AppNeta by Broadcom Previous Solutions

Cliff Chapman - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at Linkstatus Ltd

We didn't use any other tool previously. We worked in much more general-purpose networking management, and when we were introduced to AppNeta a long time ago, we saw that we could quickly build a business specifically around it. We didn't suddenly change to AppNeta. We just created a brand-new business using AppNeta.

There are other products that do synthetic web transactions for the delivery side of what they call Delivery, which is the network performance, but AppNeta uses a pretty unique technology. AppNeta has been going for nearly 20 years. They used to be called Apparent Networks, and they changed their name around 10 or 12 years ago. They've been using pretty much the same technology, which I don't believe anybody else has. That's why we've always used AppNeta.

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Out West - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager and IT Management Consultant at a integrator with 1,001-5,000 employees

I've used many products. I've used other tools along the way as well, depending on what the use case is. I've been in the industry for 20 years.

One solution is called OptiNet. It's a very complex tool for very large transformation processes, but they're amazing. It's an excellent tool. 

I've also used ExtraHop. ServiceNow has an evolving capability around this. They have a discovery module to it, both agent and agentless. It's quite effective. SolarWinds has been a long-standing player. SolarWinds is prevalent in many of the locations, but it's underutilized because it's not configured correctly, or they don't have the required modules to make it effective.

Once they start to introduce it, it's very difficult to gain sponsorship for it because the newer tools are better. So when you do a cost comparison, it's hard to promote the use of SolarWinds when they're in an existing environment. 

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Mohan Rawat - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer II at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

We didn't use any solution for this use case. We have used other tools, such as LogicMonitor, but they are more for SNMP-based monitoring. AppNeta is more for end-to-end monitoring.

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Bernie DiPasquale - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager Global Networks / Infrastructure Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We were using NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE. We switched because AppNeta was in use by another part of the organization. We basically consolidated down to a single vendor for the solution.

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JB
Advanced Network Support at netagen

I have no experience with solutions other than AppNeta by Broadcom.

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it_user378480 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

I believe it was our CIO who encountered them at a conference or a trade show or made some contact with them external to our actual engineering team. Our CIO provided our contact information and expressed some interest, and so we followed up and we initially deployed based on the desire of our CIO.

We actually have a specific use case. Then when we spent some time with it, we found that it's just been a very effective complement to our overall operations.

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it_user378480 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Others in our group had previously experimented with iPerf. AppNeta PathView was not really a replacement for iPerf, but in my opinion, within the operational constraints our group has, AppNeta PathView gives superior results at a far, far lower level of administrative overhead.

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it_user536127 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Director of IT Engineering Delivery at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

We used a SolarWinds application previously. We switched as this provides more visibility for less cost.

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it_user535158 - PeerSpot reviewer
Global IT Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
it_user571896 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Operations Manager \ Senior VOIP Engineer at a tech company with 51-200 employees

We were looking at a few others, but wanted to get away from using SNMP traps.

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it_user535152 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Networking at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

The tools we used before were intrusive and affected production users. This tool overcame that problem by creating little traffic overhead.

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it_user381825 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Adminstrator with 1,001-5,000 employees

Other teams had this initiative before, but I’m not aware of the tools themselves. They weren’t as widely deployed in our company.

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it_user572610 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer 2 with 501-1,000 employees

I am not aware of any previous solutions as I have been using the same tool since I starting working here.

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