CA Workload Automation iDash [EOL] vs IBM Workload Automation comparison

Broadcom and IBM are both solutions in the Workload Automation category. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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JAMS

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Latha Viswanathan

Principal Data Base And Infrastructure Engineer at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees

Automation has replaced nightly monitoring and delivers reliable, unified job scheduling

We have really enjoyed working with JAMS in terms of notifications, alerts, and streamlining. There used to be a process with Automate, which is another product from Fortra, but even before that, the other division of the company that we were merging with had a tool that was built in-house called a file handler or file distributor. It was an in-house developed tool, but it was not as streamlined or as efficient as JAMS is. We literally had to have a dedicated nighttime person monitoring. Although we are 24/7, the divisions of the company that we were using JAMS for have been small scale. While we have automated it, we have streamlined it in such a way that notifications go out and alerts go out, but if there is anything, then we get paged and alerted, and if anything needs to happen at midnight, we can wake up. On the other hand, with the tool I mentioned, the file handler and distributor, we used to have a dedicated nighttime person that had to be sitting and monitoring it to see when a file arrived, whether it met the conditions, and then execute the next particular job. By using JAMS, we have gained a lot more efficiencies in terms of all of those to streamline it, and there is no necessary need for having an overnight engineer just keeping an eye on all of this.

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NVRao

Head Of Service Management at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

An easy initial setup with scalability capabilities and good stability

The solution should give commands in a mainly English perspective so that it's easier to configure in the future. The technical support could be improved by removing delays in response times. They should be able to get back to clients faster. If they offered automated migration in the future, that would be great.

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reviewer2701716

Technical Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Dynamic workload balancing facilitates efficient job scheduling and ensures continuity with a master-slave setup

One valuable feature of IBM Workload Automation is the ability to combine different applications and platforms to organize jobs together, creating dependencies. It's akin to an orchestra. Another feature is dynamic workload balancing, which I find enhances efficiency by automating job setup to run daily. Moreover, having a backup setup allows for immediate recovery if the master setup fails.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"JAMS is easier to use and cheaper than our previous solution. The installation is more straightforward, and JAMS has a graphical user interface, so it's more accessible."

"The product is easy to use."

"By using JAMS, my company has seen benefits such as getting to know about Google products and the latest features that are newly launched by Google, and they help me in building my projects portfolio and engaging with knowledge."

"The code-driven automation for more complex scheduling requirements frees up time because it's really easy to use... It's almost like a stand-alone software that we can't live without."

"Because we have gone from a lot of manual processes to automated processes with JAMS, we have been able to free up IT staff time, and for just the Technical Operations Center team that I manage, it has saved about 20 hours a week."

"I didn't know about JAMS because I don't have a person with any challenges with the purchase administration. The feature or the user interface is user-friendly because of the readable icons or very descriptive icons. Though I'm a beginning user of JAMS, I had no issues using it."

"Our company is based on data. Everything we do is data-driven, so it has been very valuable having one place where we can process all of the data and do batch schedules with chunks of data."

"What my team needs are tools to reliably execute all the jobs, minimize the risks, and support high-availability, and JAMS does the job."

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"The solution is easy to manipulate and has good performance."

"The solution is really perfect for a big enterprise using more than 100 or 200 applications."

"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't experienced any bugs or glitches and we haven't had any crashes that I can recall."

"It's a very good scheduling product if you have a combination of mainframe and distributed environments that have batch operations and repetitive tasks running on them."

"It offers features like MDM and a Windows workstation, although there are some technical dependencies. It is more user-friendly and also includes failover and failback capabilities. While both systems offer high availability, Control-M's high availability is superior to AWS's."

"Real-time database updating is less time consuming because you do not have to upload and download changes or turn the job on, as you can simply leave it off the schedule until it is needed and give it a first-run date."

"It is a great way to centralize your enterprise workload to provide better visibility to support groups and better cohesion between applications."

"The DWC, when configured correctly, is a great GUI tool to provide Self-Service Scheduling capabilities to the user community."

"IBM Workload Automation provides good performance and monitoring."

"We transitioned from a server license to per job license, and that saved us a lot money."

"The solution helps automate processes so that the workload can be handled on a daily basis."

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Cons

"The product does not allow the users to cut and paste the job names from the screen."

"JAMS lacks source control features. Our previous solution had job control language, but JAMS doesn't. When migrating between versions, JAMS doesn't migrate all the data, like job change history, etc. Also, the scheduler doesn't have a way to make jobs invisible, so you can temporarily turn a job off if you decide not to run it today."

"It is important to receive notifications if a charged job fails and SQL is halted. JAMS does not provide halted notifications by default, which is a critical feature that needs to be added."

"Fortra is getting much better with documentation and examples, but there is still room for improvement."

"JAMS could be improved with a web client that is accessible and as fast as a normal website, eliminating the need to RDP to the servers to access the JAMS client."

"I would like a simple web interface that I could give to my team to go in and kill jobs or see why jobs died so that we don't have to drill down deeper into the application and know everything about it. It would be good to have a really clean web engine that would say here are the jobs running. We can then click to see the time running and whether any of them fails and other similar things. I know they have one, but it's not very simplistic."

"JAMS has built-in reporting. I've never really used it. I tried using it a few years ago and I couldn't figure it out. It was wonky. It could be improved upon."

"The documentation is not super... It's not as quick and slick as I'd like it to be."

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"We have difficulties manipulating the agent for Windows."

"The technical support could be improved by removing delays in response times. They should be able to get back to clients faster."

"To improve IBM Workload Automation, I suggest enhancing automation features further, as more automation would be beneficial. The product is good enough for my current customers, but improving technical support and pricing would be welcome. We often need quicker responses and better solutions than we can manage manually. These improvements would make the product even better."

"Technical support is 4/10."

"The configuration of IBM Workload Automation has some challenges. We have a difficult time customizing it, but it is similar to other solutions."

"It is complex to use Lacks scalability It is difficult to set up jobs to run"

"I would like to be able to access the return value or result from one job, in the following job."

"This solution does have bugs and could be improved in this regard. However, these bugs are resolved relatively quickly."

"The schedule refreshes daily and that's a challenge for us."

"A few things are missing but I can manage without them, such as a cross-reference report."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Fortra's JAMS pricing structure has deteriorated significantly since its acquisition by Fortra."

"The pricing is very fair. We have seen very minimal to no price increases over the years. We are not banging down the door of support all the time either. I would imagine if we were a company that submitted a dozen support tickets a week for the last nine years, then it might be a little different because we would be eating up everybody's time. However, for what we get out of it, the pricing is extremely fair. Back when we were originally looking and brought in JAMS, we were looking at a couple of the other competitive products that were in this space, but the pricing from JAMS was far and away better than what the other competitors could offer for the same functionality."

"It was $10,000 for the first year. Then, there is a maintenance cost for licensing every year that we get billed $5,000 for every year."

"Our licensing is pretty cheap because we have a state solution. So, we pay only $1,000 a year."

"The product is reasonably priced, and we don't have any add-ons."

"The licensing model for JAMS is straightforward and based on the number of agents, not the number of jobs you run. It's cheap and fairly simple."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"Definitely check how many single processes you want to run and count them as jobs. That is how you would work out your pricing on JAMS. For example, if you're running a number of commands and you can put them all into one script and run that script, you can count that as one job."

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"The contract is with the customer with whom we are working, so IBM is not directly involved in this."

"It is about one-third of the cost of a controller."

"To my knowledge, IWA is the only WLA product that will provide "parallel tracking" capability to assist in upgrading from one platform to IWA."

"We transitioned from a server license to per job license, and that saved us a lot money."

"The solution's pricing is affordable."

"Pricing depends on the number of agents that you install."

"The solution is a little bit expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Construction Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

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Financial Services Firm

26%

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Manufacturing Company

Government

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Small Business

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Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	20

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Large Enterprise	30

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JAMS?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the pricing was acceptable. I have gone with JAMS licen...

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What needs improvement with JAMS?

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What needs improvement with IBM Workload Automation?

IBM Workload Automation could be improved by reducing its cost. The maintenance charges have increased significantly,...

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IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler, IBM TWS

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Overview

JAMS is an automation and job scheduling solution designed for workflow optimization, catering to businesses large and small with flexible licensing and integration options.

Offering both Core and Advanced packages, JAMS supports a range of environments from small teams to large-scale operations. Its standout features include integration with platforms like PowerShell, SQL, and SAP, coupled with capabilities such as dependency management and natural language scheduling. JAMS simplifies job management, centralizes workflows, and boosts productivity with its robust automation features. Customizable workflows and insightful logging make it adaptable for diverse needs, supported by responsive customer service ensuring seamless operations.

What are JAMS's key features?

Automation & Scheduling: Flexible automation helps manage complex job schedules efficiently.
Integration: Connects seamlessly with platforms like SQL Server, SAP, and Python for diverse applications.
Centralized Job Management: A unified interface for handling thousands of jobs daily.
Dependency Management: Supports complex workflows with efficient dependency tracking.
Insightful Logging: Provides detailed logs and notifications for precise task execution.

What benefits should users look for in JAMS reviews?

Enhanced Productivity: Automates repetitive tasks, freeing up resources for strategic initiatives.
Scalability: Flexible licensing models grow with business size and needs.
Efficient Workflow Automation: Streamlines job orchestration across environments.
Responsive Support: Helps ensure smooth operations with quick troubleshooting.

In industries, JAMS is employed for automating workflows and managing batch jobs. Organizations utilize it for SSIS, SQL Server tasks, file transfers, and integrating with vendor systems, achieving efficient file automation and data management. Scheduler enables precise execution of thousands of tasks daily, enhancing operational efficiency.

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CA Workload Automation iDash (iDash) ensures that you consistently deliver on service level guarantees by applying advanced workload analytics to create finely tuned workload automation environments. iDash performs real-time forecasts based on the current status of the system, generate alerts when thresholds are at risk of being missed, and even executes automated recovery actions for CA Workload Automation AE and CA Workload Automation CA 7 Edition environments.

Broadcom

IBM Workload Automation supports multiple applications, offers dynamic scheduling, and provides high availability without additional client installations. It's crucial for managing operations, workload scaling, and integrating distributed agents across diverse platforms.

IBM Workload Automation offers robust job orchestration with dynamic and event-based scheduling. Real-time updates, high availability, and seamless integration with platforms like Oracle and SAP are key aspects. This tool emphasizes diverse scheduling options and effective workload management. Although enhancements in automation features and integration capabilities are desired, its strengths lie in comprehensive event notification and dynamic workload balancing, supporting industries in managing operations and optimizing backend processes.

What are IBM Workload Automation's key features?

Advanced Automation Capabilities: Enables automation with dependencies and dynamic adjustments.
Dynamic Scheduling: Adjusts operations in response to real-time events, ensuring efficiency.
Platform Support: Functions across multiple applications without extra installations.
Comprehensive Notifications: Keeps users informed with event-driven alerts.
User-Friendly GUI: Simplifies management and scheduling tasks.

What benefits and ROI should users anticipate?

Increased Efficiency: Streamlines operations and reduces management overhead.
Enhanced Scalability: Adapts to workload variations seamlessly.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces the need for additional installations and extensive manual input.
Improved Availability: Ensures operational continuity with high availability features.
Integrated Operations: Supports seamless interaction between systems, optimizing resources.

IBM Workload Automation is implemented widely across industries such as government and finance. It aids in managing complex tasks like resource management in banks and daily operations in government bodies. Organizations benefit by transitioning legacy applications and optimizing batch operations and data processes.

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Sample Customers

Teradata, Arconic, General Dynamics, Yum!, CVS Health, Comcast, Ghiradelli, & Boston’s Children’s Hospital

COTA

Standard Life Group, Banca Popolare di Milano, A*STAR, ArcelorMittal Gent

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