- Multitenancy does not require a standalone implementation per customer.
- Reporting and Dashboards are components which allow you to measure customer contracts.
Student at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The Reporting and Dashboards components allow you to measure customer contracts.
What is most valuable?
How has it helped my organization?
- We can use the same installation for several and independent customers (multi-tenancy).
- ITIL processes.
What needs improvement?
I would like more flexibility on KPI and SLA definition.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used the product for 6+ years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I did not encounter any stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I did not encounter any scalability issues.
How are customer service and support?
I would give technical support a score of 6/10.
How was the initial setup?
The high availability setup is more complex, but nothing special.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated ServiceNow.
What other advice do I have?
It is a stable and good product, with several integrations and an interesting API.
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Solution Architect with 10,001+ employees
Problem management and SDF management are great features and really improve our day-to-day functions.
Valuable Features
We love the CMDB, it's a very good functionality. The whole ITO process is very well-defined. Problem management and SDF management are great features and really improve our day-to-day functions.
Room for Improvement
The software asset management is a feature for which we don't find the correct functionality. It's something we could potentially use, but it needs to be improved.
Use of Solution
We've been using it for six years.
Stability Issues
We don't have any problems. It's been very stable.
Scalability Issues
We are provisioning other clients in the platform, and it's scaled just fine for us.
Customer Service and Technical Support
We have a lot of experience with this type of software and manage on our own. We haven't needed to use technical support.
Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing
Last year, we looked at other solutions on the market and found some that were cheaper than CA. However, we decided to stay with CA because we already have a partnership with them.
Other Solutions Considered
Yes, but we decided to stick with CA because of our partnership and knowledge of the product.
Other Advice
CA is very good in both the implementation and operation phases. We've been very pleased.
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Member of itSMF Portugal Board at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Pros: can integrate and make complex calculation; Cons: UI is not perfect
Valuable Features:
Unique tool that can get data from any other tool, correlate, make complex formulas to calculate SLAs/KPIs, calculate penalty/bonus, alerts, dashboards, automatic reporting, unbeatable for SLM.
Room for Improvement:
UI is not perfect, but maybe with Jaspersoft.
Use of Solution:
6 years
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