Great WLA software.
Updated October 02, 2024

Great WLA software.

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Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Control-M

Control-M is the central Workload Automation Software we're using. It's the orchestrator between different components like databases, data warehouses, financing, data transfers, etc. We're using some of the job types and options Control-M has included, but we're also very actively using the ability to create and modify Control-M and job types for our needs. With these options to change, we can specifically address our customer's needs for data flows and workloads. Control-M's options to monitor and survey the production also help us to notify and react immediately if a problem occurs. To sum up, Control-M helps us to automate and monitor our key applications and workflows.

Pros

  • Connect different software components.
  • Transfer data and files.
  • Monitor workflows.
  • Notify and react automatically to errors.

Cons

  • Include more of the jobs we have to create on our own.
  • Give more options to modify certain screens with our Corporate Identity.
  • We can't number the ROI, but it has undoubtedly stabilized our production, especially data transfers.
100 - Administrators Schedulers Development.
It's not perfect, but there's a lot to like about Control-M. What can sometimes be confusing is the difference between different menus in Control-M. Sometimes, you can clearly see that different parts were designed and added by separate development groups. This leads to similar functions and visuals looking a little different in menus, etc.
We've not found another WLA software that provides the options to modify and create job types as Control-M does. Also, many of the standard functions are very useful.

Do you think Control-M delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Control-M's feature set?

Yes

Did Control-M live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Control-M go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Control-M again?

Yes

Control-M is well suited for standard job flows. If you're using special data flows, other WLA solutions might offer more specific support for that. However, Control-M constantly adds new standard job types for new software applications.

Control-M Feature Ratings

Workload Automation
6.8
Multi-platform scheduling
10
Central monitoring
6
Logging
4
Alerts and notifications
8
Analysis and visualization
5
Application integration
8

Using Control-M

15 - 6 Administrators 9 Scheduler.
  • Orchestrate between different applications.
  • Automize file transfers.
  • Help testing.
  • Connect different applications.
  • Create individual job types.
  • Again, create individual job types.
It also depends on the specific criteria of the new contract.

Evaluating Control-M and Competitors

  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
Being able to connect and orchestrate many different applications, tools, Databases and more is one of the key factors for deciding to use Control-M.
Nothing.

Control-M Support

Support is usually very good. Sometimes you need to be stubborn to get the support to take a detailled look at an issue or forward it to development.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
Immediate help available
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
Escalation required
Need to explain problems multiple times
We didn't need to purchase extra support.
Yes - It depends on the issue. A lot of times, you have to upgrade to a newer version for a fix.
We've had a couple issues with file transfer in the recent past. Although it's unfortunate to have the issues to begin with, the support and R&D did everthing they could to solve the issues. It might also include having to work with BMC for a couple of weeks after the original issue.

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