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Pros
"The solution provides good security for firewalls in the banking industry."

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"I have supported this product in literally 100s of different environments and its unmatched in its ability to scale to any size.""The initial setup is easy.""Jobs can be triggered in multiple nodes.""The most important feature is the creation of folders. It's a really great feature because you can organize the process with naming conventions.""The whole product is valuable because it is a tool for batch automation.""Jobs can be triggered in multiple nodes.""The technical support is great, the product is easy-to-use, and it is stable.""The support from Cisco is very good. I was with them as a company for 40 years"

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Cons
"Reports cannot be generated manually or without running a job."

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"The configuration of IBM Workload Automation has some challenges. We have a difficult time customizing it, but it is similar to other solutions.""There should be more custom documentation, specifically around Java APIs. There should also be more training. In terms of features, we are currently using only 50% of its features. We don't use all features that are available, but there is always room for improvement in all of the tools.""The schedule refreshes daily and that's a challenge for us.""It is missing some features and can improve in areas where the competition is somewhat better like linking job dependencies.""This solution does have bugs and could be improved in this regard. However, these bugs are resolved relatively quickly.""Slow down on the releases a bit. I fully understand that IWA functionality is increasing at an amazing rate, but trying to keep up with the upgrades is rough.""The performance of the previous versions could be better.""It would be helpful to have a mobile app that could be used to follow the job schedule."

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  • "To my knowledge, IWA is the only WLA product that will provide "parallel tracking" capability to assist in upgrading from one platform to IWA."
  • "It is about one-third of the cost of a controller."
  • "The contract is with the customer with whom we are working, so IBM is not directly involved in this."
  • "We transitioned from a server license to per job license, and that saved us a lot money."
  • "Pricing depends on the number of agents that you install."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution provides good security for firewalls in the banking industry.
    Top Answer:The solution utilizes a licensing model.
    Top Answer:Creating new jobs can be cumbersome because reports have to be scripted manually. Over time, familiarity with this process makes it easier. Reports cannot be generated manually or without running a… more »
    Top Answer:Sometimes we have issues with the solution's stability. So, stability can be improved. Reporting and visibility of the solution need improvement. These days, we need more visibility. We need to access… more »
    Top Answer:We are using IBM Workload Automation to run batch operations. The development teams batches, and the team that makes a plan and schedules the batches to be executed, and keep track of the summary of… more »
    Ranking
    2nd
    Views
    21
    Comparisons
    11
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    362
    Rating
    7.0
    13th
    out of 51 in Workload Automation
    Views
    4,992
    Comparisons
    3,366
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    428
    Rating
    8.0
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Server Automation
    IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler, IBM TWS
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    Overview

    CA Server Automation is an integrated solution that automates provisioning, patching, and configuration of operating systems, storage resources and application components across physical, virtual and public cloud systems.

    This comprehensive solution integrates and automates provisioning processes, standardizes configurations, and simplifies workflows to successfully manage the complexity of continuously changing virtualized environments.

    • Accelerate application deployment
    • Streamline service provisioning
    • Improve server utilization
    • Build elasticity and improve operational efficiency


    IBM Workload Automation is a complete solution for batch and real-time workload management, available for distributed mainframe or hosted in the cloud. Use it to drive business and IT workloads on hosted servers, with virtually no cost of ownership for your central server. Increase your productivity with powerful plan- and event-driven scheduling, and run and monitor your workloads wherever you are. This includes interfaces dedicated to application developers and operators, providing them both autonomy and precise governance.
    Sample Customers
    HCL Technologies, Logicalis, UOLDIVEO
    Standard Life Group, Banca Popolare di Milano, A*STAR, ArcelorMittal Gent
    Top Industries
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    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Manufacturing Company16%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Local Government5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm34%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Insurance Company8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    No Data Available
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business7%
    Midsize Enterprise3%
    Large Enterprise90%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise82%

    CA Server Automation is ranked 2nd in Cluster Provisioning with 1 review while IBM Workload Automation is ranked 13th in Workload Automation with 28 reviews. CA Server Automation is rated 7.0, while IBM Workload Automation is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CA Server Automation writes "A quick input response and useful real-time logs but reports require manual scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Workload Automation writes "With an easy setup phase in place, agent-based installation can be done in minutes". CA Server Automation is most compared with , whereas IBM Workload Automation is most compared with Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, HCL Workload Automation, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Tidal by Redwood.

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