Automic Automation Reviews

We are a Broadcom partner. We use it internally for some smaller tasks, and we also help customers implement the product and run their projects.

It is primarily used for automating business processes. Customers use it to automate a variety of processes. Customers mainly automate their financial processes. Some of the customers are using Atomic Automation to automate, for example, the production of cars or automobiles.

Customers want to move away from manual monitoring and checking processes. Automating these processes helps in time-saving and reduces human error. When you automate business processes, it reduces mistakes. It eliminates the risk of manual errors such as typos. There is a 20% to 30% reduction in human error.

It fulfills all the needs when it comes to visibility and control across various operating platforms. 

It is the perfect product for managing processes that span multiple operating platforms. Automic Automation has the widest platform support compared to other products, such as Control-M, Tivoli from IBM, or Stonebranch.

It definitely helps with compliance processes. We have had a lot of customers for two years with a focus on compliance, and it works. They were successful.

Due to the fact that our customers can automate a lot of things, it reduces operating costs. It is hard to give a number because the savings are different for each customer. If a customer never had any automation, there could be about 80% savings after implementing Automic Automation, whereas for a customer who already has automated tasks, the difference will be less by adding Automic Automation. They might see 5% to 10% more savings.

Automic Automation helps improve our ability to meet SLAs. In the recent versions, SLA management has been integrated, which previously was an external component. Because a lot of customers used it and asked Broadcom to implement SLA management into the workload engine, Broadcom included it. We see more and more customers running their SLA management via the Automic Automation product.

We primarily use the solution for automation. It's used mostly to automate plant activity and billing and finance tasks. It's also used for job applications.

Within the architecture in our company, one master user can execute more than one job per day. It's making it faster than manual work - and it's easy for them to monitor and configure everything. 

We've witnessed a few benefits. The main one is the easy-to-use console. The GUI interface makes the solution easy to adopt and it's a powerful tool that is easy to manage. We can handle a large amount of jobs while decreasing human effort.

The primary use case for the solution is to automate various manual tasks for clients in SAP or other solutions or make backups. The purpose is either to automate tasks or migrate from another tool to Automic Automation.

In the beginning, it is used to schedule some basic tasks, and as soon as the clients understand how the product works, they increase the scope by having more critical jobs. In the end, it is the core of the business making sure that all jobs are running properly.

Automic Automation enhances visibility for customers who previously had no clear insight into their scheduling tasks, allowing them to quickly see and address issues. With other schedulers, such as AutoSys, most customers do not have the visibility to know and see exactly what is going on. The advantage of having a front end is that the customer has more visibility to see exactly where is the problem and how to solve it. They have more visibility today than in the past.

The advantage of using Automic Automation is that we can adapt to different business requirements. We have some customers who use Atomic Automation only for mainframe, and we have some only for Windows. Most of the time, we can modify or adapt the way of working based on business requirements. Some of them start by doing some basic jobs, and after that, they increase the scope by including SAP or some other application.

We primarily use Automic Automation for ETL and batch processes.

It automates pretty much any application for internal users, including file transfers, payroll, shipping, and billing. Some of them are business-critical and complex.

Automic Automation has helped the organization by freeing up people for other projects and tasks. The time spent on running business tasks has been decreasing consistently.

It does exceptionally well when it comes to managing processes that span multiple operating platforms, even though our use cases with it are limited.

In terms of the reduction in our job/workload failure rates, we only use our internal cloud, but because of being able to easily build self-remediation, even if the volume of failures does not decrease, the remediation time is so low, and the impact is minimal.

As for compliance, it is tightly integrated with some of our processes, allowing for task history to be shown and comments to be added for internal compliance, which is critical.

With the simplification of business tasks, Automic Automation has helped us reduce our operational costs, but I am uncertain if there is a direct monetary gain. While it reduces operational workloads and costs in terms of resource use, it may be a wash in a dollar-for-dollar comparison.

Automic Automation has been ingrained in our organization far longer than I have been, but it seems we were able to see its benefits very rapidly, within six months.

We majorly have flavors of Linux or Unix. We also have some Windows, VMs, bare metal, or Kubernetes. Automic Automation can be used with cloud and on-premises environments. This was very important, especially during transition periods, as we moved things into our cloud. If it was not able to interact with both, that would have caused major problems in migration efforts. We are currently using it in our internal cloud environment, but we may move a few things and look at GCP.

We have consistency in throughput when it comes to SLAs and we are able to have more self-remediation or to have remediation that requires minimal interaction to complete. Even if there is an issue, setting up the monitoring and doing remediation is quick.

As a former customer, before co-founding a specialist automation consultancy, I used Automic Automation in the banking and financial services sector. However, Automic's versatility extends far beyond finance, as it is employed across numerous sectors, including manufacturing, utilities, pharmaceutical, government, and retail. It's impossible to think of industry where Automic isn't a valuable tool.

When I worked in the banking sector, scalability and low latency were paramount. These factors and the ability to run processes across multiple platforms – from enterprise systems to mainframes and now the cloud – were our primary drivers. Today, customers increasingly seek cloud-ready solutions, and Automic's ability to be hosted on the cloud is a significant advantage. Notably, the SaaS version of Automic is equally powerful (with the same features and functions) as its on-premise counterpart, which is rare in the Workload Automation marketplace. Ultimately, customers demand multi-platform automation solutions capable of handling cloud, enterprise, and sometimes mainframe environments, while delivering scalability and low latency. Automic Automation effectively addresses all these critical requirements.

Most processes automated with Automic are business critical. Maintaining a highly performing, robust and secure Workload Automation infrastructure is critical to any organisations well-being.

Automic's scalable infrastructure is a key differentiator in the market. It offers a comprehensive suite of advanced job types and is a market-leader in this respect. Moreover, its ability to integrate seamlessly with in-house solutions through programmatic and web service interfaces is unparalleled. This flexibility allows for simple and highly complex implementations, depending on organizational needs. While transparency and supportability are essential for any workload solution, Automic's adaptability ensures it can meet diverse requirements.

Automic Automation is instrumental in supporting our growth due to its exceptional architecture. Unlike systems limited by the number or throughput of communication or workload processes, Automic's highly scalable infrastructure eliminates the need to partition it into multiple instances to mitigate latency. This inherent scalability is one of its most significant and compelling advantages.

Managing complex workloads is simplified with Automic Automation, especially now with the added visibility provided by AAI for Automic customers. This enhanced visibility and reporting is easily understandable, eliminating the need for specialized knowledge to interpret the data.

Automic provides excellent visibility and control across our clients' operating platforms. By leveraging the AAI module, we can not only monitor jobs and processes within Automic but also extend our view to external workload tools like Redwood Tidal, IBM IWS and other Broadcom solutions including AutoSys and CA 7, which is particularly beneficial for larger organizations with diverse tooling. Additionally, AAI's advanced analytics and critical path analysis enables proactive SLA managements; identifying and alerting for potential breaches in advance, providing Operations and Support teams with the opportunity to make timely interventions. This extends to modern cloud environments where processes can be tracked from Automic initiation through to platforms like Apache Airflow, eliminating visibility gaps. Furthermore, the ability to monitor processes within applications like SAP sets Broadcom apart by offering a unified view of operations across multiple platforms, applications, and automation engines.

I would give the predictive modelling provided by the AAI module a perfect score. Thank to the substantial R&D time and investment being focused on AAI, it will undoubtedly improve over time. As AAI continues to evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of the field, customer feedback is crucial in this process. As exemplified by the development of Airflow integration which was developed in response to customer needs. Airflow is a perfect example of the increasing number of cloud-based automation technologies operating in silos, which present customers challenge due to a lack of governance and support, compared to more established systems. To address this, we must encourage Broadcom to expand the range of technologies that can be observed and analyzed by AAI.

Predictive modeling is crucial for strategic planning, especially in industries with strict regulatory requirements and tight deadlines, such as banking. Early visibility into service-level agreements is essential to ensure timely market entry or regulatory report submission. Real-life examples demonstrate the value of early warnings in preventing missed deadlines and operational disruptions. Compared to organisations relying on traditional IT Operations methods, users of Broadcom's AAI module gain significant competitive advantage including enhanced efficiencies and minimised risk. For some the primary benefit of AAI is regulatory compliance, but for  all customers, optimized processing allows faster time-to-market and increased competitiveness.

The primary benefits of consolidating multiple technology instances into a single, more capable, and scalable one have been increased efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Essentially, we've gotten more value from our technology investment. Additionally, this approach has enhanced configurability, and leverages Automic's market-leading security and user management features. For some customers, these factors have been crucial driving forces, as they can be implemented relatively quickly. Similarly, reporting capabilities are significantly accelerated. While achieving greater sophistication or transparency in workflows might require additional projects or process reengineering, the immediate advantages in reliability, scalability, and security are often substantial.

Migrating a competitive product to a new platform may reduce infrastructure or agent-related failures, but customers often resist changes, insisting on maintaining their existing commands, scripts, and execution methods. This "rubbish in, rubbish out" approach hinders immediate improvement. To achieve substantial benefits, we encourage customers to adopt a holistic view of their workloads, allowing us to optimize processes. For example, we transformed a customer's poorly structured, error-prone script into multiple well-managed jobs with enhanced error handling and visibility. While tools like Automic are helpful, our expertise as a service provider is crucial. As driving a Ferrari requires skill, utilizing advanced technology effectively demands specialized knowledge and governance. So, we would like to emphasize the importance of expert advice and support, regardless of the chosen technology.

Automic Automation always receives high compliance scores and is typically loved by security and compliance departments. Product security is highly configurable, enabling very precise definition of user access, based on each user's roles and responsibilities. Additionally, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) can be set and monitored, using AAI, tracking processes through their critical path across Automic and beyond.

Automic SaaS can dramatically reduce operational costs by eliminating the need for a dedicated team of infrastructure specialists working around the clock. The exact savings will vary depending on the organization's size but will likely be substantial. While it's inappropriate to quantify the savings as a reseller, it's clear that adopting SaaS can lead to significant cost reductions.

Automic Automation helps in automating and orchestrating processes across legacy and modern systems, including cloud environments.

Currently, automated environments span from cloud and enterprise systems to the mainframe. Applications include SAP, other ERP tools, and specific retail integrations like Oracle Retail. However, the extent of automation often varies depending on the customer. Manufacturing clients, for instance, require automation across ordering, parts, and delivery systems. Essentially, Automic manages the production lines of major companies, demonstrating the ubiquitous nature of workload automation across diverse systems and industries.

Thanks to AAI, I consider Automic Automation to be the industry leader in observability.

I have been using Automic Automation since 2007. It is simple to implement.  

The product is used primarily for automating IT processes. Our customer is a big telecom company called COSMOTE. They use Automic for various processes, including Sibel Automation, Oracle applications, billing, data warehousing, and core business workflows. It handles complex workflows with numerous jobs, making it ideal for large-scale operations.

The product is extremely user friendly for both operators and developers. Operators can easily monitor workflows and customize interfaces. Developers find it easy to build workflows in minutes. A standout feature is the comprehensive versioning, allowing easy rollback to previous states. The platform is also very stable, fast, and robust.

The primary use case for Automic is as an IT process automation product. We use it for file transfers across multiple operating systems, like Linux to Windows or vice versa. 

It is also used to automate SAP jobs, Informatica jobs, and database jobs. Additionally, it integrates with various cloud services like AWS, GCP, and Azure, as well as Airflow for data pipeline orchestration.

What I like the most about Automic is its user interface. I have worked with many workload automation products over the past ten years, and Automic's UI is user-friendly and less cluttered. It provides a comprehensive overview of what users need to do. 

Designing workflows is made easier by the graphical user interface, simplifying complex tasks. The preconditions and postconditions are clear and straightforward, making Automic stand out.

We use it to schedule all of our ERP batch jobs. It is over all of our systems, ETL, PeopleSoft, Linux jobs, everything.

These business processes are automated with Automic Complex. 

It's super easy to manage complex workloads. It's drag and drop. You can blow it up, export the XML, and print it out. It's probably the easiest tool I've ever used.

It's super easy. It's just permission to look into it. I do it all the time. The administration is easy. You can read logs, run jobs, generate reports, and more. There are many utility jobs that give you the results. It's super easy.