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CA Harvest Software Change Manager vs MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform [EOL] comparison

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CA Harvest Software Change ...
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Software Configuration Management (10th)
MobileIron Virtual Smartpho...
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
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Featured Reviews

it_user572910 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Configuration Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Has helped us track the application flow across each of our environments, promotion from dev to our higher environments, to production.
One feature that we are looking for is traceability, and also merging. That is a little cumbersome right now. We have provided our feedback to their representatives so they can provide us a good merging capability next time. One thing that I would like to improve is making the tool a little more user friendly. It takes a little bit of time to adjust to the tool because it's a little different than other version control tools out there in the market. But, it has its own benefits and own security, but that user experience, if they're going to improve it, that would be really great.
it_user374085 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Management and Development Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mobilization of common content is a nice feature.
MDM MobileIron Mobilization of common content Mail Calendar Contacts For selected users Intranet Mobilization of information’s BYOD Better flexibility Access to data outside of office Better connection to document servers e.g Sharepoint etc. is needed. We've had no issues with deployment.…

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I have not encountered any stability issues."
"The ability to give our teams functionality from a control perspective, allowing them to decide how they want to implement the tool, is valuable."
"Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles."
"The auditing capability is one aspect that I would really recommend other colleagues to look into, because all the other version control tools out in the market provide speed, but the auditing capability is missing; the change management interaction; etc."
"CA Mainframe Software Manager (CA Harvest SCM) provides a great way for us to store our source control."
"The most valuable feature I would say is we can integrate that with our change management process and use that to control what goes into production and what doesn't."
"High Availability on Core and Sentry, Apple DEP support, MAM, and the BYOD Portal are valuable."
"Perform an initial analysis before deployment, define your targets, and then manage the design and deployment according your targets (especially configurations and policies)."
"Accessing documents on your mobile while traveling is essential."
 

Cons

"The features don’t always work as advertised."
"Security features can be improved."
"One feature that we are looking for is traceability, and also merging. That is a little cumbersome right now."
"Password complexity is not enforced by the tool."
"Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards."
"It needs to be simpler. This is the most difficult SCM tool I’ve ever used."
"When you're trying to do collaboration or when you're trying to cater to multiple users and developers who submit code changes, it gets challenging with Harvest."
"Reporting and custom reporting, containerization, more readable and assessable documentation, better technical support and better trained staff."
"Customer Service: 4 out of 5. Technical Support: 3 out of 5."
"Better connection to document servers e.g Sharepoint etc. is needed."
 

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"Once you purchase your licenses, there is maintenance support that is renewed every year."
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Also Known As

CA Harvest SCM, CA Software Change Manager
Virtual Smartphone Platform
 

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