These slides - based on the on-demand webinar featuring Dan Twing, president & COO at leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) - provides key results from the EMA Radar™ on Workload Automation. In this side-by-side comparison of the 13 leading WLA platforms evaluated, solutions are empirically compared and graded against a broad range of measurements to objectively determine overall product strengths and cost efficiencies. Evaluated solutions are: 1. Arcana 2. ASCI 3. Automic 4. BMC 5. CA Technologies 6. Cisco Systems 7. Flux 8. HelpSystems 9. IBM 10. MVP Software 11. SMA Solutions 12. Stonebranch 13. Vinzant

1. Dan Twing
President & COO
Enterprise Management Associates
EMA Workload Automation Radar
An Objective Comparison of Leading Workload Automation Solutions
October 26, 2016

2. Logistics for Today’s Webinar
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Questions
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3. Today’s Presenter
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Dan Twing – President and COO
Enterprise Management Associates
Dan is responsible for developing and executing strategic
market research, delivering value to IT organizations through
consulting engagements, and directing product developments
and marketing efforts. Dan joined EMA in 2005 and has over
25 years of experience in information systems, software
development, and technology outsourcing. Dan focuses on all
aspects of intelligent and automated management of IT.

4. Dan Twing
President & COO
Enterprise Management Associates
EMA Workload Automation Radar
An Objective Comparison of Leading Workload Automation Solutions
October 26, 2016

5. Agenda
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• Overarching Trends Impacting WLA
• Assessing the Workload Automation
Market
• Characteristics of a Preferred
Solution
• The EMA RADAR for Workload
Automation
• Special Recognition Awards
• Future Trends in WLA

6. Overarching Trends Impacting WLA
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Digital transformation:
Using data, pervasive connectivity, and easy to use
mobile devices to change the way businesses
interact with their customers and conduct their core
activities.
Faster rate of change:
Continuous Delivery and DevOps are reactions to
business demands for faster development of new
applications and services and more frequent updates.

7. Assessing the Workload Automation Market
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• EMA Radar Reports standardizes the evaluation of product sets in
specific management disciplines by comparing vendor and product
review elements in 5 distinct categories:
• Architecture and Integration
• Functionality
• Deployment and Administration
• Cost Advantage
• Vendor Strength

8. Characteristics of a Preferred Solution
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Architecture
• Business Focus
• Scalability, Performance, and Reliability
• Dynamic workload placement
• Breadth of Platform Support
• Breadth of Application & Database support
• Disaster Protection

9. Characteristics of a Preferred Solution
Integration/Interoperability
• Comprehensive API
• Cloud Integration
• CMDB Integration
• ITPA Integration
• Capacity Management Integration
• MFT Integration
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10. Characteristics of a Preferred Solution
Functionality - Features
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• End-to-end Monitoring
• Compliance Management
• Triggering
• Self-service Portal
• Forecasting, Analytics & Reporting
• Alerting
• Security
• What-if Scenarios
• Conditional Logic & Auto Remediation
• Logging/Auditability

11. Characteristics of a Preferred Solution
Functionality – Ease of Use
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• Simplicity of GUI
• SLA and Policy Awareness
• Root Cause Analysis
• Mobile Device Support
• Available Help Resources

12. Characteristics of a Preferred Solution
Deployment & Administration
Ease of Deployment
• Deployment Time/Effort
• Conversion Facilities
• Job Discovery and Import
• Staff Training
Support and Services
• Customer Support
• Professional Services
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13. Characteristics of a Preferred Solution
Deployment & Administration
Ease of Administration
• Console ease-of-use
• Upgrade process
• Test Environments
• Automation of Management
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14. Characteristics of a Preferred Solution
Cost Advantage
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• Flexibility of Licensing
• Model Pricing Scenarios
• SaaS Availability
• Professional Services

15. Characteristics of a Preferred Solution
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• Vendor Strength
• Vendor and product set should have long-term viability
 Financially strong
 Reinvests in research and
development
• Extensive partnerships
 Market channels
 Strategic development
• Strong vision and strategy
• Market credibility

16. The EMA RADAR Report for Workload Automation
EMA WLA RADAR Evaluation Process
• Develop list of critical WLA features and capabilities
• Establish KPIs
• Identify candidates
• Submit questionnaire to candidates
 More than 150 points of comparison
 Vet responses to ensure accuracy
• Conduct customer interviews
• Analyze and score results
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VALUE

17. The EMA RADAR Report for Workload Automation
Feature Eligibility
• Features must have been generally available with the
solution set at the time of the evaluation
• Features must have been self-contained within the
included package sets
• Features must have been clearly documented in
publically available resources (such as user manuals or
technical papers) for verification
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18. The EMA RADAR Report for Workload Automation
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Scenario 1
 250 endpoints (50 Windows, 50 Unix, 150 Linux) with 2 CPU sockets (4
cores each)
 z/OS Mainframe (10,000 MIPS)
 High availability setup of the entire implementation
 Specified years of maintenance and upgrades
 Specified years of highest level of support
 DR license
 Connectors for SAP

19. The EMA RADAR Report for Workload Automation
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Scenario 2
 300 overall deployed tasks (30 Windows, 30 Unix, 30 Linux endpoints)
with 2 sockets (4 cores each)
 High availability setup of the entire implementation
 Specified years of maintenance and upgrades
 Specified years of highest level of support
 DR license

20. The EMA RADAR Report for Workload Automation
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Scenario 3
 800 endpoints
 Highly available setup
 Specified years of maintenance and upgrades
 Specified years of highest level of support
 DR license
Scenario 4
 SaaS
 250 endpoints
 Specified years of highest level of support

21. The EMA RADAR Report for Workload Automation
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EMA WLA RADAR Report
market landscape chart
• Solution Impact combines
scores for Functionality and
Architecture & Integration
• Deployment Cost Efficiency
combines scores for Cost
Advantage and Deployment
and Administration
• Vendor Strength is
represented by the size of
each bubble
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22. The EMA RADAR Report for Workload Automation
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WLA Value Leaders
• ASCI
• Automic
• BMC
• CA
• HelpSystems
• IBM
• Stonebranch
WLA Strong Value
• Cisco
• Flux
• MVP
• SMA
• Vinzant
WLA Targeted Value
• Arcana

23. Special Recognition Awards
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Special recognition awards identify vendors that deliver a
specific area of strength and/or unique areas of innovation

24. Future Trends in Workload Automation
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 Embedded Scheduling
 Monitoring/Control of Release Process
 User Community Awareness
 Agent Change Management
 Data Awareness, File Transfer Control, and
Manipulation
 Increased Self-Service and Business Stakeholder
Involvement
 Cognitive Computing

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