This product will be ideal for monitoring the network's performance and seeing real-time throughput, bandwidth utilization, and connectivity between nodes. I rate it an eight out of ten.
To those who plan to use the solution, I would say that you have to fully immerse yourself in the product. With AppNeta by Broadcom, when I was running tests from my house to our network in my data center, seeing certain things since you have more control over them helps you get more information from the product. The biggest thing is that you need to try to get yourself immersed in the product, and then the other thing is trying to understand how the unit should be deployed in certain locations and stuff like that because every customer has a different way of doing things and are able to place the device since they mostly prefer to place it at the closest point where the problem is occurring. In a data center, you need to consider placing the product closer to the server where the issue might be happening or closer to the demarcation point. I rate the overall product a seven to eight out of ten.
I've installed and used the solution. I'm not sure which version of the solution I'm using. When I install the solution, I'm always installing the latest version. I'd recommend that users have a good understanding of the infrastructure before beginning to use the solution. They have to understand what it means to place probes into the infrastructure. It's important to loop in IT teams and take into consideration compliance requirements. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. However, Layer 7 still needs a lot of development.
Sr Technical/Presales Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
2022-12-02T07:35:00Z
Dec 2, 2022
Before AppNeta, Broadcom had good software for monitoring on-prem devices or the network VPN and MPLS, et cetera. But with new technologies like SD-WAN and SaaS-based applications, there was a gap when it came to monitoring. With the acquisition of AppNeta, this gap was completely fixed. Now, we have Broadcom DX NetOps which does everything related to on-prem, and we have SaaS AppNeta, which does everything that was missing with NetOps. Both are now integrated with each other and we have complete visibility of on-prem, SaaS, and internet. I would recommend going with the SaaS model. It's easy to manage and I believe it is much cheaper than on-prem maintenance. With SaaS there is no maintenance charged to the customer. Also, new features and upgrades are done directly on SaaS, but it can take a month or two to get those features available in an on-prem solution.
Senior Manager Global Networks / Infrastructure Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2022-08-16T00:22:00Z
Aug 16, 2022
It seems a little bit heavy at first, but after you get into it and start working with it, it is quite easy to use. I would rate it an eight out of ten.
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This product will be ideal for monitoring the network's performance and seeing real-time throughput, bandwidth utilization, and connectivity between nodes. I rate it an eight out of ten.
To those who plan to use the solution, I would say that you have to fully immerse yourself in the product. With AppNeta by Broadcom, when I was running tests from my house to our network in my data center, seeing certain things since you have more control over them helps you get more information from the product. The biggest thing is that you need to try to get yourself immersed in the product, and then the other thing is trying to understand how the unit should be deployed in certain locations and stuff like that because every customer has a different way of doing things and are able to place the device since they mostly prefer to place it at the closest point where the problem is occurring. In a data center, you need to consider placing the product closer to the server where the issue might be happening or closer to the demarcation point. I rate the overall product a seven to eight out of ten.
I've installed and used the solution. I'm not sure which version of the solution I'm using. When I install the solution, I'm always installing the latest version. I'd recommend that users have a good understanding of the infrastructure before beginning to use the solution. They have to understand what it means to place probes into the infrastructure. It's important to loop in IT teams and take into consideration compliance requirements. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. However, Layer 7 still needs a lot of development.
I would rate it a 10 out of 10. Overall, I'm happy.
Before AppNeta, Broadcom had good software for monitoring on-prem devices or the network VPN and MPLS, et cetera. But with new technologies like SD-WAN and SaaS-based applications, there was a gap when it came to monitoring. With the acquisition of AppNeta, this gap was completely fixed. Now, we have Broadcom DX NetOps which does everything related to on-prem, and we have SaaS AppNeta, which does everything that was missing with NetOps. Both are now integrated with each other and we have complete visibility of on-prem, SaaS, and internet. I would recommend going with the SaaS model. It's easy to manage and I believe it is much cheaper than on-prem maintenance. With SaaS there is no maintenance charged to the customer. Also, new features and upgrades are done directly on SaaS, but it can take a month or two to get those features available in an on-prem solution.
It seems a little bit heavy at first, but after you get into it and start working with it, it is quite easy to use. I would rate it an eight out of ten.