CA Mainframe Software Manager [EOL] vs athene ES1 comparison

athene ES/1 provides analysis of current and recent system performance activity, It identifies problems as they are reported and uses expert system techniques to recommend what courses of action are required to restore service levels. Severity level reporting  and tuning hints enable attention to be focused where it is needed. Detailed drill down facilities are available to analyze problems, plot trends and report on the most important metrics of all z/OS subsystems.

athene ES/1 provides a fully automated performance reporting system, requiring no user management or specific technical expertise to operate. Information is delivered as required - on the mainframe, workstation or browser.

The power of athene lies in its ease of use and ability to present complex data as relevant, graphical, and up to date reports - for performance analysis, reporting and "what if" models for capacity planning. It provides a rapid, consistent, and confident means of predicting how systems will perform in a variety of changing business conditions. Use athene ES/1 to tune your z/OS system for optimum performance today and plan future capacity requirements based on accurate, objectively acquired data.

CA Mainframe Software Manager helps simplify and streamline your mainframe management tasks, increase staff productivity, and facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing so you can more effectively reduce the cost and complexity of managing mission-critical mainframe workloads well into the 21st century.