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CA Workload Automation

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What is CA Workload Automation?

Manage complex workload across platforms, ERP systems, business apps from mainframe to microservices.

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Awards & Recognition

CA Workload Automation won the following awards in the Data Center Automation category

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5 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2019

CA Workload Automation Ratings

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78 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

89 Plan to Renew

4
Since last award

70 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

14
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+74 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love CA Workload Automation?

11% Negative

11% Neutral

78% Positive

Pros

Effective Service
Enables Productivity
Saves Time
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Charges for Enhancements
Inhibits Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 75

Task Scheduling

Patching Automation

Task Monitoring

Integration w/3rd Party Tools

Remediation

Audit Trail

Compliance Monitoring

Backup

Application Provisioning

Multi-Site Functionality

Process Automation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

CA Workload Automation Reviews

Mustafa A.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted May 2024

Hard to customize, easy to configure and implement

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates CA Workload Automation from other similar products?

Solid install base and depth functionality., helps on ops efficiency and manual efforts definitely +20%. Very solid in advanced scheduling capabilities, robust monitoring, and reporting tools, and seamless integration, and for existing clients commercially can be attractive to grow.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Super user-friendly, automation savvy, very powerful in workload management (new versions - last 18 months improved a lot).

What do you dislike most about this product?

Training, documentation, partner channel support, and amount of people experienced in market (hard to find and expensive).

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Need to ensure scalability, growth plans to avoid cost exponential growth. Plan integrations well upfront. Requirements vs. customizable function are key to analyze upfront due to lots of config possibilities but tough to impossible extension / customization limitations / challenges.

Pros

Effective Service
Respectful
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Less Reliable
Less Efficient Service

AKANCHHA C.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

I’m enjoying working on this tool, user friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates CA Workload Automation from other similar products?

Highly effective in terms of performance and also at security level

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Performance is very good

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as of now, everything seems good

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Easy to use, easy to understand

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation
Less Efficient Service

Chaitanya Viswanadh J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Ease of use in plan implementation, Seamless

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates CA Workload Automation from other similar products?

CA Workload Automation provides a seamless service for implementing the expected tasks

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability to integrate data with minimal effort and planning, effective in implementing plans

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing to dislike about CA Workload Automation

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Recommended to make use of software implementation in a seamless manner

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

CA Workload Automation

What is CA Workload Automation?

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Awards & Recognition

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

CA Workload Automation Ratings

78 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

89 Plan to Renew

4 Since last award

70 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

14 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+74 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love CA Workload Automation?

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Cons

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Task Scheduling Scheduling maintenance tasks.

Patching Automation The automated deployment and installation of server patches

Task Monitoring Scheduling maintenance and monitoring tasks.

Integration w/3rd Party Tools Integration with 3rd party tools related to data center and server management natively or through APIs.

Remediation Expedited event management (e.g., automate remediation of alerts due to exceeding defined thresholds).

Audit Trail Logging and tracking of all system changes at the transaction level.

Compliance Monitoring Ability to ensure that automated tasks and processes comply with regulations, standards, and/or policy.

Backup Automation of data backup process

Application Provisioning Includes Deployment, Configuration, and Discovery of Packaged Software, Database & Middleware Platforms

Multi-Site Functionality Centralized management of resources across multiple remote locations.

Process Automation The automation of the sequence of tasks within a process, to be executed without manual intervention.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

CA Workload Automation Reviews

Mustafa A.

Hard to customize, easy to configure and implement

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

AKANCHHA C.

I’m enjoying working on this tool, user friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Chaitanya Viswanadh J.

Ease of use in plan implementation, Seamless

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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