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Automation Trends 2023: Top 7 Takeaways from the Annual Global State of IT Automation Report

Discover the top 7 findings of the 2023 Global State of IT Automation Report and see how automation intersects with DataOps, DevOps, Cloud Ops, and IT Ops.

Workload Placement Strategies: Unlock the Full Potential of Your Hybrid IT Environment

Workload Placement Strategies: Unlock the Full Potential of Your Hybrid IT Environment

Achieve maximum business value by orchestrating workloads across on-premises, edge, colocation, and cloud infrastructure.

Airflow Event-Based Triggers with Stonebranch

Airflow Event-Based Triggers with Stonebranch

How to enable Apache Airflow to use event-based triggers for real-time data pipelines via the API.

Cloud Automation: Benefits and Tools in 2023

Cloud Automation: Benefits and Tools in 2023

Explore what cloud automation is and isn’t. Learn which tools exist to automate cloud service providers, SaaS applications, infrastructure, and security. And finally, learn the benefits of orchestration.

Gartner 2023 Market Guide to Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAP)

Top 5 Updates to the Gartner 2023 SOAP Market Guide

Gartner recently released an update to the 2021 Service Orchestration and Automation Platform (SOAP) Market Guide that defined a new category in automation. Read on to learn just how much has changed.

IT Process Automation Made Simple

IT Process Automation Made Simple

Business today happens a lot faster than human beings can process it. Read this article to learn how we help businesses manage their workloads by automating background processes and combating the complexity of today’s heterogeneous IT environments.

Infrastructure as Code Best Practices: Watch the Demo

Infrastructure as Code Best Practices: Watch the Demo

Looking for infrastructure-as-code best practices? Here's how Stonebranch automates new SaaS cloud deployments with Universal Automation Center.

Workload Automation Software Through the Years: 40+ Years of Progress

Workload Automation Software Through the Decades: 40+ Years of Progress

Though the workload automation (WLA) market is very mature, it’s beginning to exhibit the characteristics of a much younger market.

What is a data pipeline? Definitions you need to know

What is a Data Pipeline? Definitions You Need to Know

What is a data pipeline? Learn about the terminology used when discussing a data pipeline, including definitions related to DataOps.

Stonebranch Online 2022: Multi-Cloud and Hybrid IT Automation

Cloud Automation: Customer Success Stories

Stonebranch customers share practical, real-world approaches to automate and orchestrate jobs across cloud and hybrid IT environments.

SBOL2022: Orchestrate the Universe Keynote Session

Stonebranch Online 2022 Opening Keynote

The first week of Stonebranch Online 2022 has come to a close – are you watching along with us? Here’s a refresher on our opening keynote.

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Data Pipeline Automation: End-to-End Orchestration

How to automate a data pipeline to orchestrate, manage, and maintain the movement of data between solutions.

Stonebranch Online 2022 Virtual Event Series: October 4 – November 10

Stonebranch Online 2022 Virtual Event Series

Stonebranch Online 2022’s IT automation webinars offer something for everyone: cloud teams, developers, IT operations, data teams, business users, and anyone who wants to orchestrate their universe!

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What is Managed File Transfer?

Read this blog post to learn more about managed file transfer (MFT), and how to facilitate secure data transfers throughout a network.

Don't Be Cloud-First, Be Cloud-Smart

Don’t Be Cloud First, Be Cloud Smart

Is cloud-first always the best choice? Experts from Gartner share the most important factors to consider when choosing on-prem, cloud (private or public), or multi-cloud architectures.

Robi's Universal Guide to Cloud Automation

What is Cloud Automation? Universal Guide

Everything you need to know about automation and orchestration in multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, and hybrid IT environments.

Blog Data Pipeline Orchestration for DataOps Watch video

Data Pipeline Orchestration for DataOps – Explainer Video

Keep the flow of data secure, centrally governed, and fully automated with end-to-end orchestration.

6 Cloud Automation Use Cases Every IT Pro Should Know

6 Cloud Automation Use Cases Every IT Pro Should Know

Learn how enterprises are centrally automating and orchestrating cloud, multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, and containerized microservices.