Highlights from the EMA Radar™ Report for Workload Automation and Orchestration 2023

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Highlights from the EMA Radar
Report for Workload Automation
and Orchestration 2023
Dan Twing
President and COO
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)
Robby Dick
Principal Solutions Marketing Manager
BMC
Gabe Geller
Lead Solutions Marketing Manager
BMC

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Featured Speaker
Dan joined EMA in 2005 and has over 25 years of
experience in information systems, software
development, and technology outsourcing. He focuses
on all aspects of intelligent and automated
management of IT.
Robby joined BMC Software in the summer of 1999 and
has been involved with automation since 1995 in a
variety of roles including: end-user, administrator, pre-
sales consulting and marketing. For the past 10 years his
primary responsibility is talking about the current and
future state of automation and how Control-M can help
deliver applications, and the business services they
support, faster.
Gabe manages the development of messaging and
marketing content, event execution, and customer
reference and AR/PR activities. Gabe has over 15 years
of experience in marketing and communications for a
variety of industries.
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Dan Twing
President and COO
EMA
Robby Dick
Principal Solutions Marketing Manager
BMC
Gabe Gellar
Lead Solutions Marketing Manager
BMC

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Assessing the Workload Automation Market
EMA WLA Radar Evaluation Process
• Develop list of critical WLA features and capabilities
• Establish KPIs
• Identify candidates
• Submit questionnaire to candidates
• More than 150 points of comparison
• Vet responses to ensure accuracy
• Conduct customer interviews
• Analyze and score results
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2023 EMA Radar for Workload Automation and Orchestration

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EMA Radar for Workload Automation 2023
Customer Perspectives
“I am the Control-M evangelist because of the flexibility of
integration.”
“Having a single pane of glass view is my favorite aspect
of Control-M.”
“Jobs-as-code changed our entire mindset.”
“Their commitment to innovation and R&D is impressive.”
“We have very few issues with Control-M; it just runs, but
when needed, support is very good.”
“I like the mass update and mass creation capabilities
within Workload Change Manager.”

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Automation VS Orchestration
Automation
• Use of technology to replace manual tasks with automated processes,
enhancing efficiency and reducing human intervention.
• Focuses on streamlining routine and repetitive tasks.
• Individual tasks, repetitive, rule-based.
Orchestration
• Coordination of complex, end-to-end workflows involving multiple tasks,
systems, and stakeholders.
• Achieve specific business objectives by seamlessly connecting and optimizing
processes with decision-making capabilities.
• Intricate workflows spanning components, complex processes, decision logic,
real-time coordination.
As automation becomes more complex, the need to orchestrate
across the various tasks and systems becomes more critical.

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Workload Automation and Workflow Orchestration
Workload Automation
• Emphasizes the scheduling, execution, and monitoring of routine, repetitive tasks and
processes, primarily within a specific domain (e.g., data center operations).
• Simpler, well-defined tasks that don't require intricate coordination or decision-making.
• Examples: Batch job scheduling, data backups, and routine system maintenance.
Workflow Orchestration
• Manages complex, end-to-end workflows that span multiple systems,
applications, and departments, aiming to achieve specific business objectives.
• Handles intricate processes with dependencies, decision-making logic, and
adaptability to changing conditions.
• Examples: IT service provisioning, incident response, auto-remediation, and
complex business process automation.
The key distinction lies in the scope, complexity, and purpose of
each concept.

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Workload Automation and Orchestration Reach
Across the Enterprise
WLA is a key part of consistently delivering critical
enterprise processes
75% Service
71% Sales
67% Supply Chain
67% Finance
66% Manufacturing
66% Human Resources
Business Functions using WLA
Self-service daily / multiple
times per week:
83% Finance
80% Supply Chain
77% Service
75% Sales
75% Human Resources
73% Manufacturing
WLA is Extremely/Very
Important to workloads for:
92% IT Operations
85% App Development
83% Service
81% Finance
81% Supply Chain
78% Sales
Sponsoring new automation
and orchestration initiatives:

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WLA Radar 2023
Data Pipeline Integration Ratings
Data Pipeline Orchestration

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Moving Data and Managing Data Pipelines
is a Key Part of Orchestration
WLA has always played a key role in moving enterprise data to where it
needs to be and when it needs to be there.
Workload Automation and Orchestration provides:
o Centralized control and end-to-end visibility of the process
o Use APIs or agents to control the various tools used within each stage
o Observability of the logs and data for governance and security
o DataOps lifecycle management from Dev to Test to Production
o Integration with IT operations infrastructure tools
✓ communication and collaboration tools like Slack or Teams
✓ sophisticated proactive alerting
✓ Service Desk integration with automated ticketing
o Analytics to quickly identify root cause of issues
o SLA policy awareness
Using WLA orchestration will speed development and
make the process more manageable and successful

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WLA Support for Data Pipeline Orchestration
13.3%
13.3%
13.3%
26.7%
26.7%
26.7%
33.3%
33.3%
40.0%
40.0%
40.0%
80.0%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0%
Titan
DataStax
Other (Please specify)
Redis
Neo4J
Azure Synapse
Elastic Search
DynamoDB
Cassandra
MongoDB
CouchBase
Hadoop
WLA Integrated Big Data/No SQL Products
6.7%
20.0% 20.0%
6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
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Vendors Integrating Big Data/No SQL
Products
6.7%
6.7%
6.7%
6.7%
13.3%
13.3%
13.3%
13.3%
20.0%
20.0%
20.0%
26.7%
26.7%
33.3%
33.3%
40.0%
40.0%
46.7%
46.7%
53.3%
53.3%
73.3%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0%
Sisense
Logi Analytics
Knime
AWS QuickSight
MicroStrategy
DBT
AWS SageMaker
Google Dataproc
Jaspersoft
Salesforce.com Einstein Analytics
SAS
Qlik
Azure Machine Learning
Microsoft Power BI
Tableau
Databricks
Cognos
SAP BODI
Azure Databricks
Google Big Query
SAP BW
WLA Integrated BI/Analytics/ML Products

Databases Files
ERP/CRM/ Enterprise
Applications
Devices/Sensors Clickstream
Social Media
Data-driven business: getting to production at scale
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SOURCES
STORE
DATA
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DATA
DELIVER INSIGHTS
Azure
Databricks
Azure Data
Factory
Blob Storage
Apache
Pig

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Amazon
SageMaker
Azure Machine
Learning
New integrations
every month!
App. Workflows
Azure
LogicApps
Airflow
AWS Step
Functions
Google Cloud
Composer
ERP
Oracle
PeopleSoft
Oracle
E-Business Suite
SAP R/3 SAP S/4
HANA
File Transfer
Amazon S3
SFTP
FTP / FTPS
S3 Comp.
Storage
Azure Blob
Storage
Azure Data Lake
Storage Gen2
GCP
Storage
AS2
Databases
IBM
DB2
Microsoft
SQL Server
Oracle
Database
Sybase Any JDBC
compliant DB
PostgreSQL
Data Processing & Analytics
Amazon
EMR
Azure
HDInsight
Azure
Synapse
Azure
Databricks
Google
Dataproc
Google
Dataflow
Google
BigQuery
Databricks
Snowflake Hadoop
& Spark
Data Integration
Informatica
Cloud Services
AWS Glue
DataBrew
AWS
Glue
Alteryx
Trifacta
Azure
Data Factory
Boomi
Atomsphere
AWS Data
Pipeline
Informatica
PowerCenter
Talend Data
Management
SAP Business
Warehouse
IBM
DataStage
Microsoft
SSIS
dbt
BI & Analytics
Microsoft
Power BI
Qlik
Cloud
Amazon
QuickSight
IBM
Cognos
Miscellaneous
Micro
Focus
SAP Data
Archiving
Veritas
NetBackup
VMware
Communication
Suite
Azure
Backup
Cloud Computing
AWS
Lambda
AWS
Batch
Amazon
EC2
Azure
Functions
Azure
Batch
Azure
VM
Google
Batch
Google
VM
Amazon
ECS
RPA
Automation
Anywhere
UiPath
Control-M integration plug-ins

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WLA and Mainframe
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Mainframe Support Ratings

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6.7%
26.7%
33.3%
46.7%
46.7%
53.3%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0%
No mainframe support
Native CPE and agents on mainframe
Other (Please specify):
Distributed/cloud-based CPE with agents across a
Sysplex
Native mainframe implementation executing as a
“slave” to distributed/cloud master CPE
Distributed/cloud-based CPE with agents on single
LPAR
WLA Automating Jobs on Mainframe
6.7%
40.0%
13.3% 13.3%
26.7%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
45.0%
0 1 2 3 4
Number of Mainframe Job Automation Methods
Supported
WLA Support for Mainframe
40.0%
26.7%
26.7%
26.7%
13.3%
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0% 45.0%
IBM RACF
Broadcom CA ACF2
Broadcom Top Secret
BMC Compuware Topaz
Natively Supported Mainframe Security Products
60.0%
6.7% 6.7% 6.7%
20.0%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
0 1 2 3 4
Number of Natively Supported Mainframe Security
Products

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Mainframe Modernization
Many enterprises are updating and enhancing legacy mainframe computer systems to meet
contemporary technological and business requirements. These modernization activities can
include:
• Migration to Cloud
• Refactoring or Reengineering
• Application Modernization
13.3%
13.3%
20.0%
33.3%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0%
Google Dual Run
AWS Mainframe
Modernization
Micro Focus
WLA Integrated Mainframe Migration
Services
66.7%
13.3%
0.0%
20.0%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
0 1 2 3
Number of Supported
Mainframe Migration Services
• Replatforming or Rehosting
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Data Modernization

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WLA Radar 2023
DevOps Ratings
WLA is a critical component in supporting DevOps practices by facilitating the
automation of various operational tasks, job scheduling, and orchestration
across diverse environments. Here's how WLA supports DevOps:
• Automation of Workflows
• Integration with CI/CD Pipelines
• Orchestration of Complex Processes
• Cross-Platform Compatibility
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Infrastructure as Code Integration
DevOps

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WLA Support for Jobs-as-Code
13.3%
26.7%
60.0%
66.7%
66.7%
66.7%
73.3%
73.3%
73.3%
80.0%
86.7%
86.7%
86.7%
0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0%
Job definition and logic imported via Excel file
Supports service-level management
Built togeher with business logic code
Stored in software configuration management (SCM)
tool together with the code
Includes governance compliance
Tested together with code
Integrated version management of jobs
Rollback of jobs
Promoted from environment to environment with the
code at the same level of automation
Includes sophisticated flow relationships
Includes operational insight into execution status and
progress
Jobs defined this way are ingested and displayed to
scheduling staff like all other jobs
Supported Jobs-as-Code Features
6.7% 6.7% 6.7%
13.3%
6.7% 6.7%
33.3%
20.0%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
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WLA API Functions Exposed
6.7%
13.3%
20.0%
60.0%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
None <= 50% 50% <= 75% 75% <= 99% 100%, all GUI
options
available via
API
>100%, API
includes all GUI
options plus
functions not
available in GUI
Extent of GUI Functions in API Functions
86.7%
13.3%
Import/Export DevOps Ready?
Yes No

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CI/CD and Source Code Control Tools Integration
53.3%
6.7% 6.7%
13.3%
6.7%
13.3%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Integrated
13.3%
13.3%
20.0%
20.0%
26.7%
33.3%
40.0%
46.7%
46.7%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0%
CVS
Gogs
RhodeCode
Gitblit
Azure DevOps Server
GitLab
BitBucket
GitHub
WLA Integrated
Source Code Control Tools
26.7%
13.3% 13.3%
6.7%
26.7%
13.3%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of CI/CD Tools Integrated
33.3%
33.3%
40.0%
40.0%
46.7%
53.3%
53.3%
60.0%
60.0%
60.0%
66.7%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0%
Launch Darkly
IBM Urban Code
Travis CI
Codeship
CircleCI
TeamCity
Azure DevOps Server
Bamboo
GitLab CI/CD
Jenkins
WLA Integrated
CI/CD Tools

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Infrastructure Configuration Tools Integration
6.7%
13.3%
13.3%
13.3%
20.0%
20.0%
20.0%
26.7%
33.3%
33.3%
60.0%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0%
VMWare Aria Automation
AWS CloudFormation StackSets
Puppet
CloudFormation
Google Cloud Deployment Manager
Helm
Azure Resource Manager
Chef
Terraform
Ansible
WLA Supported Infrastructure Configuration
Tools
26.7%
6.7%
26.7%
13.3% 13.3%
6.7% 6.7%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
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Configuration Tools

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