IBM Power Systems Customer Reviews 2024

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IBM Power Systems won the following awards in the Systems Management category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2024

IBM Power Systems Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Power Systems?

0% Negative

3% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Effective Service
Security Protects
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 89

Network Performance Management

94

Applications Monitoring

91

Automated Remediation

91

Patching Automation

90

Capacity Management

90

Server Performance Monitoring

90

Access Rights Management

89

Network Configuration Management

89

Event Correlation & Management

89

Storage Monitoring

88

Multi-Site Functionality

88

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Quality of Features

89

Business Value Created

88

Usability and Intuitiveness

87

Ease of Data Integration

86

Vendor Support

86

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

85

Ease of Implementation

84

Breadth of Features

84

Ease of Customization

82

Ease of IT Administration

82

Availability and Quality of Training

80

IBM Power Systems Reviews

Kaniaru K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

"Fantastic product!" highly commendable

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates IBM Power Systems from other similar products?

continuous innovation, highest performance, large memory bandwidth, market-leading availability and security, and outstanding virtualization features

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

large memory bandwidth, market-leading availability and security

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not so sure

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

cost effective and performance

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Karter A.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Communications
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Enhanced and efficient software

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Power Systems from other similar products?

Our design team finds it simple to manage the resources online thanks to Rational ALM. The benefit of viewing CPU utilization information on the dashboard is provided to users. We have the ability to manage essential corporate content, including source code and various papers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With the aid of this tool, we may successfully manage design and deployment while designing various development programs. The amazing collaboration has simply worked on difficult and demanding projects much simpler. ALM is a crucial tool for testers and a daily test management tool. It offers functionality needed for a typical testing procedure. It supports a variety of our favorite application lifecycle models.

What do you dislike most about this product?

the absence of ready-made arrangements. Getting your settings right requires a lot of trial and error due to the numerous configuration options and occasionally perplexing hierarchy. It is not yet defect-free; it frequently fails, and as the number of artifacts significantly increases, performance also becomes sluggish.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The relationship between proposed project and objectives is traceable thanks to IBM Rational ALM. That makes it simple for us to understand precisely what is needed for every aspect of business. It facilitates simple project planning and execution. Project managers and business analysts should use it. We have one central location where Rational ALM stores all of our data.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Princeton S.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Utilities
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Effective software

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Power Systems from other similar products?

Through IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management, one can access engineering data from a variety of data sources to improve project decisions. One can also spend less time looking for, querying, and analyzing engineering data relationships and more time coming up with new ideas and improvements rather than trying to find information and document progress.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

We have all of our data kept in one place with Rational ALM, making it simple for us to operate our employees online without any issues. We utilize it across the board for the entire operation team, so it is highly adaptable. Several development teams can easily collaborate with one another.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Installation problems with the product and a steep learning curve. There are three primary components to the answer, and each requires a significant amount of learning. There are available courses and a few documents. The majority of user training was carried out through hands-on practice and YouTube videos.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Our company's engineers use IBM Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) to seamlessly access and modify business objectives based on feedback from clients. It keeps our developers on the same page throughout the process of creating software, allowing them to stay on top of problems and deliver effectively.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

IBM Power Systems Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Power Systems?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Network Performance Management Includes network performance analysis, bandwidth monitoring, and capacity planning.

Applications Monitoring Monitor applications and associated infrastructure, including databases, middleware, and messaging components.

Automated Remediation Automate remediation of alerts due to exceeding defined thresholds e.g. trigger scripts to address low disk space alerts.

Patching Automation The automated deployment and installation of server patches

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Server Performance Monitoring Monitor and report server performance (e.g., memory, CPU, and disk utilization).

Access Rights Management Ability to track and manage user access of sensitive data and systems

Network Configuration Management Provide configuration change tracking, configuration backup scheduling, and compliance monitoring for defined standards.

Event Correlation & Management Correlate and filter events (e.g., setting thresholds) to identify and report only meaningful alerts.

Storage Monitoring Monitor storage performance and capacity.

Multi-Site Functionality Centralized management of resources across multiple remote locations.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

IBM Power Systems Reviews

Kaniaru K.

"Fantastic product!" highly commendable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Karter A.

Enhanced and efficient software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Princeton S.

Effective software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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