BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB) vs. ServiceNow IT Operations Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BMC Helix CMDB
Score 10.0 out of 10
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The BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB, formerly known as Atrium CMDB) is a configuration management database.N/A
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Built on the Now Platform, the ServiceNow IT Operations Management bundle is designed to help users gain visibility across infrastructure and apps, maintain service health, and optimize cloud delivery and spend.N/A
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB)ServiceNow IT Operations Management
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Track and manage hardware, software, and cloud service configuration and relationship. Measure the success of your configuration management process and policy with predefined KPIs. Automatically populate and update CMBD minutes with BCM Helix Discovery, BMC Helix Client Management, and other connectors. Import and federate data from other sources with powerful Integra tools using a rich set of API.
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[...] is changing the way our internal support staff (not only in the IT field) work and enhancing the experience for employees seeking IT assistance through ServiceNow IT Operation Management. We have moved the usual and personalized IT tools and functions from [...] service-desk to ServiceNow IT Operations Management. These advancements have sparked innovation in various aspects of our IT support management, such as enhancing accessibility, managing incidents, optimizing IT workflows and procedures, enforcing service level agreements (SLAs), incorporating AI/ML technology, utilizing virtual agents, streamlining automation, and sharing knowledge throughout the support team via data visualization, monitoring, and reporting. In brief, our collaboration with ServiceNow IT Operations Management is enhancing the effectiveness of our internal system and benefiting our shared clients.
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Pros
  • Atrium CMDB integration with Remedy and SmartIT are great! It's very simple to select an asset which is affected by a work ticket.
  • The storage capacity of information which can be saved into the CMDB is vast. It's not limited to IT based assets only.
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  • The centralized dashboard allows us to keep track of production incidents as they come in, and allow us to view and sort them based on severity, making sure it's tracked
  • The read/edit access and role granting process is straightforward, meaning that only the right people can change /update the statuses of incidents without unintended consequences
  • With AI driven classification, it's easy to track outage impacts
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Cons
  • Better financial systems, depreciation, chargebacks, etc
  • Easier time to customize the forms
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  • Scan network is limited to their discovery tool, which is costly
  • Integration to jamf and ubunto tools
  • Agents TCO
  • integration to password management tools which are critical for successful scans
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Usability
Once you have an understanding of the many use cases that this software can meet, you will be able to tightly integrate this into a ticketing system which increases the ROI of the product tremendously.
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ServiceNow's IT Operations Management (ITOM) includes
features such as discovery, service mapping, event management, automation, and
a user interface designed to be navigable. Users can bookmark important areas
for quick access. Provides very good visibility of assets. The UI is little
difficult but once got used to is very good to use.
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Alternatives Considered
Let's detect potential conflicts when multiple changes are scheduled for the same time. Understand what services are affected by the ticket you're working on. Automatically route tickets to the potential solver based on CMDB data. Retrieve detailed configuration data for the assets you are troubleshooting. Resolve tickets faster. It is highly scalable.
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BMC was our legacy system before deploying ServiceNow. It's time had passed for us as it couldn't really keep up with our move to cloud and the number of services we were using. The cost kept getting higher, especially with all of the customization we had to do. Over the years, just got unwieldy. We still use Splunk for raw data and log analysis, but we upgraded to ServiceNow event management and the Loom system log analytics. We had Loom before ServiceNow bought them, but it's nice it's all on one platform for us. Splunk at times had so much info, we didn't know where to start, but ServiceNow gives us a great starting point.
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Return on Investment
  • A properly maintained CMDB can save you large dollar amount when it comes to compliance, theft and replacements.
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  • Saved 20% time than last year for customer issues management
  • Estimated time of resolving issue increased
  • Nearly 1000+ article got created on 1 year
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