We performed a comparison between BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS and CA IDMS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, Quest Software, SolarWinds and others in Database Development and Management."I have worked with DB2's great features in the last five years. The IDAA feature transformed the vision of warehousing, business analytics, and big data at my bank. Besides the mainframe, I saw that this solution was evolutionary. It gives real-time information."
"BMC Data Management improved our data recovery process by simplifying it."
"It is a really stable platform. It has been around for many years. We trust it implicitly. "
"Technical support is very good. They are very knowledgeable, very quick to respond, and very nice people, too."
"The most useful feature is the governance feature, because it can show us and help us to manage user profiles very quickly and using it in assertive way."
"One area for improvement with this product could be in providing clearer guidance and tools for disaster recovery planning and execution."
"DB2 is a hard tool to grasp. It's hard for users to learn how to use it. It's not easy to see how it works."
"Right now, it's not easy to start using this solution. You have to take long course and train people. It's not an easy path."
"I would like to see it made simpler to operate and maintain."
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BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS is ranked 21st in Database Development and Management with 2 reviews while CA IDMS is ranked 31st in Database Development and Management. BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS is rated 8.6, while CA IDMS is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS writes "Improves disaster recovery processes and offers an efficient CPU cycle optimization ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CA IDMS writes "We get network database performance. It supports our back office". BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Replicate and IBM App Connect, whereas CA IDMS is most compared with IBM IMS, CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS, Adabas and CA Datacom.
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