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Cloud Automation Tools for Hybrid IT Environments

Learn which cloud automation tools help to bridge the gap across between on-premises and cloud systems within a hybrid IT ecosystem.

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Why Universal Integration Platform V2.0 is a Big Deal

Create automation platform integrations fast and with ease using the Stonebranch Universal Integration Platform V2.0.

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Multi-Cloud Data Transfer: How to Solve the Challenge

In a multi-cloud environment, applications and databases run in different cloud service providers. Maintaining an efficient, secure flow of data can be challenging. Learn how to replace clunky legacy approaches to solving this ever-increasing problem.

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Beautiful Automation Workflows To Inspire Your Next UAC Project

Explore the art of the possible with these automation workflows built within the Universal Automation Center's drag-and-drop workflow engine. See real workflows designed to solve some of our customer's biggest automation challenges.

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Breaking Down the New Workload Automation Research from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)

Learn about the key facts of the latest report from EMA - Democratizing IT Automation in a Multi-Cloud World - Tools, Teams, Culture, and Best Practices for Automation Success - Get insights on the latest trends in the WLA and digitalization space.

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Bridge the On-Premises to Cloud Data Pipeline Gap Using Kubernetes

Learn how enterprises automate complex data pipelines, using Kubernetes to connect containerized applications in the cloud to on-premises platforms and applications.

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A Customer Point of View: Workload Automation and the Cloud

Learn what Stonebranch customers are saying about workload automation and the move to the cloud. Discover how SaaS-based WLA supports the orchestration across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments.

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DevOps Orchestration Strategies to Achieve True Scale

Learn why leading enterprises are turning to service orchestration and automation platforms (SOAP) to help centrally orchestrate the automation necessary to use DevOps across the entire business.

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What is Hyperautomation, and Where Does Workload Automation Fit?

The meaning of the term “hyperautomation” isn’t obvious from the name. Yet, according to Gartner, hyperautomation is one of the most important strategic technology trends of 2020 and 2021. Learn what it is and why IT Ops should be paying attention. Read this article to learn more.

6 Ways Service Orchestration and Automation Differs from Workload Automation—and Why it Matters

Workload Automation VS Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms—and Why it Matters

Workload automation is still a vital part of IT automation. However, by adding comprehensive orchestration to the picture, enterprises can now automate across hybrid IT environments and an unlimited number of disparate on-premises and cloud systems. In this article we discuss the differences between WLA and SOAP

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Workload Automation is Dead, Long Live Workload Automation!

As organizations began moving to hybrid IT environments, workload automation's future was uncertain. But WLA adapted and is now more important than ever. Learn how workload automation is different from, but still central to, service orchestration and automation.

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How IT Automation’s Next Generation of Platforms Meet Five Important New Demands

IT Automation’s evolution supports five important new end-user demands. Learn what they are and how enterprises are adapting.

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Five Key Solutions within the Universal Automation Center Platform

What does the Universal Automation Center platform really do? Hint, way more than job scheduling. This primer is for anybody interested in taking full advantage of the platform’s powerful real-time hybrid IT orchestration and automation capabilities.

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The Road to DevOps: How IT Automation Unites IT Ops and Developers

DevOps brings together the previously siloed IT Operations and Developer teams, combining them into one IT project taskforce focused on the highest quality output and IT environment management for their organization. In this infographic, discover how IT automation helps IT operations and developers work together to transform IT with the DevOps methodology.

Stonebranch Online Mid-Point Highlights

The Stonebranch Online Educational Forum has reached the halfway mark. Here, we take a look back at some of the highlights of the series so far.

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Key Features of Job Scheduling Software and What’s New

Job scheduling may not be a new technology. However, scheduling software has dramatically changed along with the evolution of IT. Modern updates include supporting organizations by proactively reducing errors, offering a single point of visibility and control, improving ease-of-use for all kinds of end users, and expanding into the cloud.

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Introducing Stonebranch Online – Overview of this Must-See Virtual Event Series

Registration is now open for Stonebranch Online, a virtual education series featuring presentations from prominent customers and Stonebranch executives. Read on to learn about sessions that cover several exciting new Stonebranch features including infrastructure-as-code, jobs-as-code, and how to manage automation across your hybrid IT environment.

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SaaS Workload Automation – Benefits and Advantages

Explore the benefits of deploying a workload automation solution via a cloud-based SaaS model. Top reasons include the elimination of infrastructure requirements and the ability to easily upgrade to the latest version.