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While IT orchestration and automation is our bread and butter, we understand that it is a complex and multifaceted topic that sparks conversation and inquiry. Our blog is our way of trying to address some of those questions, and build as diverse a knowledge base as possible for the Stonebranch community.

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Read the success story | How a Fortune 1000 Insurer Modernized Its Mainframe with Hybrid IT Orchestration

How a Fortune 1000 Insurer Modernized Its Data with Hybrid IT Orchestration on IBM Z

See how a Fortune 1000 insurer modernized its IT with Stonebranch UAC — orchestrating workloads across a hybrid environment for agility, compliance, and cost savings. With Stonebranch UAC, it orchestrated workloads across z/OS, AWS, Azure, and on-prem for agility, compliance, and cost savings.
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Read the blog: Essential Insights from the Gartner 2025 Critical Capabilities for SOAPs Report

Essential Insights from the 2025 Gartner Critical Capabilities for SOAPs Report

Discover the Critical Capabilities and Use Cases identified by Gartner in the 2025 Critical Capabilities for Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAPs) report.
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Airflow Event-Based Triggers with Stonebranch

Airflow Event-Based Triggers with Stonebranch

How to enable Apache Airflow for real-time data pipelines with event-based automation.
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Read the Blog | What is a Service Orchestration and Automation Platform (SOAP): Six Key Components

What is a Service Orchestration and Automation Platform (SOAP)?

This article deep dives into Gartner’s SOAP category, with the goal of understanding key differentiating capabilities, a little history, and how it helps enterprises achieve IT orchestration and automation across their business.
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Read the blog: SOAP Insights from the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Report

SOAP Insights from the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Report

Understand the evolving SOAP market, the role of AI and cloud-native architectures, and why Stonebranch is named as a Leader.
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Read the blog | IT Infrastructure Modernization Through Smarter Workload Placement and Hybrid IT Orchestration

IT Infrastructure Modernization Through Smarter Workload Placement and Hybrid IT Orchestration

IT infrastructure modernization is more than upgrades. See how intelligent workload placement and orchestration deliver continuous optimization across cloud, on-prem, and containerized systems.
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Read the Blog | Workload Orchestration vs Workload Automation — and Why it Matters

Workload Orchestration vs Workload Automation — and Why it Matters

Workload automation is still a vital part of the IT ecosystem. However, workload orchestration elevates it by connecting hybrid IT environments, breaking down data silos, and enabling advanced ML operations.
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Read the Blog | Serverless Containers, AI Workloads, and Edge: Why Container Management is Going Mainstream

Serverless Containers, AI Workloads, and Edge: Why Container Management is Going Mainstream

Explore Gartner-backed predictions about the rise of serverless containers, AI workloads, and edge computing. Learn how Stonebranch helps automate container orchestration in hybrid IT environments.
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Read the Blog | Cloud Automation: Tools and Benefits in 2025

Cloud Automation: Tools and Benefits in 2025

Learn which cloud automation tools exist to automate cloud resources, SaaS applications, infrastructure, and security. And finally, learn the benefits of orchestration.
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Read the blog post | What is Cloud Automation? Why it Matters for Modern IT Teams

What is Cloud Automation? Why it Matters for Modern IT Teams

Cloud automation 101: the basics, the benefits, and how to streamline operations by orchestrating cloud resources across the hybrid IT enterprise.

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Learn how and why to use Stonebranch Universal Automation Center (UAC) to schedule applications on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).

Orchestrate Kubernetes Workloads on Google Cloud with Universal Automation Center

Learn how and why to use Stonebranch Universal Automation Center (UAC) to schedule applications on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).

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Read the Blog | How to Modernize Mainframe Applications: Strategies that Work

How to Modernize Mainframe Applications: Strategies that Work

Discover the benefits of transforming legacy systems for hybrid IT environments, explore mainframe modernization strategies, and learn how to modernize mainframe applications.
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Read the blog | What is Agentic Automation? A Look at the Future of Autonomous Business Operations

What is Agentic Automation? A Look at the Future of Autonomous Business Operations

Explore how agentic automation transforms business ops with intelligent agents — and why orchestration is the key to connecting, governing, and scaling these agents in real-world environments.
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Read the blog | Disaster Recovery Orchestration: Strategies, Tools, and Benefits

Disaster Recovery Orchestration: Strategies, Tools, and Benefits

Disaster recovery orchestration minimizes downtime, eliminates manual errors, and ensures business continuity across complex hybrid IT environments.
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Read the blog | Automation Trends 2025: Top Takeaways from the Annual Global State of IT Automation Report

Automation Trends 2025: Top Takeaways from the Annual Global State of IT Automation Report

Discover the top five IT automation trends for 2025, including the rise of automation-as-a-service, hybrid IT orchestration, and the growing role of business users in self-service automation.
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Read the blog | Stonebranch UAC 7.8 Release Offers Automation for All

Stonebranch UAC 7.8 Release Offers Automation for All

Stonebranch UAC 7.8 introduces the Universal Portal for self-service automation, plus additional enhancements: re-certified SAP agent, OpenShift deployment, Postgres database support, and improved IBM i integration.
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Read the blog | What is Human-in-the-Loop Automation?

What is Human-in-the-Loop Automation?

Learn how human-in-the-loop (HITL) automation combines human approvals with IT automation. Discover key use cases throughout the organization —and how a SOAP integrates with tools like Slack, Teams, ServiceNow, and Jira for seamless workflows.
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Self Service Automation: Best Practices for Organizational Efficiency

Self-Service Automation Best Practices for IT Efficiency

Self service automation can help break down organizational silos to boost employee efficiency. Check out these best practices to help your help desk reduce the burden of routine business requests.
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