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IBM Z vs. Oracle SPARC Servers

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Z

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AIBM Z is the company's mainframe enterprise server solution product line.N/A

    Oracle SPARC Servers

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AOracle offers their SPARC line of rack servers designed, as described by the vendor, as optimal for scale-out and Cloud infrastructure.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM ZOracle SPARC Servers
    Editions & Modules
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    IBM ZOracle SPARC Servers
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    IBM ZOracle SPARC Servers
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Z
    IBM Z is the winner when dealing with enormous transactions In terms of security as well IBM Z is a better option compared to other alternatives Excellent is dealing with large batch processing in multiple environments.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Z
    I have been working with Z Enterprise Servers for 30 years and they have been called many different things over those years: mainframe being the name I am still most comfortable with. I choose to work with them because of their high availability, transaction processing …
    Incentivized
    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    IBM ZOracle SPARC Servers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (42 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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