Team Leader at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Feb 11, 2021
The GUI isn't as user-friendly as other options. The price could also be better. I would like to see a better GUI and a smaller closed system in the next release, like other IBM products, which are more efficient and more user-friendly.
Solution Architect; Senior Manager Mainframe Technical Service at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
MSP
Aug 9, 2020
The pricing of the solution is difficult to deal with. Lower pricing would be preferred. The solution should embedded replication switches into the hardware instead of using them externally.
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The GUI isn't as user-friendly as other options. The price could also be better. I would like to see a better GUI and a smaller closed system in the next release, like other IBM products, which are more efficient and more user-friendly.
The pricing of the solution is difficult to deal with. Lower pricing would be preferred. The solution should embedded replication switches into the hardware instead of using them externally.