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Sybase Afaria [EOL] pros and cons

Vendor: SAP
3.3 out of 5
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Sybase Afaria [EOL] Pros review quotes

it_user363612 - PeerSpot reviewer
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SAP Basis Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 31, 2015
The most valuable feature is that it supports all mobile platforms -- Android, iOS, etc.
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it_user365223 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Sr software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 5, 2016
After installation of the product, it is very easy to use; it's user friendly and the operation and performance is very high.
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it_user365289 - PeerSpot reviewer
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SAP Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 25, 2017
It helped our organization in securing our enterprise data on mobile devices.
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it_user365292 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Mobility Lead at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 5, 2016
SAP Support is excellent with their support of this product.
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it_user365325 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Solution Engineer at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
Jan 5, 2016
In my previous implementation, we rolled out device management and security policies for 5000+ devices in a week's time.
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it_user371319 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Engineer Enterprise Mobility at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 17, 2016
Afaria provides us with much greater control over this essential function, which is important from both a workflow and business perspective.
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it_user354876 - PeerSpot reviewer
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System & Network Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 18, 2016
Instead of publishing a web page with the link to the app, now we publish the apps via Afaria and we know who installed the app (software inventory component of Afaria).
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it_user372411 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Associate Director - IS Project Management Office at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 19, 2016
It has enabled us to package and deploy enterprise mobile apps.
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it_user392715 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Tech Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 22, 2016
I would recommend this product for small and large scale projects to achieve greater results.
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Sybase Afaria [EOL] Cons review quotes

it_user363612 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user363612
SAP Basis Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 31, 2015
Customer service is poor. Technical support is poor.
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it_user365223 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Sr software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 5, 2016
The installation is very complex and the price is very high compared to other MDM's.
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it_user365289 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user365289
SAP Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 25, 2017
It needs compatibility with multiple platforms and databases.
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it_user365292 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Mobility Lead at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 5, 2016
Customers who have invested in failover and disaster recovery systems via Oracle DBs could not use Afaria on such a large scale deployment.
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it_user365325 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Solution Engineer at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
Jan 5, 2016
Parity of features/config settings across mobile platforms can be improved in the next release.
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it_user371319 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Engineer Enterprise Mobility at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 17, 2016
SCEP-based authentication deployment for Android devices has great flaws.
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it_user354876 - PeerSpot reviewer
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System & Network Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 18, 2016
It should be one shot! But in the current state, you have to set-up at least five components, and if you have more than one server (we have one master plus four slaves and two relay servers) it means about 25 installations (about 100 next, OK, finish, cancel).
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it_user372411 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Associate Director - IS Project Management Office at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 19, 2016
There were issues with Afaria not having as many features as MobileIron or AirWatch.
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it_user392715 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Tech Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 22, 2016
Improvement is required in term of nesting the groups and objects, we have faced difficulties in applying correct rules/policies.
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