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Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] Pros review quotes

it_user3984 - PeerSpot reviewer
HR Staff at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jan 26, 2013
Excellent monitoring capability and business service views
it_user4851 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Expert at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 6, 2013
A lot of features for the price: Java/.Net instrumentation, End User replay (similar to TeaLeaf), and a huge library of monitoring cartridges.
it_user118989 - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Support Analyst with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 22, 2014
We are able to capture the real time user experience of our solutions and we have an understanding of overall performance.
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it_user118992 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer III at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 13, 2014
Many other tools are capable, but IMO not as flexible or powerful except for particular applications.
it_user124704 - PeerSpot reviewer
PeopleSoft Administrator at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 1, 2015
We have no hard figures on the ROI on this product, however having the system has saved us time in terms of debugging and getting to the root cause of issues.
it_user136047 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Jul 2, 2014
The product has improved the way we respond to database issues as it has made us more proactive.
it_user138165 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President - DB Analyst/Admin at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 13, 2014
Foglight has been our go to monitoring tool for several years in the DB2 and Oracle space.
it_user366621 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jun 15, 2016
Having standard monitoring features and a central repository saves us a lot of time and reduces risk of incidents.
it_user374136 - PeerSpot reviewer
Problem Analyst with 10,001+ employees
Jan 21, 2016
Capacity on database and file servers. I found the algorithms to forecast growth and concerns particularly intuitive.
it_user409644 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant - Infrastructure Services at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 21, 2016
The extensive monitoring tools embedded in Foglight are a real asset.
 

Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] Cons review quotes

it_user3984 - PeerSpot reviewer
HR Staff at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jan 26, 2013
South African skill is scarce
it_user4851 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Expert at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 6, 2013
Complicated setup and maintenance.
it_user118989 - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Support Analyst with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 22, 2014
We had stability issues for FTR. The player used to get hung while running the robot scripts.
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it_user118992 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer III at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 13, 2014
When we first turned on Foglight for the first time, it was like a fire hose.
it_user124704 - PeerSpot reviewer
PeopleSoft Administrator at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 1, 2015
The upgrade process could use some fine tuning. I have done an upgrade of the system as well as addedupdated agents, and sometimes that process is a bit cumbersome, and does not go as planned.
it_user136047 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Jul 2, 2014
We had issues with deployment in the beginning until we had an expert guide us through the process.
it_user138165 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President - DB Analyst/Admin at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 13, 2014
Migrating to newer versions is always a challenge with Foglight.
it_user366621 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jun 15, 2016
Being able to incorporate other bespoke monitoring into Foglight would have made the tool even more useful.
it_user374136 - PeerSpot reviewer
Problem Analyst with 10,001+ employees
Jan 21, 2016
SQL agents often failed but again this may have been addressed in future versions.
it_user409644 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant - Infrastructure Services at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 21, 2016
I recall that the lay-out was rather dull when I used this particular version of Foglight.