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CA Tech Insider - CA Workload Automation

Issue 8   |  December 2011

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Announcements

CA World 2011
CA World® 2011 Virtual Exhibition Center
CA World 2011 was an outstanding event that brought together over 6,000 IT management experts from around the world to share best practices and experience new solutions from CA Technologies, our customers and our partner ecosystem. If you weren't able to attend CA World 2011, we are bringing some of CA World 2011 to you.

Extend your CA World 2011 experience with access to content and tools you'll need to get your IT service delivery moving at the speed of business. The CA World 2011 Virtual Exhibition Center offers access to all the general sessions, keynotes, smart sessions and interviews with industry luminaries from our broadcast center. You'll also find session presentations, demos, videos, webcasts, and product collateral from each of our tracks and focus areas.

Connect, Learn and Share With MyCAConnect, Learn and Share With MyCA
MyCA is where you can connect, learn and share on ca.com with new features to improve your online experience. CA Community members can test drive the new beta features that integrate online support and Go Live with CA Technologies project management into MyCA.

To register for MyCA and build your personal MyCA page:

  • Go to the MyCA link at the top of any ca.com page. Enter your login information or register.
  • Update your profile by clicking your first name at the very top of the web page.
  • Then click the Edit Profile button and enter an Alias/Screen Name that makes you easily identifiable, such as firstname_lastname - no spaces are allowed. Click Submit.
  • Click Take Me Back to return to your MyCA page, join a CA Community and start sharing!

The Training and Insights area on your MyCA home page will help answer your questions about interacting with CA Communities. Visit the MyCA Help Library for more information and "how to" videos.

Service Pack Releases

General Availability Announcement CA AutoSys® Workload Automation r11.0 SP5 and
CA Workload Control Center r11.1 SP3

In recent months, we announced the availability of CA AutoSys Workload Automation r11.0 SP5 and CA Workload Control Center r11.1 SP3. These Service Packs include all maintenance published prior to this update. By installing these Service Packs, you ensure that your systems are current on maintenance for CA AutoSys Workload Automation r11 and CA Workload Control Center 11.1. For more information and details on this announcement, go to the product page on support.ca.com.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Green Books and Green Papers

CA Green Books and Green Papers - providing implementation best practices and use case scenarios to assist you with optimizing CA Products and solutions in your IT environment. Available for download on CA Support Online at ca.com/greenbooks.

COMMUNITIES

Communities/Group Events

Gain valuable product knowledge and insight with CA Communities. Could you benefit from practical product knowledge from other CA solution users? Would you like to have insight into product roadmaps, presentations and product specific training? Visit communities.ca.com, where you will find the directory of online global user communities and regional user groups with event listings, message boards/discussion forums, document libraries and more. Joining a CA Community is as easy as logging in with your CA Support Online identification, searching for available communities, and clicking "JOIN COMMUNITY" on the respective community's home page.

Webcasts and Videos

CA Workload Automation AE r11.3: Why Upgrade?
New capabilities in r11.3 provide the increased agility customers need to keep up with their ever-growing business demands. Watch this webinar to hear Charles Ealy, Advisor Product Management for CA Workload Automation, talk about how these capabilities will allow you to process more workloads reliably and cost-effectively on all platforms and in all types of environments.

In this webinar, we will highlight:

  • How r11.3 is different from the previous versions?
  • What tangible benefits can be achieved by moving to r11.3?
  • What was the feedback from our Beta Program?
  • What is the migration process?
  • What's next on the Roadmap of CA Workload Automation?

Preventing Chaos in Your Workload Environment Webinar
What if you could resolve job failures before they cause business disruptions? What if you could prevent job failures from happening in the first place?

Watch this joint webinar to learn how xMatters and CA Technologies can help you solve these problems. You will learn about the common causes of job failures and the technologies you can use to resolve or even avoid them altogether.

CA Client Management Solutions Global User Community
The next CA Client Management Solutions Global User Community meeting/webcast will be held on January 18, 2012, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. ET. The topics will include a roadmap presentation by Allan Anderson, a user presentation TBD, and a demo of the new CA Support functionality on MyCA. Check the calendar and/or message board on the CA Workload Automation (Distributed) Global User Community on MyCA for call details.

Click here to access the replay to the most recent Webcast for the CA Client Management Solutions Community, held on October 06, 2011. Please use the "Live Meeting Replay" as opposed to the "Live Meeting High Fidelity Replay" - there have been some issues with the High Fidelity version. The following topics were covered:

Expand CA Client Automation Reporting with CA Business Intelligence (CABI) Reports - During this webcast, we discussed the concept of CABI reporting and demonstrated a number of the reports shipped with CA Client Automation, as well as how to modify the out of the box report.

CA Workload Automation (Distributed) Global User Community
The next CA Workload Automation (Distributed) Global User Community meeting/webcast will be held on January 10, 2012, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET. The following topics will be covered:

  • President's/GUC Updates - Dexter Stark, Wells Fargo
  • WA Solutions Update - Charlie Ealy, CA Technologies
  • CA World Recap - Louis Vandenberg, Nike
  • Feature Presentation: "Upgrade AutoSys® to R11 the Hard Way - A Case Study" - Mike Morley, Talbots

Abstract: AutoSys Upgrade. The author will discuss the trials and tribulations of upgrading a Unix-based AutoSys 4.5 environment to a Windows-based 11.0 environment. The twist in this upgrade/migration is that the database was also changed from Oracle to SQL Server. Learn helpful tips for a successful migration as well as what mistakes to avoid and how to execute a nearly seamless deployment. Check the calendar and/or message board on the CA Workload Automation (Distributed) Global User Community on MyCA for call details.

Click here to access the replay to the most recent Webcast for the CA Workload Automation (Distributed) Community, held on July 12, 2011. The agenda included:

  • President's Update - Presented by Dexter Stark
  • WA Solution Update - Presented by Charlie Ealy, CA Technologies
  • "CA Process Automation Featuring the Workload Automation Power Packs" - Presented by Mark Sigler & Kaj Wierda, CA Technologies. Learn how CA Process Automation helps CA Customers improve productivity and reduce human error through the implementation of automated workflows.

CA Workload Automation (Mainframe) Global User Community
Click here to access the replay to the most recent Webcast held on September 13, 2011. The agenda included:

  • Brett Hartmann from Independent Statistical Service, Inc., delivered the keynote presentation.
    Topic: While using CA Workload Automation EE R11.3, using Templates in conjunction with ESP symbolics to simplify, reduce maintenance and dynamically trigger repetitive applications.
  • CA World® 2011 Update
  • CA World 2011 Registration Giveaway
  • Product Updates

Click here to access the replay to the most recent CA 7® related Webcast held on May 18, 2011. The agenda included:

  • CA 7 New User Interface
  • Perpetual Calendars

EDUCATION

The education suite for Workload Automation AE r11.3 is now complete and in the catalog for internal and external audiences:

CA Workload Automation AE r11.3: Differences 200 03AUT20100 WBT 1 hour
CA Workload Automation AE r11.3: Installation 200 03AUT20121 V/ILT 3 days
CA Workload Automation AE r11.3: Foundations 200 03AUT20111 V/ILT 3 days
CA Workload Automation AE r11.3: Security Implementation 300 03AUT30051 V/ILT 3 days

*V/ILT = Virtually taught, instructor led
*WBT = Web based training, self-paced

Role-based Learning Paths: CA Workload Automation AE r11

SERVICES

CA Services helps you derive maximum benefit from your investment in CA Workload Automation solutions, deliver greater business results, and speed time to value. Our services, from implementations through optimizations, help to:

  • Speed deployment and accelerate your staff learning curves
  • Lower risks through the use of established best practices
  • Improve alignment of your product configuration to your business's requirements
  • Drive additional product value post-installation through health checks and optimizations

Click here for a full list of Services offerings.


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