CA Software Delivery [EOL] vs IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager comparison

By automating day-to-day document management, CA Deliver helps you reduce timeconsuming manual tasks and minimize document delivery costs. In addition, the product can be integrated with other important enterprise functions, such as scheduling, restart/rerun, automated operations, storage and security. Together with enterprise report management solutions from CA Technologies, CA Deliver enables the automated flow of reports from the mainframe to anywhere in the enterprise. CA Deliver operates in either real-time, pre-spool mode or post-spool mode. Reports can optionally be processed from the JES spool in a post-spool mode which is desirable when reports are generated remotely (NJE). CA Deliver provides a single point of management for all of your report capture, distribution, archival distribution management and recipient access activities without changing JCL or starting and stopping the system tasks.

IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager V4.2 provides software distribution and hardware and software inventory capability in a multiplatform environment. Tivoli Configuration Manager V4.2 can help enable you to: Scan hardware and software to determine which enterprise assets are part of your inventory, Reduce the time and effort in installing and configuring your network population by centralizing and automating the distribution of software across your enterprise, Automate and schedule software distribution and inventory operations, Monitor system and configuration changes, Manage the desired state of all elements of your network, Manage your enterprise environments across firewalls and Extend the scope of your managed network to include pervasive devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs).