IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact pros and cons

Vendor: IBM

3.9 out of 5

4 reviews
100% willing to recommend

489 followers

Pros & Cons summary

IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact fetches various file types and supports ISPF APA for seamless integrations. It allows invoking ISPF and integrates with ticketing systems. Offering open-source compatibility, it enables Java code execution and integrates with Oracle. However, complexity and stability are concerns. IBM is not investing in on-premise development.

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PROS

IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact excels in fetching almost any kind of file.

The ISPF APA support in Netcool/Impact is highly valuable for integrations.

Users can run the Netcool desktop application to integrate with ticketing systems.

IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact enables the use of open-source products, including Java code execution.

Integration with models like Oracle and external systems to reach events is seamless.

CONS

IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact is somewhat complicated and not straightforward.

Stability of IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact needs improvement.

IBM is not investing in the development of the on-premise version of IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact.

IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact Pros review quotes

Vijay-Daniel

Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Feb 24, 2021

The most valuable feature that comes with Netcool/Impact is the ISPF APA support. It is inherent to Netcool/Impact, so I can use the ISPF of any other product, which I can invoke and consume through Impact, and do integrations, which is great. I run the Netcool desktop application so I can integrate with other applications in the ticketing system. It's a great ability being able to invoke ISPF and integrate.

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Youssef El Hayek

OSS Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 17, 2022

It is easy to integrate with other models such as Oracle, other systems, external systems, and to reach events.

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PrasadBabu

Senior Software Engineer at Visa Inc.

Aug 12, 2020

The solution is great at being able to fetch almost any kind of file.

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OSS Operations Specialist at Vodafone

Jan 26, 2022

This product allows us to make use of open-source products, including running Java code.

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IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact Cons review quotes

Vijay-Daniel

Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Feb 24, 2021

For improvement, I'd say the dashboard and the overall GUI could use some work. Although, I don't think that there's much improvement that Netcool really needs to achieve in this area, because when we're talking GUI, Impact is able to integrate with any third-party system and it comes with ISPF APA. It's more beneficial than Netcool/OMNIbus in this respect, and it's quite easy to handle.

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Youssef El Hayek

OSS Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 17, 2022

IBM is not investing in the development of the on-premise version of this solution.

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PrasadBabu

Senior Software Engineer at Visa Inc.

Aug 12, 2020

The solution is somewhat complicated. It's not exactly straightforward.

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