Item: Control-M
Rating: 7
Author: Peter Sheridan

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is the company's job scheduling tool. It is used by the entire organization and helps automate the scheduler of jobs and all the interdependencies.

Pros and Cons

Ability to handle interactions between mainframe and Open Systems jobs.
Web interface for developers.
Numerous options when scheduling jobs and tying them together in a workflow.

Upgrade process is very difficult and time consuming.
Web interface is still clunky and could use upgrading.
Documentation is lacking -- would be nice to see some redbooks.

Return on Investment

Positive: Multi-platform scheduling
Negative: Self Service interface
Positive: Application Integration (Peoplesoft/SQL/etc.)

Works really well for companies that need to support different platforms like the mainframe, open systems, etc. Not well suited for companies that like to give total control to their developers through the web interface as self-service has several issues.

CUNA Mutual Employees's Control-M Review

Overall Satisfaction with Control-M

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