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CA Workload Automation

Composite Score

7.2 /10

CX Score

7.2 /10

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What is CA Workload Automation?

Manage complex workload across platforms, ERP systems, business apps from mainframe to microservices.

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Awards & Recognition

CA Workload Automation won the following awards in the Data Center Automation category

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5 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2019

CA Workload Automation Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

80 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

90 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

69 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+75 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love CA Workload Automation?

10% Negative

11% Neutral

79% Positive

Pros

Effective Service
Enables Productivity
Saves Time
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Charges for Enhancements
Inhibits Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 75

Patching Automation

Task Monitoring

Remediation

Task Scheduling

Audit Trail

Integration w/3rd Party Tools

Backup

Multi-Site Functionality

Application Provisioning

Discovery

Compliance Monitoring

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

CA Workload Automation Reviews

Rahul K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates CA Workload Automation from other similar products?

CA Workload Automation stands out for its advanced scheduling capabilities, scalability for large enterprises, integration with various platforms, and strong automation features for complex workflows across hybrid IT environments.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

A standout aspect of CA Workload Automation is its robust scheduling and automation capabilities, allowing for the seamless management of complex, multi-platform workflows in large-scale enterprise environments.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One potential drawback of CA Workload Automation is its steep learning curve, which can make it challenging for new users or smaller teams to fully utilize its advanced features without significant training.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For CA Workload Automation, assess the complexity, plan for training, check integration with your systems, and ensure it can scale with your needs.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Mustafa A.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Hard to customize, easy to configure and implement

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates CA Workload Automation from other similar products?

Solid install base and depth functionality., helps on ops efficiency and manual efforts definitely +20%. Very solid in advanced scheduling capabilities, robust monitoring, and reporting tools, and seamless integration, and for existing clients commercially can be attractive to grow.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Super user-friendly, automation savvy, very powerful in workload management (new versions - last 18 months improved a lot).

What do you dislike most about this product?

Training, documentation, partner channel support, and amount of people experienced in market (hard to find and expensive).

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Need to ensure scalability, growth plans to avoid cost exponential growth. Plan integrations well upfront. Requirements vs. customizable function are key to analyze upfront due to lots of config possibilities but tough to impossible extension / customization limitations / challenges.

Pros

Effective Service
Respectful
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Less Reliable
Less Efficient Service

AKANCHHA C.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

I’m enjoying working on this tool, user friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates CA Workload Automation from other similar products?

Highly effective in terms of performance and also at security level

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Performance is very good

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as of now, everything seems good

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Easy to use, easy to understand

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation
Less Efficient Service

CA Workload Automation

What is CA Workload Automation?

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Awards & Recognition

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

CA Workload Automation Ratings

80 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

90 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

69 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+75 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love CA Workload Automation?

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Patching Automation The automated deployment and installation of server patches

Task Monitoring Scheduling maintenance and monitoring tasks.

Remediation Expedited event management (e.g., automate remediation of alerts due to exceeding defined thresholds).

Task Scheduling Scheduling maintenance tasks.

Audit Trail Logging and tracking of all system changes at the transaction level.

Integration w/3rd Party Tools Integration with 3rd party tools related to data center and server management natively or through APIs.

Backup Automation of data backup process

Multi-Site Functionality Centralized management of resources across multiple remote locations.

Application Provisioning Includes Deployment, Configuration, and Discovery of Packaged Software, Database & Middleware Platforms

Discovery Automated discovery and identification of devices and associated applications on the network.

Compliance Monitoring Ability to ensure that automated tasks and processes comply with regulations, standards, and/or policy.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

CA Workload Automation Reviews

Rahul K.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mustafa A.

Hard to customize, easy to configure and implement

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

AKANCHHA C.

I’m enjoying working on this tool, user friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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