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Overall Satisfaction with JAMS
We use JAMS primarily to support all our overnight batch processes, whilst it's true that many platforms like SQL or Windows can run their own internal scheduled jobs, they are inflexible and your flow in unreadable. JAMS allows us to keep track of all of these processes as it seamlessly switches between it's agents and inbuilt users. We have found the system itself to be robust with issues only ever arising from misconfiguration on the human end, indeed we're never actually had an issue with the software itself crashing or not doing what it was instructed. We have also found it incredibly easy to integrate it with many of the other services we use and in cases where there isn't an applicable agent type it has never been more complicated than throwing together a batch script. In terms of scope, our overnight processes total around 1,000 separate jobs so likely 50-100,000 lines of code, this fits entirely within a workflow that is itself comprised of other workflows and sequences.
Pros
- Stability
- Ease of use
- Versatility
- Reasonable licensing structure
Cons
- Projected Schedule does not work within workflows, it would be useful to be able to produce a 'dummy run' of a workflow where it just ticks through all jobs and logic but runs none of the actual code.
- Some kind of ability to notify a mobile phone by alarm, text or robot voice call, just like pagers used to be used.
- A job that is part of a workflow will not have the workflow appear in it's 'references' tab.
- SOX auditing has been part automated saving days of work for the people involved.
- The ability for jobs to react to different failure values has enabled us to do away with overnight human monitoring ultimately contributing to saving us in the 6 figures.
Do you think JAMS delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with JAMS's feature set?
Yes
Did JAMS live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of JAMS go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy JAMS again?
Yes


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