Recommended Reading
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IT must deliver multiple services in an increasingly complex infrastructure. Data center automation helps, but can be limited by silos. The solution? A pragmatic data center automation environment that meets the needs of both IT and business users.Read the white paper -
Using a single workload automation tool is a much more efficient way to meet your batch processing needs than by employing multiple job schedulers. And converting your scheduler to a workload automation tool can be less complicated than you think.Read the white paper -
Enterprise workload management requirements are changing. Discover the ways that workload automation solutions can address these emerging requirements.Read the white paper
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Despite constant change, the data center still has the same goal: manage the workloads to provide the highest level of service at the lowest cost.Read the white paper -
Manual approaches cause delays. Workload automation provides the service view that delivers the insight users need.Read the white paper
News From The Network
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What To Look For In Automation Products
Our survey respondents are mostly satisfied with the automation their tool vendors provide--but there's room for improvement.
InformationWeek, December 19, 2011
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BMC Software Enhances Workload Automation Product Control-M
BMC Software has improved its workload automation product, Control-M, with two major enhancements: a wizard conversion tool set and self-service mobile app that lets users monitor and manage their scheduled automated workload activity on an iPad or an iPhone.
Network Computing, December 6, 2011
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Yes, You Can Automate IT, No You Can't Avoid It
It's been coming for a long time now. Automating your data center is emerging in a big way. You can't avoid it, you can only put it off for a while, but sooner or later, it's going to happen.
Network Computing, September 3, 2010
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Q: Scheduling is a major headache for us. Applications are more critical than ever to the business?and more complex than ever. The IT staff uses a variety of schedulers, which is inefficient and error-prone. Help!
A: The answer is consolidation. With a single, unified scheduling solution, you can consolidate and streamline enterprise workload scheduling and ensure that workloads run through completion?consistently, reliably and on time.
Consolidation can be a major effort, but BMC Software can help. BMC has worked with more than 2,000 customer organizations to help them consolidate multiple job definitions into a single enterprise workload scheduling solution.
Learn more.