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Tidalâ„¢ Enterprise Adapter for Web Services
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Enterprise Job Scheduling in SOA Based Application Ecosystems
In line with the IT trends of datacenter consolidation and streamlining of operations, businesses are
increasingly deploying a single enterprise-wide job scheduler that covers scheduling across all IT
operations, supporting heterogeneous systems including service oriented architecture (SOA) based
applications. And the fact still remains that approximately 70 percent of data and application
integration is accomplished through batch jobs. As a result, scheduling across a fluid SOA environment
using an enterprise job scheduler that can access all applications and systems is critical to successful
execution of all processing.
The Challenge
Scheduling across SOA environments is difficult because SOA applications are not distinct, separate
systems the way traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and infrastructure are. The
boundaries between applications are loosely coupled; the underlying components that provide the services
are not tied to the infrastructure and can be quickly changed and recombined to serve the business in new
ways. As a result, business processes in SOA environments create significant considerations for the
scheduling solutions.
In SOA environments, business process management (BPM) engines expose workflows as web services, which
means schedulers must support web services in order to drive jobs to completion through these
environments. Therefore, it is imperative for the smooth operation of workflows that enterprise
schedulers provide the ability to schedule into those services by utilizing the web services they
provide. To function reliably, business process flows in these environments must integrate flawlessly
with job and job streams defined as part of a larger workflow. The Tidal Enterprise Scheduler Adapter
for Web Services does just that and simplifies scheduling for SOA and provides visibility and control
over jobs of all magnitudes and complexities across all IT operations.
The Solution
Tidal's enterprise scheduling solution offers the easiest to use, most powerful software available to
schedule jobs in environments where a wide variety of applications and systems must be accessed. The
Tidal Enterprise Scheduler Adapter for Web Services extends the reach of the Tidal Enterprise Scheduler
with these critical capabilities that simplify scheduling for SOA environments:
- Allows jobs to be defined that invoke web service operations
- Supports SOAP/HTTP web services that are defined by WSDL
- Parses the WSDL to discover all the defined operations and arguments
- Tidal Enterprise Scheduler variables are used as input arguments to web service calls
With the Tidal Enterprise Scheduler Adapter for Web Services, users can have a unified view of their
entire schedule, regardless of the types of applications, systems, and SOA based composite applications
in place.
Tidal provides you with an integration platform for all your job scheduling needs, and the Adapter for
Web Services is a demonstration of the evolution of the Tidal Enterprise Scheduler to support changing IT
environments. Tidal's scheduling solution eliminates multiple tools, manual intervention, drawn out
resolution times, and many other costly issues. Tidal provides a single interface to manage jobs and
dependencies across the enterprise.
Along with its industry-leading ease of use, Tidal Enterprise Scheduler also includes:
- Highly scalable design
- Sophisticated enterprise calendars
- Role-based security and audit logs
- Automatic job recovery procedures
- Alert management
- Fault tolerance
- Workload balancing
- Web-based access
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