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"The initial setup is pretty easy.""We can manually capture the assets available within the location.""The customization of the product and reporting capabilities have allowed us to provide upper management the graphs (data) they request that helps validate specific needs that we (IT) have.""We use it to create and manage our work orders.""Using their problem management process, we can use parent/child tickets and set up public views for our problem work orders.""Track-It! has many features that help make us more efficient and cost effective as a department.""As a department, we have been able to identify problems and resolve them faster because of the centralized database.""Using the Help Desk and Purchasing modules, they let us keep track of all the issues in our organization and analyze them for trends."

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"All of the features are very suitable for us. It is also a stable solution.""It provides us with improved maintenance cycles.""We have installed a physical server for failover. We need to configure cluster on everything. But with VMware, we do not need to cluster. We get automatically seven physical nodes failover. If one fails we have no issues."

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"Their self-service is not user friendly.""The area where we would like to see improvement is in the asset management module.""The solution is cumbersome to use.""Track-It! works great for a mid-size company, but anything over 700 employees, and trying to use Track-It! for any other areas of the business is difficult.""There are a few items that I would like changed or extra features that could be added to our current version of this software, but those are all going to be addressed in a future software update.""The product’s current version could be easier and straightforward to work with small IT organizations, similar to the older version."

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"Its automation feature needs improvement. They can include the vRealize Automation feature in this solution.""Not a ten because the price is high.""It needs to improve user roles and access rights."

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  • "BMC Track-It!’s price is reasonable compared to other products."
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  • "The price depends on different enterprises. As compared to Citrix, VMware is reasonable."
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    Top Answer:We can manually capture the assets available within the location.
    Top Answer:The product’s current version could be easier and straightforward to work with small IT organizations, similar to the older version. Its asset management feature has been significantly affected since… more »
    Top Answer:We use the product primarily for help desk management, including login and resolution of calls. It helps us with IT asset management. We can manually capture the assets available within the location… more »
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    Also Known As
    BMC Numara Track-It!, Numara Track-It!, Numara
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    Overview

    Help Desk Automation

    Eliminate the manual triage of issues that leads to stacks of sticky notes and emails, problems falling through the cracks, and overworked IT technicians with no way to track or prioritize work.

    Knowledge Base

    Centralize the documentation of known issues and use keyword search to find solutions. Technicians no longer waste time searching the web and troubleshooting issues that have already been solved by others.

    Improved Efficiency

    Keep track of how productive the help desk is, identify who needs more training, get feedback on the work technicians perform and justify resource needs to management.

    VMware Service Manager automates IT Service Management by providing a powerful workflow engine to drive IT Service processes.
    Sample Customers
    Florida Hospital, Mitchell International
    Seventy Seven Energy Inc., Symantec, KBC, Vodafone, Region Hovedstaden, Bank Audi, Hewlett-Packard, BT Global Services, Edogawa City Council, HDFC Bank Limited, Bank Al Bilad, ABN AMRO N.V. Singapore, Savvis, Abu Dhabi Ports Company, SAP AG, Fundaments, T-Systems
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government19%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Government14%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise55%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise58%
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    BMC Track-It! is ranked 18th in IT Asset Management with 5 reviews while VMware Service Manager is ranked 23rd in IT Asset Management. BMC Track-It! is rated 7.4, while VMware Service Manager is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of BMC Track-It! writes "Provides good stability, but it could be intuitive and easier to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Service Manager writes "It needs to improve user roles and access rights. It provides us with improved maintenance cycles". BMC Track-It! is most compared with ServiceNow and BMC Remedy , whereas VMware Service Manager is most compared with BMC Remedy and ServiceNow.

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