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Broadcom Service Virtualization pros and cons

Vendor: Broadcom
4.1 out of 5
Badge Ranked 1
 

Broadcom Service Virtualization Pros review quotes

it_user5877 - PeerSpot reviewer
CIO at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 11, 2013
Very easy to create virtual services for test, Dev and training environments.
it_user5154 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 22, 2013
Virtualize - the best mocking/stubbing tool I've ever seen, allows for easier data management
it_user104973 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 13, 2014
Without trying other products in the service virtualize space, I feel very comfortable working with this product.
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it_user107478 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect: Service Virtualization, DevOps and Automation at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 8, 2016
Very good tool.
it_user104976 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer with 10,001+ employees
Apr 22, 2014
The product made a huge impact in the market which includes many solutions which offer virtualization, performance testing, pathfinder, and functional testing, and development and testing became faster, improving CSR and ROI's for our customers.
it_user104979 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Lead at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 8, 2017
Over the past 3 years which I've been using it, I've found it to be a good solution.
it_user108438 - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 1, 2014
We viewed CA Service Virtualization as a game changer, giving us the ability to add test environment virtualization in order to reduce test cycles for our clients.
it_user142806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation QA Specialist at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 15, 2014
The features are really good in the middleware testing world; it supports lots of technologies and I would strongly recommend this tool for automation and virtualization.
it_user6813 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 8, 2015
LISA VSE and Test Cases.
it_user205152 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 17, 2015
We have saved a lot in terms of the time it takes to test data setup infrastructure and turn around time for testing.
 

Broadcom Service Virtualization Cons review quotes

it_user5877 - PeerSpot reviewer
CIO at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 11, 2013
Further integration into non-CA test suites will be beneficial.
it_user5154 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 22, 2013
With Service Virtualization being a newer concept and market, there is a lack of high quality/experienced resources available across the board for any of the tools (as of mid 2013).
it_user104973 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 13, 2014
We had issues in the support for virtualization of JDBC connectivity.
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it_user107478 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect: Service Virtualization, DevOps and Automation at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 8, 2016
Parsers, look and feel need improvement.
it_user104976 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer with 10,001+ employees
Apr 22, 2014
For Virtualization, when the file size is too large (more than 1 GB) it takes more time for deployment and some times the tool hangs.
it_user104979 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Lead at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 8, 2017
ROI is NOT that great since the product license is expensive.
it_user108438 - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 1, 2014
I would rate customer service from CA to be very low AFTER you have purchased the software.
it_user142806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation QA Specialist at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 15, 2014
We once faced issues when we moved from 4.2 to 4.7 or 5. They completely changed the UI and there is very little support for backward compatibility.
it_user6813 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 8, 2015
UI Testing and Reporting Features.
it_user205152 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 17, 2015
As of today, none of the Microsoft technologies are supported.