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Broadcom Automic Automation
Formerly CA Automic Automation Platform

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What is Broadcom Automic Automation?

Broadcom Automic Automation (formerly the CA Automic Business Automation Platform)is a workload automation and release / deployment management offering supported by Broadcom, which provides an open, scalable and unified approach to driving automation across, enableing the user to reduce time-to-value…

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Automic automation, Mainframe to Microservice

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 16, 2022
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Broadcom Automic Automation we use for batch job automation. Customer has numerous automation problem such as multiple job dependencies where one job has to finish successfull...
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Broadcom Automic Automation4 years of experience

Keep calm and Autom(ate|ic) IT

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 16, 2021
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We have been using Broadcom Automic Automation for over 15 years. Initially, it was mainly used in the automation of DWH/BI and controlling applications as well as in the area...
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Broadcom Automic Automation15 years of experience

Automic - IT Process Automation

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 4, 2020
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The Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) is used to perform Information Technology Process Automation (ITPA). This tool offers enormous fu...
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Shreyash Rangarajan
Analyst - Information Technology
Senior Analyst
Capgemini
Broadcom Automic Automation1 year of experience

Automic for the Enterprise

Rating: 7 out of 10
February 4, 2020
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To simplify redundant tasks, our organization utilized Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) through multiple environments. From restarts o...
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Gregory Hanson
Team Lead - Information Technology
Lead Middleware Engineer
The OCC
Broadcom Automic Automation8 years of experience
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Automic Automation, now known as Automic One Automation Platform, has proved to be a valuable tool for users across various industries. One of the key use cases is workload distribution automation across global teams. Users have been able to streamline and automate their workload distribution tasks, allowing for efficient collaboration and improved productivity. The central monitoring feature provided by Automic Automation enables users to monitor flow, file transfers, and SAP triggers from a single interface. This centralized approach simplifies the management and monitoring of critical processes, ensuring smooth operations.

Another major use case of Automic Automation is email automation. Users have successfully automated email tasks such as sending, reading, deleting, and downloading attachments. This automation capability saves considerable time and effort, allowing users to focus on more strategic activities. Additionally, Automic Automation has proven to be highly effective in automating SAP processes. It facilitates reading, validating, and updating SAP data with speed and efficiency, reducing the risk of human error and enhancing overall process accuracy.

The integration capabilities of Automic Automation have been highly praised by users. It seamlessly integrates with Unix/Linux boxes and can run scripts on Windows systems, offering added advantages for IT process automation. Its simplicity and ease of implementation are noteworthy features that make it accessible to users with minimal scripting language knowledge. Furthermore, Automic One Automation Platform plays a crucial role in infrastructure management by simplifying redundant tasks and executing routine jobs across multiple environments. It serves as a reliable backbone for self-implemented solutions like Software Defined Infrastructure, providing 24/7 support and fulfilling manual operational tasks.

Broadcom Automic Automation has been utilized for various purposes over the years. For instance, it has been extensively used for controlling applications related to enterprise resource planning tools like SAP. Users have also employed Automic Automation for batch job automation, effectively managing multiple job dependencies and ensuring successful job execution. The intuitive user interface supports batch job monitoring teams and Automic administrators, making it user-friendly and efficient.

In summary, Automic Automation has a wide range of use cases that address the automation needs of different industries. From workload distribution and email automation to SAP process automation and batch job management, this platform has proven its effectiveness in improving productivity, eliminating errors, and simplifying complex processes. Its integration capabilities, simplicity of implementation, and intuitive user interface make it a valuable tool for organizations seeking to streamline their operations and achieve greater efficiency.

Fresh blood and brain in Development: Users have commented that Automic as a company brings fresh ideas and innovation to its development process, instilling confidence in its future growth and reliability.

Versatility with large support staff: Many reviewers appreciate the versatility of Automic Automation, noting that it offers a wide range of functions and interfaces. They also praise the large support staff, which makes it easy to get started and accomplish tasks with the help of the team.

Efficient automation for SAP applications: The ability to automate SAP applications is highly regarded by users, with many stating that Automic is the best ITPA tool in the market for integrating and automating well with SAP. Users are pleasantly surprised by its speed, saving them significant time in real-time operations.

Limited API Utilization: Some users have found that the API in Automic Automation is not extensively utilized and they feel that calling the API is not monitoring friendly. They suggest improvements to make the API more robust and user-friendly.

Crash Recovery Issues: Several reviewers have experienced issues with crash recovery, stating that after a client outage, the environment does not resume correctly to its original position and requires manual adjustment. This can lead to additional downtime and inconvenience for users.

Outdated User Interface: Many users have described the user interface of CA Automic Release Automation as outdated and clunky, although it has recently been converted into a web-based application. Users recommend enhancing the UI with modern design principles and advanced dashboarding capabilities.

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Automic automation, Mainframe to Microservice

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 16, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Reseller
Broadcom Automic Automation
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Broadcom Automic Automation we use for batch job automation. Customer has numerous automation problem such as multiple job dependencies where one job has to finish successfully to start the other job. Automic automation capabilities are fantastic to address this kind of requirements. We use automic to execute 1 Million jobs per month. Scheduling such a high scale of jobs was not an easy task. Automic is handling such a huge load easily whithout any glitch. User interface is very intuitive support easily for batch job monitoring team and automic administrator.
Pros and Cons
  • Batch Job of complex work load across platforms ERP system , Business Apps, Mainframe to Microservices
  • Digital business automation , accelerate the integration of big data and
  • Oracle automation, increase visibility and control on oracle EBS processing
  • Self Service automation, Simplify business service across the multi-cloud
  • Site reliability automation, enhances monitoring and correlation with intelligent recommendations and auto - remediation
Likelihood to Recommend
This product has huge capacity to run millions of jobs per month, can serve to enterprise level of business. If client is looking for platform base solution which can be deployed on-prem or cloud base technologies then this solution works well. It has very good licensing mechanism which is based on number of agents, and there is no limitation of number of jobs run. So client has not to worry on limitation of jobs and can scale of the automation in the environment. This reduced the total cost of ownership of product. Self service automation feature can reduce the client automation cost significantly. it has good batch job coverages from Mainframe to Microservices.
Most Important Features
  • Hardware independent and built-in high availability provides active-active mode of operations
  • Multi tenancy and cloud hosting and supports containers
  • Unlimited scalability of jobs, No limitation of jobs
  • Built-in data base so no need extra license
  • Great depth of coverage from Mainframe to Microservice , one platform can server all automation requirements
Broadcom Automic Automation Feature Ratings
Workload Automation (6)
91.66666666666666%
9.2
Multi-platform scheduling
100%
10.0
Central monitoring
90%
9.0
Logging
90%
9.0
Alerts and notifications
90%
9.0
Analysis and visualization
90%
9.0
Application integration
90%
9.0
Return on Investment
  • Broadcom Automic Automation has helped many of client to reduce 50% of cost on batch job automation
  • Self-service feature has helped to optimized the L1 task, almost 50% reduction on resources
  • Consolidation of multiple island of tools in to one platform which has increased automation capability and visibility
Alternatives Considered
1. Cost was the major factor without compromising the automation service which this product delivered. Other products are expensive and deliver the same outcome. 2. Limitation of job run, Broadcom Automic Automation allows to run unlimited jobs and helps to increase automation capability. 3. Number of automation packs available with no extra license cost. 4. Depth of coverage of technologies for batch job automation. 5. Required less number of hardware to achieve high availability.
Other Software Used

Keep calm and Autom(ate|ic) IT

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 16, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Broadcom Automic Automation
15 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have been using Broadcom Automic Automation for over 15 years. Initially, it was mainly used in the automation of DWH/BI and controlling applications as well as in the area of managed file transfer. Then it was also used for the pre- and post-processing of application deployments. Broadcom Automic Automation has also been used to control SAP applications for about 5 years. We are currently implementing the additional solution Automic System Copy. For approximately 3 years, Broadcom Automic Automation has also been the backbone for our self-implemented "Software Defined Infrastructure" solution.
Pros and Cons
  • Wide range of internal functions
  • Many interfaces (incoming and outgoing)
  • Modern, web-based user interface
  • Strong roadmap with topics such as containerisation and AI
  • High throughput possible (> 1 million executions per day)
Likelihood to Recommend
The heart of Broadcom Automic Automation, the so-called Automation Engine, can be used for orchestration and as a process engine for a wide variety of purposes, such as workload automation, software deployment (release automation), and event-driven automation. I see the user interface as a disadvantage, as it is more geared towards technical users.
Most Important Features
  • Stability
  • Performance
  • Large number of interfaces
Broadcom Automic Automation Feature Ratings
Workload Automation (6)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Multi-platform scheduling
100%
10.0
Central monitoring
70%
7.0
Logging
100%
10.0
Alerts and notifications
80%
8.0
Analysis and visualization
70%
7.0
Application integration
100%
10.0
Return on Investment
  • Positive: Elimination of automation silos
Users and Roles
400
Most of the Broadcom Automic Automation users work in the IT sector, whether in development, production or cross-functional teams. There are also a few users from support.
Support Headcount Required
10
Depending on the organisation and requirements, you need different numbers of staff with different skills. First, you need people to deploy and administer the Broadcom Automic Automation platform. Then you need people with a 'developer mindset' to design the workflows in Broadcom Automic Automation. These employees can either work in a central team or distributed in the individual departments. And then you need staff for monitoring and operating, which can be done centrally in a control centre or departmentally.
Business Processes Supported
  • Workload Automation for Unix-/Linux-, Windows- and SAP-based applications
  • Orchestration of the provisioning process for Software Defined Infrastructure
Innovative Uses
  • We see Automic Automation Platform also an Integration Platform which can connect different services
Future Planned Uses
  • Software Deployment
  • Container orchestration (in combintion with Kubernetes)
  • Event-driven automation in cases of failures
Likelihood to Renew
10
Automic is a very strong Automation Platform which enable us to implement user requirements quickly.

Automic - IT Process Automation

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
February 04, 2020
SR
Shreyash Rangarajan
Senior Analyst
Capgemini (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Broadcom Automic Automation
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) is used to perform Information Technology Process Automation (ITPA). This tool offers enormous functionalities that can be used to automate applications which allow remote function calls and APIs. It works well with mail objects. This tool is primarily used to automate SAP application which is an enterprise resource planning tool.
Pros and Cons
  • SAP Automation is the foremost thing that comes to mind.
  • Supports automation Scripts in multiple operating systems such as Linux, Windows, etc.
Likelihood to Recommend
Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) is well suited for applications such as SAP and operating systems such as windows, Linux. It can be used to automate these applications as it can be done through remote function calls and business application peripheral interfaces. It can also be used to run scripts on remote machines, which further enables automation of ms office applications such as ms Excel and MS Word.
Broadcom Automic Automation Feature Ratings
Workload Automation (6)
78.33333333333333%
7.8
Multi-platform scheduling
80%
8.0
Central monitoring
80%
8.0
Logging
60%
6.0
Alerts and notifications
90%
9.0
Analysis and visualization
80%
8.0
Application integration
80%
8.0
Return on Investment
  • Improved SAP automation thereby giving good returns.
  • Provides mail integration which further widens automation scope and profits.
Alternatives Considered
Since other tools are all user interface based, they are prone to errors in terms of application exception, and the dependencies are comparatively higher for the automation to run successfully. This is not the case with the Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) as the contact with application happens at the network layer and does not depend on the user interface of the application.
Support Rating
8
The Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) is used to perform Information Technology Process Automation (ITPA). This tool offers enormous functionalities that can be used to automate applications which allow remote function calls and APIs. It works well with mail objects. This tool is primarily used to automate SAP application which is an enterprise resource planning tool.
Other Software Used

Automic for the Enterprise

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
February 04, 2020
GH
Gregory Hanson
Lead Middleware Engineer
The OCC (Information Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Broadcom Automic Automation
8 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
To simplify redundant tasks, our organization utilized Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) through multiple environments. From restarts of application servers to specific jobs that need to be executed routinely, Automic plays an integral part in our infrastructure. Our business dictates 24/7 support, and the Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) helps fulfill what would typically be very manual operational tasks.
Pros and Cons
  • Job execution
  • Job chaining
Likelihood to Recommend
If you have an infrastructure with complex security constraints, multi-users, multi-environment, then Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) is an excellent tool for execution automation. We use it primarily on-prem, and it works well in our environment. I would think a cloud solution maybe a little more challenging to implement. But for routine scheduling of menial tasks Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) is a reliable product.
Broadcom Automic Automation Feature Ratings
Workload Automation (6)
71.66666666666667%
7.2
Multi-platform scheduling
80%
8.0
Central monitoring
80%
8.0
Logging
60%
6.0
Alerts and notifications
60%
6.0
Analysis and visualization
70%
7.0
Application integration
80%
8.0
Return on Investment
  • Hours of server operations given over to end-users.
  • Single pipelines for job plan execution reduced the operational overhead.
Support Rating
1
I have not used Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) support.
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