Whitepaper & e-book

Cron Automation: Analysis, Optimization and Automation of Cron Executed Scripts

This whitepaper describes how Stonebranch would analyze, optimize and further automate and improve performance, security and control of Cron-based scripts via Universal Automation Center.

Managing, controlling and automating business critical data and tasks doesn’t have to be challenging, limited to local servers or time consuming. The automation of Linux Cron jobs and tasks can be made very easy. With Stonebranch you can easily eliminate all the drawbacks of your existing Cron scheduling environment.

In this whitepaper you'll discover the following highlights:

  • Single Point of Control
    UAC real-time dashboard allows a centralized setup, control and monitoring of all business processes by a fully customizable Web-GUI
  • Self-Service Conversion
    No need for heavy migration projects. XCT supports a fully self-service conversion of all existing Cron jobs and task and enables the central management of all scripts via script library
  • Decreased Batch Processing Time
    Real-time resource control of event-based and time-based processes and tasks including critical path handling
  • Consolidated Automation
    Unify all services, users and processes into a single, easy to manage solution

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