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Serves growing demand without reducing functionality. Intelligent Automation Provides additional AI analytics to drive insights. Show More ##### ## Administration (6) Administration Console Provides Administration tools/console that are easy to use and learn for routine maintenance tasks Workflow Management Creates new or streamlines existing workflows to better handle IT support tickets and service. IT Issue Identification Utilizes data to proactively identify and prioritize IT issues. Proactive Workflow Supports trust actions( recommend, manual or automated) to take a decision. Error Alerts Software is able to alert the user immediately in case of a fault in the processing line. Service Management Provides operational access to job scheduling on a 24/7 basis. This gives IT users a flexible point of access to control workloads. Show More ##### ## Functionality (9) Job Scheduling Automates IT related to the running of batch Jobs. API / Integrations Application Programming Interface Specification for how the application communicates with other software. APIs typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc. with other software applications. Integrations Provides true integration with multi vendor tools to ensure business continuity. Batch Scheduling Schedule and run batch processes. Batch Management Add, modify, and remove batch processes. Compatibility Manage batches for multiple languages and operating systems. Reporting Generate reports regarding batch process results. Scalability Grow or shrink batch management capabilities according to need. Process Automation Automate batch scheduling, runs, and additions. Show More ##### ## Data Management (4) Data Integration Integrates data and data-related technologies into a single environment. Metadata Provides metadata management capabilities. Self-service Empowers the user via a self-service capability to manage data workflows. Automated workflows Completely automates end-to-end data workflows across the data integration lifecycle. Show More ##### ## Analytics (2) Analytics capabilities Provides a high performance, flexibile analytics platform to support data management and embrace data driven decision making. Dasboard visualizations Collect and displays metrics across the data integration via a dashboard. Show More ##### ## Monitoring and Management (2) Data Observability Involved solely in monitoring data pipelines, sending alerts and troubleshooting data. Testing capabilities Deploys testing capabilities such as report testing, big data testing, cloud data migration testing, ETL and data warehouse testing. Show More ##### ## Cloud Deployment (2) Hybrid cloud support Supports analytical platforms and data pipelines across complex hybrid environments. Cloud migration capabilities Supports migration of component or pipeline to different cloud environments. Show More ##### ## Generative AI (2) AI Text Generation Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt. AI Text Summarization Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary. 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