This is a summary of the "EMA Radar for Workload Automation (WLA): Q4 2017."

Hybrid cloud, DevOps, big data and digitalization are driving a need for more sophisticated workload automation, which underpins the consistent delivery of traditional and cutting edge workloads. Modern workloads require more sophistication; data is collected from a greater variety of sources, and the success or failure of job streams can be directly exposed to both business users and customers. Significant enhancements in workload automation (WLA) tools have been added in recent years to address these trends. This Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) RADAR report identifies the fourteen leading WLA platforms and empirically compares and grades them against a broad range of measurements to determine overall product strengths and cost efficiencies.

Evaluated solutions include:

1. Arcana

2. Arvato Systems

3. ASCI

4. BMC

5. CA Automic

6. Flux

7. HelpSystems

8. IBM

9. InfiniteDATA

10. MVP Software

11. SMA Solutions

12. Stonebranch

13. Tidal

14. Vinzant

 

Additionally, products that augment or enrich WLA solutions were covered in this report as well. These include:

 

1. Beta Systems

2. Digitate

3. SMA Ascern

4. Terma Software