Workload Automation
Encyclopedia
The concept of Workload Automation is an evolution of traditional job scheduler
s which needed to react to the dynamic demands of IT. Workload automation needs to be able to coordinate—in real-time—a varied set of workload types with complex dependencies across a broad spectrum of operating systems and application platforms.
A scheduling model based only upon calendar events is not sufficient to meet the demands of today’s automated data centers. The requirement for batch submission of workloads driven by date/time dependencies still exists, but on-demand IT processing requirements have expanded job submission triggers far beyond the time dimension.
Workload Automation solutions should provide: a service-oriented architecture
(SOA); integration capabilities at the application services level for web services and Java EE-based applications; a service-level orientation for managing workloads and finally, a critical path analysis and reporting capabilities.
http://www.bmc.com/solutions/msm-functional/Enterprise-Scheduling--Workload-Automation.html?
http://www.ca.com/us/workload-automation-solution.aspx
http://www.ca.com/workloadautomation
http://www.ca.com/Files/Articles/manage0708_it_process_automation.pdf
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11092/index.html
http://www.uc4.com/en/about-uc4/what-we-do/workload-automation/
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/workloadautomation/
http://www.workloadautomation.org
http://www.skybotsoftware.com/automated-operations-products/skybot-scheduler
Job scheduler
A job scheduler is a software application that is in charge of unattended background executions, commonly known for historical reasons as batch processing....
s which needed to react to the dynamic demands of IT. Workload automation needs to be able to coordinate—in real-time—a varied set of workload types with complex dependencies across a broad spectrum of operating systems and application platforms.
A scheduling model based only upon calendar events is not sufficient to meet the demands of today’s automated data centers. The requirement for batch submission of workloads driven by date/time dependencies still exists, but on-demand IT processing requirements have expanded job submission triggers far beyond the time dimension.
Workload Automation solutions should provide: a service-oriented architecture
Service-oriented architecture
In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
(SOA); integration capabilities at the application services level for web services and Java EE-based applications; a service-level orientation for managing workloads and finally, a critical path analysis and reporting capabilities.
Sources
http://www.stonebranch.com/resources-all-about-job-scheduling-software-workload-automation-enterprise-job-schedulers-and-more/resource-center.htmlhttp://www.bmc.com/solutions/msm-functional/Enterprise-Scheduling--Workload-Automation.html?
http://www.ca.com/us/workload-automation-solution.aspx
http://www.ca.com/workloadautomation
http://www.ca.com/Files/Articles/manage0708_it_process_automation.pdf
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11092/index.html
http://www.uc4.com/en/about-uc4/what-we-do/workload-automation/
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/workloadautomation/
http://www.workloadautomation.org
http://www.skybotsoftware.com/automated-operations-products/skybot-scheduler