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Simplify batch scheduling through consolidation and automation
The people in your IT organization may find themselves in a situation similar to that of Lucille Ball in a classic comedy sketch. In that sketch, Lucy begins a new job packing candy on a production assembly line. Things start out okay, but then the line speeds up and more and more items appear on the line. The situation quickly degrades and candy flies in all directions as Lucy tries unsuccessfully to keep up.
IT organizations are struggling to keep up with batch scheduling as batch windows shrink, and more and more jobs are added to a growing number of platforms. Complicating the problem is that the IT staff has to deal with a wide variety of disparate platforms, applications, and databases. That means grappling with a large number of siloed batch scheduling tools and consoles.
A substantial portion of today’s business processes leverage batch operations. So it’s essential to keep your batch production line running smoothly in order to keep your business running smoothly. To meet the challenge, you need to simplify, consolidate, and automate batch scheduling.
Tidal Enterprise Scheduler Provides a Solution
Tidal Software provides just the solution you need — Tidal Enterprise Scheduler. With this advanced batch scheduling solution, you can proactively manage all your batch processes across the enterprise from a single pane of glass. This comprehensive solution meets the needs of even the largest enterprises, easily handling hundreds of thousands of tasks a day across a wide variety of platforms, applications, and databases.
Whether you are consolidating your data center operations, moving applications to more cost-effective platforms, transitioning from customized to packaged applications, or just want to simplify batch scheduling, Tidal Enterprise Scheduler can help. With Enterprise Scheduler, you can:
- Simplify and lower the cost of batch management with a single, intuitive graphical user interface across all batch processes
- Increase the productivity and efficiency of your operations staff by automating batch scheduling tasks
- Improve service levels while reducing costs with a proactive approach to batch management
- Minimize the risk of failed jobs with intelligent scheduling that validates the availability of all required resources to perform required tasks before starting a batch process
Simplify, Consolidate, Automate
With Tidal Enterprise Scheduler, you can move up to a proactive approach to batch management, one in which you manage by exception. That frees up a great deal of staff time that can be used for more strategic endeavors.
Enterprise Scheduler delivers a number of advanced capabilities that enable you to simplify, consolidate, and automate batch scheduling. Capabilities include simplified management, broad and deep coverage, streamlined job migration, and real-time intelligent scheduling. Tidal Software complements this comprehensive solution with consulting services that provide you with broad and deep domain expertise in batch management. Tidal experts are available to help you get up and running quickly and to realize the full value of Tidal Enterprise Scheduler.
Simplified Management
Tidal Enterprise Scheduler permits you to manage all batch operations from a single pane of glass — across all your platforms, applications, and databases. That single pane provides an easy-to-use graphical interface that brings unprecedented simplicity to batch scheduling.
No longer will your scheduling staff have to struggle with multiple tools and arcane scripts. Instead, users can take advantage of simple graphical operations to set up even the most complex jobs, such as jobs that involve synchronization across multiple, heterogeneous resources. What’s more, you can capture run book operational instructions and restart procedures and store them with your job definitions. So you can ensure that your operations staff consistently follows your company’s best practices.
You also get an up to the minute view of the status of all existing jobs. In addition, you see a mapping of batch tasks to the business processes they support, so you can gain insight into the business implications of all batch tasks. Because of the familiar Microsoft Explorer-like interface, you can involve your business users in batch scheduling to ensure close alignment between IT and the business.
Broad and Deep Coverage
Tidal Enterprise Scheduler accommodates even the most diverse data centers. The solution covers both distributed and mainframe platforms, including Windows®, UNIX®, Linux®, z/OS®, OS/400®, Tandem®, and OVMS®. It seamlessly integrates with leading ERP, SCM, and CRM applications, including SAP®, PeopleSoft Enterprise®, Oracle E-Business Suite, and Informatica® — without requiring the installation of code on your production systems. It also integrates with custom business applications, with leading backup and ETL (Extraction Transformation and Loading) solutions, and with reporting engines.
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