IBM Z vs. Panorama Necto

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Z
Score 9.3 out of 10
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IBM Z is the company's mainframe enterprise server solution product line.N/A
Panorama Necto
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Panorama Necto is a business intelligence solution that provides enterprises with new ways to collaborate and create unique contextual connections. Some key features include: Workboards/Dashboards, Advanced Analytics, and Contextual Discovery.N/A
Pricing
IBM ZPanorama Necto
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Offerings
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IBM ZPanorama Necto
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
IBM ZPanorama Necto
Considered Both Products
IBM Z
Chose IBM Z
Cost, control and staffing for intensive, low or zero-downtime applications can be significantly less costly on Z.
Chose IBM Z
These are not that effective when there is a lot of data, and the outage is more in other products as compared to the IBM Z. The processing Capabilities of the Z OS are much better than these products since, in my organization, the processing data is huge, and the IBM Z is best …
Chose IBM Z
From an IBM Z Mainframe standpoint, there is no other platform that can even touch with the mainframe can do. This is why it is the best of breed and has been for over 60 years. There are a large number of third party products available for use on the mainframe. From job …
Chose IBM Z
There is no competitor when you really run a banking infrastructure with a CICS Transaction System, Cobol- or PL1- Programs and DB2 Databases running under the operating system z/OS. Also when you migrate your programs to JAVA z/OS is still the platform where you want to stay …
Chose IBM Z
No real competitor for large scale mainframe. iSeries can be used for mid-sized solutions.
Chose IBM Z
My answer is yes. This made moving to the cloud much easier. The main benefits of this are latency and data extraction. The speed, security and reliability is the game changer and where it stacks up when compared to other IBM products. Additionally, increasing the workload is …
Chose IBM Z
No one can deliver a Hardware Security Module with FIPS 140-2 Level 4 certification than IBM. And the value and ease of use in the IBM cloud with the Hyper Protect Crypto Service are just not compatible to the other vendors. And with Unified Key Orchestrator I can also manage …
Chose IBM Z
IBM Power Systems has lot of benefits like IBM Z, with easier integration options to other systems.
Chose IBM Z
Its working was very slow. No free trails and we don't like it. That's why we switch on IBM Z.
Chose IBM Z
We recenetly attepted to evaluate moving an application to the MicroFocus environment.
The initial assessment failed because of cost.
Chose IBM Z
IBM Z is the best storage solution as it provides the best in class data protection with the cryptographic hardware keys, no loss in data while migration, and a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for develops to understand and has less of a learning curve. This makes it …
Chose IBM Z
IBM/IMS Tools compare favorably in use and performance against other vendors such as BMC. We support both within all our mainframe/zOS products so our users have the flexibility to choose the tools that work best for them and their users and budgets.
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.
Chose IBM Z
There is no alternative to IBM Z available in the market when it comes to large volume server processing.
Chose IBM Z
When it comes to deploying enterprise applications requiring serious resources that cannot be constrained, IBM Z and IBM Power 9 do a great job. However, they are in different classes of service. For high powered applications, we rarely utilize Intel architectures because the …
Chose IBM Z
We currently have both X Linux and Windows platforms. The Windows applications support some of the smaller business units within Highmark very well and Z is probably not a solution for those environments. X Linux won out over Z Linux due to the processor requirements of the …
Chose IBM Z
Specifically, Storage products attached to IBM Z Mainframe Technology.
Hitachi Direct Access Storage Devices seems not to have as many hardware failures as some other IBM DASD.
EMC DLM8100 Technology is used to support our FEP Disaster Recovery plan as we support DRE for the …
Chose IBM Z
IBM Z is faster and more reliable, when compared to all of the other alternatives we evaluated. It's also great due to the ease of maintenance.
Chose IBM Z
IBM Z is a very powerful technology and it will only improve from here.
Chose IBM Z
We believe in the right workload on the right platform. Z/OS is able to run more workloads than ever before and still with the lowest headcount required.
Chose IBM Z
These items are not really compatible at all, so the comparison is not really valid. A mainframe may access the network by using an ISR router, but an ISR router would not replace anything that the mainframe does. I am new to the technology field, so I have not worked with many …
Chose IBM Z
IBM Z is our primary System of Record and, with many other platforms, of accessing data on the Z Server. There is no other comparable platform
Panorama Necto
Chose Panorama Necto
Panorama Necto is a very self service BI, data discovery and automation tool. It empowers business users with data discovery tools.
Chose Panorama Necto
More visually enriched infographics and geo analytics and lower license cost means Panorama is a front runner in comparison to the tools mentioned above.
Chose Panorama Necto
No I have not used any other self service BI tool.
Chose Panorama Necto
This is the next generation BI tool, which will be very helpful for small and medium businesses to kick start data exploration and visualization of their diverse databases, with less intervention from IT. This tool is more end user centric and gives way more power to the end …
Chose Panorama Necto
Micro strategy and SAP business objects require building cubes. This requires lots of SQL language and a need to export them to a repository so they can be used to build ad hoc reports. They have to be scheduled to view or analyse the data in Excel or PowerPoint or PDF formats. …
Chose Panorama Necto
One of the best tools in the market available today. I started getting attached to this tool recently and this never stops amazing me. I can connect to a variety of data sources and quickly analyze my data. The best part of this product is the built-in intelligence system which …
Chose Panorama Necto
We compared Panorama Necto with another leading product. Necto's cost and visual appeal were certainly winners.
Chose Panorama Necto
We can visualize the data right away in Necto. Where as we have to create reports in SAP Business Objects to present it to the business user. The reports have to be scheduled at particular time to get the presentation.
We need to have additional SDK code for SAP Business …
Chose Panorama Necto
We have evaluated few small vendor's BI tools for reporting purposes. Among other BI tools, we found Necto is quite easy to use and provides very good data visualization. Also it provides collaboration features which are least supported by other BI tools.
Chose Panorama Necto
In comparison with Pentaho Business Analytics, Panorama Necto 14 is providing similar features where it is distinguished through its provision of a suggestive analytics feature. This is fairly unique to the Panorama Necto 14 software where it analyzes information from various …
Chose Panorama Necto
It works very well with Microsoft tools and platforms.
Chose Panorama Necto
We are evaluating different data visualization tools and recently I tried Panorama Necto. I was really amazed with this product as it's a new age technology and powerful tool for visualizing data, creating reports. It comes with Infographics which is great and best unique …
Chose Panorama Necto
we are assessing latest BI tools available in market for customer
Chose Panorama Necto
All the above mentioned BI tools are complex from a maintenance perspective. They are not easy to learn. All those BI tools have limited cloud based reporting capability. Whereas Necto is a fully web based self service BI tool. It's collaborative capability makes it stack up …
Chose Panorama Necto
It provides attractive info-graphics according to user's interest. Their visual materiels are modern and stylish. You can use the same dashboard everywhere. Necto always keeps you up-to-date through mobile devices. It gives you many automated analysis and recommendations …
Chose Panorama Necto
Collaboration on data is super powerful in the case of Necto and wins all the medals compared to other BI tools. The real time analysis for decision making is extremely easy and just a click away, which is really not a smooth case for other BI tools.
Chose Panorama Necto
  • Better support for collaboration
  • Better support for info graphics
  • Cost effective
Chose Panorama Necto
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Features
IBM ZPanorama Necto
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Z
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Ratings
Panorama Necto
7.3
Ratings
11% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Z
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Panorama Necto
8.0
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1% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
IBM Z
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Panorama Necto
7.2
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14% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
IBM Z
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Panorama Necto
7.7
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3% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
IBM Z
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Panorama Necto
7.6
Ratings
11% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
IBM Z
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Ratings
Panorama Necto
7.0
Ratings
12% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM ZPanorama Necto
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
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8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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8.0
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Usability
4.0
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8.2
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Availability
10.0
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Performance
10.0
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Support Rating
9.9
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7.1
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In-Person Training
9.0
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Online Training
8.0
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-
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Implementation Rating
8.0
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6.7
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Configurability
9.0
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Ease of integration
9.0
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Product Scalability
10.0
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Vendor post-sale
9.0
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Vendor pre-sale
8.0
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User Testimonials
IBM ZPanorama Necto
Likelihood to Recommend
We found its Data processing marvelous, and its benefit to accomplish chores in time gives us high authenticity and availability to the data deposit with accelerated admittance. One thing I will say that try to make it more user-friendly as it is difficult to learn. We liked it overall; Working is very good.
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How efficient is the tool for error handling capabilities? - In this case Panorama Necto has a unique feature of exceptional error handling capability and conditional error alerts that can be sent to stakeholders via email. An important question to ask while selecting any BI tool is, how good is the support? Panorama Necto has a group of highly knowledgeable and responsible support team members. The online video tutorials are very helpful and it's easy to learn this tool. This tool is very cost effective.
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Pros
  • Transactional processing, including data entry across multiple departments
  • Reporting on massive amounts of data, due to its scale and size of processing capabilities
  • Analytics on data as there are various accelerators for both IBM's databases and others such as Oracle
  • Security is another major benefit to this platform as it contains a non-open systems design
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  • Comes with lot of option to modify and build the smart infographic. Uses innovative pictures and charts to create the dashboards
  • Helps you identify why you are succeeding and where you should shift your focus to.
  • The maps are amazing and they just don’t act as control points rather you can populate various measures on them making it really efficient to understand the business in geographical info graph
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Cons
  • IBM needs to add more focus on simplifying mainframe usage and management.
  • Most modern programmers interface with the Z using an IDE. However, performing many tasks, such as cataloging a data set or checking on a job status, can require switching to the ISPF interface. Users want to interface with a GUI, not a function-key, menu and character-based interface like ISPF. Anything that can simplify and modernize interfacing with the mainframe should be a high priority for IBM.
  • The IBM Z platform is one of the most instrumented computing platforms in the world, so there are a lot of metrics that could be automatically analyzed and used to improve the performance and management of the mainframe environment.
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  • Panorama Necto does not have support for Linux or commodity hardware.
  • The big data technology support is very limited.
  • I would also appreciate if there was a personal edition that I could install on Windows home edition for my client to access the product.
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Likelihood to Renew
The IBM Z mainframe capabilities are unmatched for cloud readiness and optimization the learning capabilities are matched perfectly with Watson and the expandability of the cloud makes it a perfect choice.
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Some features are very basic and sometimes you can't add your own SQL query for custom reports. For Macs and Blackberry users this application is not helpful. Non-languages are not supported in info-graphics. They need to improve their forecast analysis. Report sharing is limited among the portal users only
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Usability
pay as you go pricing
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It provides all the features that are required and some that are not the basic requirements, but they represent a great additional capabilities, not available within the similar products
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Reliability and Availability
The Z in IBM Z is for zero down time. If you configure your system according to IBM's best practices, you can achieve zero downtime
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Performance
Performance is a major part when you configure your system. IBM has many tools to study your system and suggest the appropriate configuration. With the right contract, you can add processing power dynamically and remove it when no longer needed
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Support Rating
Support is usually superb, only occasionally dropping to very good. We participate in some of the CD (Continuous Delivery) aspects of z/OS, IMS, MQ, and DB2.
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Support provider are very attentive.
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In-Person Training
Over my 33 years on this platform, I attended many in person courses, conferences, and other training opportunities.
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Online Training
There are many online courses from both IBM and other vendors. Most are great. All of the documentation is available online.
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Implementation Rating
I do not personally have any key insights regarding implementation of IBM Z Enterprise Servers as that is what our mainframe architects do.
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Everything went smoothly, we didn't have any unexpected issues
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Alternatives Considered
My answer is yes. This made moving to the cloud much easier. The main benefits of this are latency and data extraction. The speed, security and reliability is the game changer and where it stacks up when compared to other IBM products. Additionally, increasing the workload is also very helpful. Use a single platform to avoid unnecessary activities and actions, help maintain safety, and even recover quickly. Activities that users are unable to continue and complete tasks help avoid mistakes when there are errors related to And because it's perfect for your users, it has less impact on your business. Always ready for backup. I didn't even care about the migrations that were performed.
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In comparison with Pentaho Business Analytics, Panorama Necto 14 is providing similar features where it is distinguished through its provision of a suggestive analytics feature. This is fairly unique to the Panorama Necto 14 software where it analyzes information from various data sources and recommends solutions based on historical review
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Scalability
If you need more processing power, just add more CPU's or memory. The largest system can have close to 200 CPU's and 40 TB of memory. If that is not enough, you can add more physical computers, and connect them using a sysplex
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Return on Investment
  • It has increased the reliability of data which has decreased our dependence on legacy systems.
  • It has no loss while migration which has a positive impact on ROI as we don't have to worry about data loss.
  • It has multi tasking and support for non-cobol applications on mainframe.
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