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IBM Tivoli Network Manager vs IxNetwork VE comparison

IBM and Keysight Technologies are both solutions in the Network Diagnostics category. IBM is ranked #9, while Keysight Technologies is ranked #3. IBM holds a 1.2% mindshare in ND, compared to Keysight Technologies’s 31.4% mindshare.
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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Network Manager
Ranking in Network Diagnostics
9th
Average Rating
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Number of Reviews
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Ranking in other categories
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IxNetwork VE
Ranking in Network Diagnostics
3rd
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
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Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Network Diagnostics category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli Network Manager is 1.2%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IxNetwork VE is 31.4%, down from 35.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Reduces probe solution costs with advanced deduplication and metadata capabilities
The use case for this tool is generally for enterprise customers who have more than two monitoring tools. These customers obtain information from switches that have a limitation of up to two-point mirroring or span ports. Therefore, if I have more than two monitoring tools, I need a network packet…
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Computer Software Company
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Government
12%
University
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Manufacturing Company
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IxNetwork VE?
The pricing of this solution is usually quite high.
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What needs improvement with IxNetwork VE?
The data center facet of IxNetwork Packet Broker can be improved, particularly concerning mapping from the cache.
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What is your primary use case for IxNetwork VE?
The use case for this tool is generally for enterprise customers who have more than two monitoring tools. These customers obtain information from switches that have a limitation of up to two-point ...
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Overview

IBM Tivoli Network Manager products provide automatic network discovery and topology-based management.
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IxNetwork VE is designed to test the functional and performance testing of physical and virtual network infrastructure, capacity, scalability, and convergence using scaled protocol emulation and traffic. IxNetwork VE can emulate protocols for routing and switching, data center Ethernet, software-defined networking (SDN), broadband access, and industrial Ethernet.

  • Provides comprehensive protocol coverage for routing/switching, multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), broadband access, data center networking, and SDN
  • Powerful traffic generation and statistics engine including stateless L2-3 traffic and stateful L4-7 application flows
  • Common IxNetwork user interface across both Ixia hardware and virtual products enables end-to-end virtual and hardware based testing from a single pane of glass
  • VMs of the Ixia hardware components (virtual chassis, virtual load modules_ are software that is optimized for protocol emulation and traffic generation in a virtual environement
  • Comprehensive platform support including standalone hypervisors (VMware ESXi and KVM) and OpenStack-based private clouds
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Sample Customers

immixGroup, Yamato Financial Co. Ltd., United Rentals, Komsomolskaya Pravda, i-Virtualize, Alpha Modus, CLOUD M, Apptimate AB, Senet Inc., Redexis Gas, Cablevision, Zumidian, pixx.io GmbH
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