Overview

Challenge:
Consolidate Job Scheduling Systems Solution

Results:
• Automated entire job scheduling process
• Reduced time and resources expended
• Reduced number of errors and risk

Challenge:
FirstOntario Credit Union, a leading credit union based in Canada, was utilizing disparate job scheduling tools for its IBM i, Windows and Linux platforms. Using multiple job scheduling tools required them to monitor each scheduler separately, decreasing visibility and the amount of time and resources allocated to each job scheduling solution. Unable to automate their processes in one environment, they sought a solution that works across platforms without specialization that could standardize processes and consolidate their existing tools.

Solution:
FirstOntario Credit Union selected Stonebranch’s Indesca, a solution that enabled them to replace its diverse agent infrastructures with a single enterprise-wide execution layer, the Enterprise Execution Environment™. This unique solution provides one common infrastructure, removing artificial barriers between platforms, departments and applications.

Additionally, Indesca gave FirstOntario an end-to-end view of all workload activity within its infrastructure through Stonebranch’s Single System Image™ approach. This unique approach provides FirstOntario central auditing and monitoring of their workload activity across their enterprise as well as central management of its entire workload infrastructure - as if it were a single system.

Michael J. Walsh, Director, Enterprise Technology for FirstOntario, said “We needed a solution to control all job scheduling centrally with visibility into all the jobs running within our infrastructure.”

Results:
Indesca consolidated FirstOntario’s job scheduling solutions and simplified compliance by providing a centralized audit trail no matter where the workload was initiated. “Indesca centralizes our job scheduling solutions, reducing risk because a system of checks and balances is in place throughout our IT infrastructure. We receive an automatic alert if a job has not been completed or there is an error message,” said Walsh. Additionally, because Indesca is platform independent, FirstOntario is able to automate its entire job scheduling process, moving files between systems with less percentage of error. Allowing people to work across platforms without specialization improves IT maturity while reducing hard and soft cost significantly. Walsh adds, “By automating our processes, there is no need for manual intervention and the amount of time and resources dedicated to our job scheduling process is greatly reduced.”

About FirstOntario Credit Union
In business since 1939, FirstOntario Credit Union is a leading credit union located throughout Southwestern Ontario region. For more information about FirstOntario Credit Union, please visit: http://www.firstontariocu.com.

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