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OpenText Service Manager [EOL] pros and cons

Vendor: OpenText
3.6 out of 5
 

OpenText Service Manager [EOL] Pros review quotes

it_user192534 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Fault 2 Restoration at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 10, 2015
Stability, lower operation costs, and straight process implementation.
it_user192834 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Management Consultant with 10,001+ employees
Feb 11, 2015
It has an intuitive front end which allows us to roll out good customer end user experiences.
it_user225747 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Consultant - Executive Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Apr 20, 2015
Customer Service: Hmm, let's see, that functions pretty well.
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it_user251856 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, IT Service Management at Dignity Health
Jun 19, 2015
HP products generally have always been stable, and this is no different.
it_user252612 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Operational Excellence at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 20, 2015
One of the big benefits that’s come out of this is a centralized view of all IT operations that really enable us to shift resources (people and money) in a real-time way to accomplish whatever we need.
it_user264057 - PeerSpot reviewer
HP Service Manager Technical Lead @ PepsiCo at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 2, 2015
This is our “go-to” application for all ITIL processes globally.
it_user236772 - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Experience Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 17, 2015
It integrates well with multiple Management Information Bases (MIB's).
it_user361614 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager, Change Agent, ITIL Service Support, Crisis Management with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 26, 2015
We improved our service levels and have been able to maintain them for the last four and a half years.
it_user363291 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Canberra Solutions Ltd
Dec 30, 2015
Service Manager gives us a single system where everything is centralized in one base.
it_user366000 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Management Team Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 6, 2016
Technical support is excellent. They really bend over backwards for us.
 

OpenText Service Manager [EOL] Cons review quotes

it_user192534 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Fault 2 Restoration at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 10, 2015
Stability was always an issue until we did a full load and performance test, since then this is in good shape.
it_user192834 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Management Consultant with 10,001+ employees
Feb 11, 2015
My only concern is the flexibility of the product in smaller environments.
it_user225747 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Consultant - Executive Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Apr 20, 2015
Same, it wasn't always stable. Actually, I wouldn't call it stable now either.
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it_user251856 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, IT Service Management at Dignity Health
Jun 19, 2015
Part of our reason for moving away from Service Manager is that HP was not on the leading edge of the technology and was consequently being surpassed by SaaS offerings.
it_user252612 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Operational Excellence at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 20, 2015
We struggle with and the simplicity of getting reporting data at a high level, and output is not where it needs to be for us.
it_user264057 - PeerSpot reviewer
HP Service Manager Technical Lead @ PepsiCo at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 2, 2015
Stability was a major issue in older versions of the product.
it_user236772 - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Experience Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 17, 2015
It's not user friendly (too complex), and it gives limited guidance documentation of how to filter all the logs detected.
it_user361614 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager, Change Agent, ITIL Service Support, Crisis Management with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 26, 2015
It needs to be a lot more flexible, a lot more user friendly, and a lot lighter, not so heavy.
it_user363291 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Canberra Solutions Ltd
Dec 30, 2015
The user interface is very clunky. It's only now beginning to be a web-based interface, but for now it's still very clunky.
it_user366000 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Management Team Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 6, 2016
We're coming to end-of-life on the product we've got.