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We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista and DX Spectrum based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista vs. DX Spectrum Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"Being able to see the health of the network is most valuable. It is very strong in terms of stability and scalability. Their technical support is also good.""Network management solution that's very stable and scalable. It has a straightforward installation, fast technical support, and multiple features such as reporting, network health analysis, etc.""It is a good investment for features.""The most valuable feature of Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista is the monitoring of wired and wireless equipment.""The reports are good.""I really like Visual RAF. I use that a lot and then I use the up and down status reports because it'll send me emails and text messages when access points go up or down. That way, I'm aware of what's going on."

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"Spectrum is very useful for us, because the product lets us monitor and control all the various components of our infrastructure that support our business from an IT perspective.""It has a high-quality graphical interface.""The most valuable feature is the auto-discovery, which is nice because you don't have to do anything to add a new component.""All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum.""It does correlation so instead of producing 20 alarms if a site goes down, it only creates one.""The monitoring just comes to us: "Oh, there's something wrong with that machine." It tells us. There are some 50,000 machines or so, all doing different things. And if they go down we hear about it.""Allows us to have a single console/notification point, with the alarms of all the tools that we use for monitoring.""The integration point."

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Cons
"Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista could improve by adding more cybersecurity features.""I would like to see a little better reporting, not reporting features, the report maker to be a little better.""It needs to be infused with more artificial intelligence and machine learning.""Adding a reliable and proper heatmap for the access points would make this solution better.""They should add more security features.""The location of the WiFi connection should be available to all users."

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"We want to make our own choice for the AIOps solution and do not want to be forced to use the Broadcom OI solution by default.""Event correlation only works on one server, rather than on all of the servers in the same cluster environment.""Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues.""DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support.""Needs better integration with all the other products in the Agile suite of tools; anything they could do to make that less complex, would be great.""Its visualization can be improved. It doesn't have a very advanced GUI. It is very basic and simple, but it does work.""OS monitoring needs to be better developed, as well as their services, e.g., cluster monitoring, URLs, etc.""The CA Technologies sales team destroyed their relationship with our business units."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price of Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista is cheaper compared to other tools on the market. The license for this software is a one-time license only, so there is no renewal needed. It's a perpetual license."
  • "This is an open-source solution, we do not pay any money to use it."
  • "Its price is reasonable."
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  • "It is very pricey. With the current trend of enterprises moving towards cheaper and more modern looking solutions like ManageEngine, SevOne, ServicePilot, and Paesller."
  • "It’s a great tool, but an expensive one. Learn how to use it properly."
  • "The cost of some of these products are a little cost prohibitive, which is unfortunate. We have to find lower cost solutions for some of the things that we have to pull in. For the most part, CA has capabilities in pretty much everything that you would need. You just have to figure out where are you going to spend the most money for what you have to actually get done. You can do all these things but, which ones do you have to do? And that's hard to choose sometimes because you want to do them all."
  • "In general, the license cost will be about 30% of the total TCO for this tool (hardware/support team, OS costs, and OS management)."
  • "The product, support, and maintenance are all expensive, which is another reason that we are switching to another solution."
  • "The price is very high."
  • "The price of the solution is reasonable."
  • "Currently, a perpetual license but some services are moving to a subscription"
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:They should add more security features to the solution. Also, they should provide a secure platform to manage our networks.
    Top Answer:We use the solution to manage network connections for ethernet suites and wireless solutions.
    Top Answer:The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability.
    Top Answer:DX Spectrum's pricing depends on the license number. It is affordable.
    Top Answer:DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features.
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    Also Known As
    Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista 8770, OmniVista 8770, OmniVista 2500, OmniVista Cirrus, Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista 2500, Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista Cirrus, OmniVista 2500 NMS, OmniVista 2500 VMM, OmniVista 3600,
    CA Spectrum
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    Overview

    Get cohesive management and network-wide visibility with a full set of tools for converged campus networks and data centers.
    With this comprehensive and powerful network management tool, you’ll benefit from a full set of components for infrastructure and device configuration, monitoring, backup, scheduling, security, alerts, quarantine, troubleshooting, downtime resolution, and overall management.

    Along with making day-to-day network operations more efficient, the Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista 2500 Network Management System (NMS) provides all the network management tools and reports you need to track and achieve your business goals.

    DX Spectrum is a complete event and fault management system for network operations teams. The tool provides powerful capabilities for managing your dynamic, complex IT infrastructure, which includes physical, virtual, and cloud environments.The technology allows you to manage and optimize the infrastructure and the professional services that operate on top of it. DX Spectrum is a unified platform that helps your company enhance network service levels while lowering monitoring costs.

    DX Spectrum has intelligent event correlation and root-cause analysis capabilities. It can pinpoint the precise components that are causing issues with availability and network settings. Reports and dashboards can be customized with role-based views. Change management solutions can also be used by teams to govern, track, and remediate changes across network devices.

    DX Spectrum can identify multi-technology and multi-vendor stacks, as well as new software-defined networks (SDNs). It supports Multicast, MPLS, VPN, and VRF, among other routing protocols and technologies.

    DX Spectrum Features

    DX Spectrum has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Service management: DX Spectrum assists personnel in discovering, modeling, visualizing, monitoring, and managing the links between infrastructure and the business services it supports.
    • Fault detection: DX Spectrum offers unique solutions that automate device discovery and root cause analysis, allowing for faster issue detection and resolution.
    • Change management capabilities: DX Spectrum gives administrators the visibility and control they need to prevent erroneous modifications from causing network performance problems and outages.
    • Comprehensive visibility: With DX Spectrum, managers can receive comprehensive insight across physical, virtualized, and cloud environments, as well as a variety of technologies, platforms, and suppliers.
    • Customization: DX Spectrum provides administrators, users, and customers with pre-packaged, easily configurable dashboards and reports that may be adjusted to their individual needs. For maximum performance and visibility, it is intimately connected with other solutions within the DX Service Assurance and DX Service Management systems.

    DX Spectrum Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing DX Spectrum. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Reduce symptomatic alarms and hasten resolution with DX Spectrum’s root-cause analysis and robust event correlation. Automatically map the relationships between your network infrastructure to find the source of service issues for faster resolution. Whether it's a network configuration or availability issue, our network fault management system pinpoints the exact component responsible for the issue.
    • DX Spectrum supports network access from wireless wearables, mobile phones, tablets, and laptops. Provide network operators with the tools they need to manage their wireless networks, decrease outages, and make them as stable as their wired networks. For wired and wireless networks, DX Spectrum offers a unified view.
    • Fault and event management can be integrated across the Agile Ops, Network Operations, and Analytics portfolios. Fault, inventory, and topology knowledge are combined with performance, application, and log monitoring and a unified view across a full-stack NetOps solution. Additional connections include business service and service desk management.

    Reviews from Real Users

    DX Spectrum stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust root cause analysis and its event correlation tool. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews:

    Umair A., Enterprise Solutions & Services Head at Duroob Technologies, writes of the product, “It covers networks very well. It has all the capabilities that you're looking for when it comes to monitoring. Spectrum is great for root cause analysis. It has excellent correlation event management. Spectrum's stability and scalability are also amazing. If you have a CA Service Desk, then it can be integrated so that if you have open tickets they can be closed automatically.”

    Itarchit, an IT Architect at a comms service provider, notes, “The most valuable feature is the event correlation mechanism. I also like the product's multi-customer approach.” He adds, “We haven't seen a better product. Overall, I am happy with this solution. Based on the current market, I would rate DX Spectrum a nine out of ten.”

    Sample Customers
    Blickle and Scherer, Loughborough University, CSF Inox, Caritas Speyer
    National Informatics Centre India, Banese, Olympus, AlphaServe Technologies, Sicredi
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Educational Organization8%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Healthcare Company13%
    Insurance Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Government9%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise59%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise66%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise74%
    Buyer's Guide
    Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista vs. DX Spectrum
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    Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista is ranked 18th in Network Management Applications with 6 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista is rated 9.0, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista writes "Helpful support, useful monitoring, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager and Aruba Airwave, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista vs. DX Spectrum report.

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