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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Batch

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAzure Batch is cloud-scale job scheduling and compute management.N/A

    CA Scheduler Job Management

    Score5 out of 10
    N/ACA Scheduler Job Management is IT workload automation software from CA Technologies.N/A
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Azure BatchCA Scheduler Job Management
    Workload Automation
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    Azure Batch
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    Ratings
    CA Scheduler Job Management
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
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    User Ratings
    Azure BatchCA Scheduler Job Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
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    User Testimonials
    Azure BatchCA Scheduler Job Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    To better serve their consumers, businesses that often interact with those clients who rely on Microsoft's software products may consider migrating to Azure. This program would be useful in any installation of a Microsoft product or suite that necessitates a test of the target environment. It is simple to maintain and implement, making it an ideal IT backbone. If a client doesn't have any use for this particular instrument, it's not going to be of any benefit to them.
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    Broadcom
    Job scheduling software for the IBM Mainframe is quite mature and most IBM Mainframe sites would already have one installed. It would appear to be very little reason to change from one scheduling package to another. If you were looking for a new scheduling package, CA Technologies is more likely to steer you towards their other product
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Managing the users
    • Having multiple environments
    • Creating multiple groups
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    Broadcom
    • Good reporting on completed schedules and jobs including highest return code of jobs.
    • ISPF interface can cope with non-standard screen sizes.
    • Easy to use ISPF interface
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The user interface, in my opinion, might need further clarification.
    • Any situation where a user's password has to be reset would benefit from this feature.
    • Any accounts that were accidentally established more than once may be transferred over quickly and easily.
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    Broadcom
    • Monitoring interface could make better use of screen colours
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    They both are great tools and provide the services they have implemented. They are two competing companies that have different cultures and forward mission agendas. I would say Azure is a little easier to support through their user interface for the IT support side of things. Both tools are useful and have their own strength and weakness. If you're a dynamic company with a multitude of customers then both are a required tool to have.
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    Broadcom
    All quite similar and as CA Scheduler had the smallest foot print across the agencies we support it is being decommmissioned
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • After initial setup, we now have significantly less time spent processing data.
    • The automation of data formatting and display after processing is exciting because it frees us to focus on the data itself.
    • Since using Batch, we have significantly decreased the number of items we previously utilized.
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    Broadcom
    • Being decommissioned due to software rationalisation.
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