?

What are some of the main factors to consider when choosing a solution? What are some of the key points we should be considering when evaluating the various competitors?

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Why does Cisco dominate the ethernet switching market?

Why haven't smaller participants like Brocade, Avaya, and HP been able to take share? Have you used any other vendors in the Ethernet Switch market?

it_user8178Have to agree with Durrell on the Cisco offerings and certifications. I would… more »

it_user129108We have used Zyxel and Netgear, Frankly the stability of Cisco, the scalability… more »

Head of Webhosting at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Which is the most suitable blade server for VMware ESXi?

Which is the most suitable blade server and storage to install VMware ESXi (5.1, preferably 5.1) on?

Thanks for your help.

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

What are the main pros and cons of the various Endpoint Encryption solutions on the market?

Do you have experience with Microsoft, Dell and Symantec in particular?

Team Lead at Tata Consultancy Services

What are the pros/cons of AppDynamics, New Relic & CA Technologies?

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Comparing Socialcast, Socialtext and Chatter: what unique features does each have? Do any have SMS integration?

Testing at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Is it possible to send an attachment in the response message of the stub using CA Service Virtualization?

I am looking for a method which I can use to send an attachment (such as an excel file) in the response message of the stub.

Is this possible using CA LISA?