EMA WLA (Workload Automation) Radar: A Review of Top Workload Automation Tools

Dan Twing

President & COO

Enterprise Management Associates

EMA Workload Automation RadarAn Objective Comparison of Leading Workload Automation Solutions

October 26, 2016

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Today’s Presenter


Dan Twing – President and COO


Dan is responsible for developing and executing strategic

market research, delivering value to IT organizations through

consulting engagements, and directing product developments

and marketing efforts. Dan joined EMA in 2005 and has over

25 years of experience in information systems, software

development, and technology outsourcing. Dan focuses on all

aspects of intelligent and automated management of IT.

Dan Twing

President & COO


EMA Workload Automation RadarAn Objective Comparison of Leading Workload Automation Solutions

October 26, 2016

Agenda


• Overarching Trends Impacting WLA

• Assessing the Workload Automation

Market

• Characteristics of a Preferred

Solution

• The EMA RADAR for Workload

Automation

• Special Recognition Awards

• Future Trends in WLA

Overarching Trends Impacting WLA


Digital transformation:

Using data, pervasive connectivity, and easy to use

mobile devices to change the way businesses

interact with their customers and conduct their core

activities.

Faster rate of change:

Continuous Delivery and DevOps are reactions to

business demands for faster development of new

applications and services and more frequent updates.

Assessing the Workload Automation Market


• EMA Radar Reports standardizes the evaluation of product sets in

specific management disciplines by comparing vendor and product

review elements in 5 distinct categories:

• Architecture and Integration

• Functionality

• Deployment and Administration

• Cost Advantage

• Vendor Strength

Characteristics of a Preferred Solution


Architecture

• Business Focus

• Scalability, Performance, and Reliability

• Dynamic workload placement

• Breadth of Platform Support

• Breadth of Application & Database support

• Disaster Protection


Integration/Interoperability

• Comprehensive API

• Cloud Integration

• CMDB Integration

• ITPA Integration

• Capacity Management Integration

• MFT Integration



Functionality - Features


• End-to-end Monitoring

• Compliance Management

• Triggering

• Self-service Portal

• Forecasting, Analytics & Reporting

• Alerting

• Security

• What-if Scenarios

• Conditional Logic & Auto Remediation

• Logging/Auditability


Functionality – Ease of Use


• Simplicity of GUI

• SLA and Policy Awareness

• Root Cause Analysis

• Mobile Device Support

• Available Help Resources


Deployment & Administration

Ease of Deployment

• Deployment Time/Effort

• Conversion Facilities

• Job Discovery and Import

• Staff Training

Support and Services

• Customer Support

• Professional Services



Deployment & Administration

Ease of Administration

• Console ease-of-use

• Upgrade process

• Test Environments

• Automation of Management



Cost Advantage


• Flexibility of Licensing

• Model Pricing Scenarios

• SaaS Availability

• Professional Services



• Vendor Strength

• Vendor and product set should have long-term viability

Financially strong

Reinvests in research and

development

• Extensive partnerships

Market channels

Strategic development

• Strong vision and strategy

• Market credibility

The EMA RADAR Report for Workload Automation

EMA WLA RADAR Evaluation Process

• Develop list of critical WLA features and capabilities

• Establish KPIs

• Identify candidates

• Submit questionnaire to candidates

More than 150 points of comparison

Vet responses to ensure accuracy

• Conduct customer interviews

• Analyze and score results


VALUE


Feature Eligibility

• Features must have been generally available with the

solution set at the time of the evaluation

• Features must have been self-contained within the

included package sets

• Features must have been clearly documented in

publically available resources (such as user manuals or

technical papers) for verification




Scenario 1

250 endpoints (50 Windows, 50 Unix, 150 Linux) with 2 CPU sockets (4

cores each)

z/OS Mainframe (10,000 MIPS)

High availability setup of the entire implementation

Specified years of maintenance and upgrades

Specified years of highest level of support

DR license

Connectors for SAP



Scenario 2

300 overall deployed tasks (30 Windows, 30 Unix, 30 Linux endpoints)

with 2 sockets (4 cores each)

High availability setup of the entire implementation



DR license



Scenario 3

800 endpoints

Highly available setup



DR license

Scenario 4

SaaS

250 endpoints



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EMA WLA RADAR Report

market landscape chart

• Solution Impact combines

scores for Functionality and

Architecture & Integration

• Deployment Cost Efficiency

combines scores for Cost

Advantage and Deployment

and Administration

• Vendor Strength is

represented by the size of

each bubble

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WLA Value Leaders

• ASCI

• Automic

• BMC

• CA

• HelpSystems

• IBM

• Stonebranch

WLA Strong Value

• Cisco

• Flux

• MVP

• SMA

• Vinzant

WLA Targeted Value

• Arcana

Special Recognition Awards


Special recognition awards identify vendors that deliver a

specific area of strength and/or unique areas of innovation

Future Trends in Workload Automation


Embedded Scheduling

Monitoring/Control of Release Process

User Community Awareness

Agent Change Management

Data Awareness, File Transfer Control, and

Manipulation

Increased Self-Service and Business Stakeholder

Involvement

Cognitive Computing


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EMA WLA (Workload Automation) Radar: A Review of Top Workload Automation Tools