Workload automation is a complete orchestration of infrastructure, applications, and business objectives, says John McKenny
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Batch processing is not just for the mainframe any more. It's also available on linux, unix, and Windows environments and many other midrange systems.
Regardless of your platform, if you're looking for a reduction in downtime, faster problem tracking and resolution of exceptions, or if you're looking to your business without adding staff in the IT operations area, IT workload automation may take your business to the next level.
Listen in as we talk with John McKenny, BMC vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Mainframe Service Management (MSM) and find out how IT workload automation can help you improve the efficiency of your overall operations and help your business deliver new applications more quickly.
Bio
John McKenny, BMC vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Mainframe Service Management (MSM), leads global teams responsible for the product strategy, direction, and marketing activities for mainframe management solutions. He joined BMC in 1995 as a member of the DB2 research and development team, and served as a director in research and development and as senior director of marketing and product management. Prior to joining BMC, he spent 15 years in various IT roles.
Questions
- When people think about scheduling, they mostly think about Mainframe based batch environments. What changed in the automation arena in the past 20 years?
- Can you elaborate on that? What exactly is IT Workload Automation and why is it such a critical element of IT?
- What's the catch? Why isn't everyone adopting it at this point?
- Very interesting. So having implemented IT Workload Automation, what are some of the cost savings customers are seeing?
- I want something specific. Can you give us an example of companies that actually accomplished such savings?
- If someone is looking for an IT Workload Automation solution, where do they go to find information on products and vendors?
