CA Scheduler Job Management vs. OpenText Operations Orchestration

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

Incentivized

The products are being paired by the company with different software to specifically fit multiple scenarios. As a standalone platform, it can answer any task with its build-in content or the ability to create your own content and solution.

• 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

Incentivized

• Allows for the quick disconnection of accounts that break our terms of service
• Seamless integration with our billing system
• Has the ability to house all member/client account information in one single location

Incentivized

• Monitoring interface could make better use of screen colours

Incentivized

• The product build in portal need to be more flexible

All quite similar and as CA Scheduler had the smallest foot print across the agencies we support it is being decommmissioned

Incentivized

Most product works well enough, but none of them combine the non-agent/client approach to automation with an easy to develop mechanism (the drag&drop development approach) This alone put this solution on top of our preferred implantation product list

• Being decommissioned due to software rationalisation.

Incentivized

• If time is money, the time saved by using this all-in-one product has certainly saved time AND money.

Incentivized