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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.

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.

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!

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.

What's New in Universal Automation Center V7.2

3 Big Updates You’ll Love in Universal Automation Center V7.2

UAC’s latest release offers a new modern interface, universal monitors, and enhancements to jobs-as-code, workflow creation, security, integrations, and more. These are our three favorites.

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Infographic: What's Changed in IT Automation and Orchestration?

Attendees of the 2021 Stonebranch Online virtual summit offered their perspectives on modern IT ecosystems. This infographic summarizes their responses and identifies some key trends facing IT, data, and development teams today.

See What's in Store in the New Stonebranch Integration Hub

See What’s in Store in the New Stonebranch Integration Hub

In a world where Orchestration = Integration, the new Stonebranch Integration Hub makes it easier than ever to find pre-built extensions that establish secure integrations with third-party applications and allow you to create seamless workflows across any system in your hybrid IT environment.

Stonebranch Online 2021 - Sept 28 through Oct 28

Sneak Peek: Stonebranch Online 2021 Educational Forum

It’s almost here! Join us for a month-long series of educational webinars dedicated to empowering IT automation professionals with an insightful lineup of industry trends, customer success stories, and UAC solution demos.

Most Digital Transformations Fail. What does it take to succeed?

Most Digital Transformations Fail. How to Succeed?

Discover how a modern service orchestration and automation platform (SOAP) can be a core enabler for your digital transformation.

Blog Infrastructure Orchestration Across Hybrid Environments

Infrastructure Orchestration Across a Hybrid Environment

Learn how to dominate the management of your hybrid infrastructure to orchestrate everything between multi-cloud and legacy on-premises environments.

Blog Digital Platform Conductor Tools: Bring Order to Your Infrastructure Chaos

Digital Platform Conductor Tools: Bring Order to Your Infrastructure Chaos

Learn about Gartner's Digital Platform Conductor tools category, including how it differs from hybrid digital infrastructure management tools.

Header Image Beautiful Workflows Built in UAC: Get Inspired for Your Next Automation Project

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.

top trends impacting I&O teams in 2021

7 Top Trends in Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) in 2021

Learn about 2021's top trends in Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) - including trends related to IT automation, orchestration of cloud services and empowering business users with self-service processes.

What Stonebranch Customers are Saying About WLA and the Move to the Cloud

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.

Long Live Workload Automation! How Workload Automation has evolved. Read Article

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.