iTop vs. Microsoft System Center Service Manager

I think that it is very well suited for smaller companies who want a help desk stack with a monitoring integration like Zabbix for a completely open-source stack. I do not think that it is particularly well suited for large organizations where more robust helpdesks are available. ServiceNow may be a better option for a larger organization.

Incentivized

I think any organization that runs windows on their computers that is size over 50 workstations and looking for a complete package to manage their windows machines must have Microsoft System Center Service Manager, especially if they have Windows servers and VMs. The capability of managing multiple devices at ones can save a lot of time for the IT jobs.

Incentivized

• Open source
• Issue Tracking
• Integrations

Incentivized

• Imaging - Can hold all of your images and allow them to be deployed from one central place
• Patching - Able to manage patches from a central database and have reporting on machines out of compliance
• Reporting - ability to utilize several reports to check compliance and other items you may want to review

Incentivized

• CSV import tools for any data.
• Data synchronization.
• Graphical impact analysis.

Incentivized

• Reporting in System Center could be more user-friendly. While the data is there, sometimes several reports have to be run to get what you want
• SCCM would be better making updates to SCCM easier. We see risk in updates, so it causes delays, which creates more risk
• Improving the application deployment log files , making them easier to read

Incentivized

The customer support service is excellent. They help from start/deployment through to any time later on. They responded quickly and resolved our issues professionally and in no time.

Incentivized

Each member of [the] IT team members can define their control screens with the information that is relevant to them. The lifecycle of the tickets or the list of tasks to perform for the achievement of a process can be set to fit each organization. Gives users a simple way to formulate intervention requests and to follow progress.

Incentivized

It has its similarities between the two from a ticketing standpoint but as a primarily Microsoft shop it is nice to have a product that was created to play along with other tools that we are using such as SCCM. We like Jira for the project management tools and Cherwell for their customization but the latter took lots of effort to get that piece working.

Incentivized

• Has tickets that report requests and bugs .
• Has documentation that covers official extensions.
• Customizable CMDB.
• Guidelines.

Incentivized

• "Quick" patch management -- once the process is nailed down.
• The ability to include remote control in a central place.
• Reporting is great.

Incentivized