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MORRISTOWN, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc. (ASCI), maker of ActiveBatch^® workload automation and job scheduling software and other solutions that enhance Windows™, Linux, UNIX, z/OS and OpenVMS systems among others, today announced the availability of a new VMware Extension for ActiveBatch . For the first time, users and developers have the ability to easily deploy and maintain virtual systems within ActiveBatch while also integrating those systems with other applications, databases and platforms inside and/or outside their VMware environment.

ActiveBatch’s new VMware support is made possible through a new set of production-ready job steps in the application’s integrated jobs library. These job steps eliminate the need for command line use and/or expensive scripting, replacing those actions with a convenient drag-and-drop interface.

“With VMware support, ActiveBatch users can achieve a dramatic new level of resource utilization both within and outside the VMware infrastructure,” said Jim Manias, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Advanced Systems Concepts. “By combining ActiveBatch with VMware, for example, you can create and/or power on a virtual machine, submit the workflow, and power off the virtual machine when the workflow has successfully completed, enabling the hardware and software involved to be made available for other purposes. The result is reliable, unattended execution of jobs in a fashion that improves service levels and maximizes the efficient use of computing resources.”

Workload automation and task automation is something my colleagues are always talking about, the concept of less human intervention, of having automated steps to manage batches and workloads so that we can reduce the manual steps and support costs, whilst improving the reliability and availability of the application. Anything we can do to reduce the complexity of the infrastructure, and at the same time improve delivery or reduce cost has to be a good thing.

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