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CA CEM [EOL] vs OpenText Diagnostics comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

CA CEM [EOL]
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText Diagnostics
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (59th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user305787 - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It provides a powerful network analysis both with individual transactions and general network performance. We've had lots of hardware issues with the MPMs.
It provides a powerful network analysis both with individual transactions and general network performance We've found that it really helps managers in measuring application SLAs and viewing historical performance data. We've had lots of hardware issues with the MPMs. It's difficult to segregate…
RS
Performance and Fault-tolerance Architect with 1,001-5,000 employees
Very good for transaction level monitoring, but expensive and HP needs better support and training
HP Diagnostics is a very good monitoring tool especially for transaction level monitoring -- it shows hot spots which can be drilled down to DB level, table, query, SP's, record and field level and also at Object level, Classes level,method or Augment levels instead of pinpointing bottlenecks at layer level it goes deep inside for information. It has very good tracing capabilities despite being an agent based tool compared to other agent less monitoring tools. Overall a very good tool for monitoring application diagnostics for quick and easy resolution with help of thread information. Drills down from slow, end-user transactions to the bottle necked component, method, or SQL statement, helping to solve memory, exception, and other common problems Key features and benefits • Automatically detects all components touched by a business process and traces them with no user intervention • Provides complete application visibility across the application lifecycle, enabling higher application quality when applications go live • Reduces mean time to resolution (MTTR) in your J2EE, .NET, ERP, or CRM (SAP, Oracle®, PeopleSoft) environment • Integrates fully with HP Business Availability Center software, HP LoadRunner, and HP Performance Center.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It provides a powerful network analysis both with individual transactions and general network performance."
"For banking and telecom solutions, it's been quite useful."
"The most valuable feature of Micro Focus Diagnostics is the information reported from an application that has timed out. For example, when you're Googling, or you're booking a ticket for Burj Khalifa here, the longest tower in the world, there are situations where the system can time out. There are times when you might not receive a response on the payment gateway or you are not able to find the reservation. The customer only receives the information that the session has timed out."
"The diagnostics and configuration are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"HP Diagnostics is a very good monitoring tool especially for transaction level monitoring -- it shows hot spots which can be drilled down to DB level, table, query, SP's, record and field level and also at Object level, Classes level, method or Augment levels instead of pinpointing bottlenecks at layer level it goes deep inside for information."
"The diagnostics and configuration are the solution's most valuable aspects."
 

Cons

"In our experience, technical support has been slow. We’ve been plagued with hardware issues, which have been on-going for a long time and which is going through CA to a separate partner, who then needs to deal with another local partner company for hardware."
"The interface is very old, and not very user-friendly. Most of our clients don't like the UI."
"The interface could be more user friendly."
"The GUI and metrics of Micro Focus Diagnostics can be improved. The metrics the solution gathers can be limited and could be enhanced by giving more details."
"Price is little expensive for number of license points and HP Diagnostics trainers are not available in market and no proper support from HP for any diagnotics level queries or issues."
"The interface is very old, and not very user-friendly."
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Top Industries

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Performing Arts
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

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Also Known As

CEM
Micro Focus Diagnostics, MF Diagnostics
 

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Sample Customers

First Horizon National Corporation, Olympus, Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago LimitedŒ _Petrotrinî, Racing and Wagering Western Australia
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