I like the flexibility CA Spectrum offers to model networks with devices and different locations and technologies.
It is easy to use and offers a lot out-of-the-box features (i.e. multi-vendor support, network discovery).
If necessary there are also APIs to develop our own integrations.
Spectrum admins mostly enjoy having a powerful fault management platform which also lines up and integrates with the other software products they are using, i.e. trouble ticketing system and performance management solutions.
There is still room for improvement for mobile clients like tablets and smartphones. Most of the functionality can only be used with the Java client.
We've had no issues with deployment.
We've had no issues with stability.
We've had no issues with scalability. Especially with the latest release, the scalability was improved which allows support for huge networks with a small number of CA Spectrum servers.
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We were able to standardize the internal processes across all internal departments, resulting in almost an elimination of non-standard process flows through our organization.
I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable.
The most valuable feature is the auto-discovery, which is nice because you don't have to do anything to add a new component.
This product provides good visibility into applications at the backend.
What I like best is the configuration management functionality.
The most valuable feature is automatic discovery.
The fault management is perfect.
