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We performed a comparison between BMC Client Management, CA Harvest Software Change Manager, and Centrify Endpoint Services [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The inventory and patch management tools are very valuable.""One feature I like, that was especially valuable during the pandemic, is remote control. Remote control grants administrators and support personnel access to the laptops and PCs of employees (who might be working from home) in order to fix any issues that come up as and when they come up, even without having to wait for a support request.""It's a scalable solution. We have deployed it for customers using 3000 nodes to those using 300,000 nodes.""The most valuable features of the solution are its patching capabilities and the help it offers when it comes to use cases, like prompting for the reboot after a certain period of time.""The most valuable features of the solution are patch management and software license management.""The support from BMC Client Management is very good."

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"Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles.""The ability to give our teams functionality from a control perspective, allowing them to decide how they want to implement the tool, is valuable."

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"The most valuable feature in Centrify is the ability to authenticate in a Linux environment, because this is what my customers were looking for. They are coming from a Linux environment, so they appreciate the identity and access management for allowing Linux workloads to authenticate securely."

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"The on-premises version of BMC Client Management has powerful remote control functionality and decent compliance features, but these features both rely on the discovery tool in order to gain a complete set of insights about the endpoint's environment. Now, BMC's discovery solution depends on having an agent installed in each endpoint and sometimes the agent doesn't work properly, making it difficult to get an accurate understanding of the environment (including special topologies) even with BMC's discovery tool.""The solution does not offer the functionality of remote access to users.""BMC Client Management supports only iOS devices. It would be good if they would support Android as well.""BMC Client Management could improve in the area of integration.""The solution needs to add whitelisting because many customers request it.""It would be good if BMC Client Management can perform vulnerability assessment scanning at the endpoint on its own and mitigate that. Then, we wouldn't have to rely on a third party VA tool. I would like to see this application move to being a web-based one."

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"Password complexity is not enforced by the tool.""Security features can be improved.""Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards."

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"What can be improved in Centrify is the integration between the on-premise environment, specifically for Linux environments with the cloud infrastructure, such as Microsoft as it was during my time as a solution architect."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The solution is low cost."
  • "To use BMC Client Management they charge annually per node."
  • "BMC Client Management is a very affordable solution. There is one main server license which I believe is around $1,000 per year, and then there is the license for the actual solution. With the solution license, you can opt for a suite license where you get access to all the features and benefits, or alternatively you can buy any of the five main components of the suite license individually."
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  • "Once you purchase your licenses, there is maintenance support that is renewed every year."
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    Also Known As
    BMC Helix Client Management, Helix Client Management, BMC Fromdistance Mobile Device Management
    CA Harvest SCM, CA Software Change Manager
    Centrify Identity Service
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    Overview

    Client Management automates endpoint management and helps organizations control costs, maintain compliance, and reduce risk. From device acquisition to disposal, Client Management provides an accurate view of hardware installations, ensures device adherence to organizational and industry policies, and supports systems and software currency.

    CA Harvest Software Change Manager (CA Harvest SCM) provides powerful, process-driven capabilities for managing development teams across your enterprise, encompassing multiple platforms and release management tools. This release management software enforces your IT governance policies and corporate compliance initiatives including those defined by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It also can ensure adherence to your ITIL-based best practices. CA Harvest SCM can help your enterprise simplify the software release management process as well as the development and maintenance of business applications with streamlined workflows and automated source code versioning. This ITIL release management software can optimize your development resources by providing audit, protection and storage of your software assets, and standardized process management and defect tracking.

    Centrify Identity Service improves end-user productivity and secures access to cloud, mobile and on-premises apps via single sign-on, user provisioning and multi-factor authentication. Supports internal users (employees, contractors) and external users (partners, customers). Manage apps, mobile devices and Macs via Active Directory, LDAP or cloud identity stores.

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    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Manufacturing Company16%
    Insurance Company15%
    Financial Services Firm14%
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    Company Size
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise79%
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