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Production Control - Options You May Not Know You Have Colin Cocksedge

Production Control - Options You May Not Know You Have

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Companies are always looking for ways to extend their current investments, improve operations and drive more value through automation which is never an easy task, but a core requirement for IT. This 30-minute Webinar will provide insights into how to increase flexibility, reduce complexity and better manage your diverse infrastructure of platforms, tools and applications. Business will continue to require ongoing changes and new solutions, but your governance requirements need to be enforced as you manage the workload and increase the automation in your business.

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Production Control - Options You May Not Know You Have

Colin Cocksedge

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Agenda

Production Control Challenges

Barriers to Success

Automation, Integration, Collaboration

Summary

Resources

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Production Control Challenges

The Changing Face of Automation

70% of Business Processes are Performed in Batch

Applications and Users are Part of the Process Chain

50% of Batch Processes Involve File Transfer

Requirements are Extending Beyond the Enterprise to Cloud Environments

Applications Files People

Automation Automation

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Production Control Challenges

The Same Old Objectives

Achieve Service Levels

Increase Efficiency with Reduced Costs

Consolidate and Simplify Technology Management

Shorten Time to Market and Time to Value

Apply Governance to IT Processes to Achieve Compliance

“Your Companies Business is the Business of IT!”

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Barriers To Success

Its Not Getting Any Easier

Complex Environment – Multiple Datacenters / Platforms

Gaps in Automation

Lack of Visibility

Internal Resistance

Too Much Duplicate Technology

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Automation, Integration, Collaboration

Automation Consolidate Tools Visibility for Business

Stakeholders Application Integration Dynamic Processes

Collaboration Ad-hoc Exchange Flexible Deployment Application Integration Integration with Automation

Integration File Movement as Part of

Automation Security Enforcement Application Integration Dynamic Processes

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Automation Strategies

Consolidate Tools Eliminates Redundancy Eliminates Automation Gaps Provides end-to-end and top-to-bottom visibility

Visibility for Business Stakeholders Provides Buy in for Enterprise Automation

Application Integration Supports Modern Applications Eliminates Automation Gaps

Dynamic Processes Supports Modern Applications Eliminates Automation Gaps

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Integration Strategies

File Movement as Part of Automation Manage File Movement in Context of the processes that create and consume the

data

Security Enforcement Ensure that Policy and Compliance Mandates are Met

Application Integration Supports Modern Applications Eliminates Automation Gaps

Dynamic Processes Supports Modern Applications Eliminates Automation Gaps

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Collaboration Strategies

Ad-hoc Exchange Eliminate Manual Processes Eliminate Unsecured Processes

Flexible Deployment Available When and Where Needed without Workstation Install and Setup

Application Integration Make File Exchange Unobtrusive for the End Users Eliminate Manual Processes

Integration with Automation Supports Modern Applications Eliminates Automation Gaps

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Production Control Landscape

Platforms

Applications

DMZ External

Production Control

24 x 7 Operations

Management Policy

Audit and Compliance

Automation Tools

CentralVisibility

& Management

CentralAudit

Compliant, Auditable, and Manageable

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Automation, Integration, Collaboration

Leverage The Data Center’s Tools and Capabilities Become Transparent to Business Stakeholders Integrate with New Applications and Technologies Accept Business User Processes and Preferences

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Summary

Automation, Integration, Collaboration

End to End Visibility and Automation

Single Operational Environment

Better Corporate Security and Enforcement

Single Governance Environment

Increased User AcceptanceUser Process Integration

Increased Automation Capability

Application Process Integration

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Resources

This Presentation

Enterprise Management Associates - Whitepaper“Reducing Costs with Consolidated Job Scheduling and Intelligent File Transfer”

BTQ Quarterly Podcast (Audio or Transcript)“Files in no Time Flat”

z/Journal Article"Securing Mission-Critical Data Through Managed File Transfer“

Case Studies

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Colin [email protected]

404 432 6377

Questions?