Issue 6: Workflow Automation & Serverless Computing

We've successfully integrated Control-M with Astronomer and OCI Functions, representing a major leap forward in workflow automation and serverless computing.

With Astronomer, you can streamline the creation, scheduling, and monitoring of Apache Airflow workflows, all managed seamlessly by Control-M’s robust automation capabilities. This integration ensures scalable and efficient orchestration of your application workflows, providing a secure and highly available environment for data processing and analytics pipelines.

The integration with OCI Functions enables you to automate and manage serverless workflows effortlessly. Deploy your functions in OCI Functions and use Control-M to trigger them based on workflow schedules or events. This enhances agility and operational efficiency and optimizes resource usage, ensuring cost-effective operations for business-critical applications.

New Integrations in August

Astronomer

Astronomer is a managed workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow, designed to simplify the creation, scheduling, and monitoring of data processing and analytics pipelines. It provides organizations with a scalable, secure, and highly available environment for running Apache Airflow. Integrating with Control-M enhances workflow management and automation, ensuring seamless orchestration and operational efficiency.

Key Features:

• Unified Orchestration: Control-M integrates seamlessly with Astronomer to manage and automate Apache Airflow workflows.
• User Interface Integration: Utilize Control-M’s intuitive interface to schedule, monitor, and manage Airflow DAGs within Astronomer.

Main Use Cases:

• Efficient Automation: Simplify application workflow automation with robust scheduling and orchestration capabilities.
• Scalable Operations: Leverage Astronomer’s automated scaling and Control-M’s job management for efficient and scalable data processing.

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OCI Functions

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Functions is a serverless compute service that allows developers to create, run, and scale functions without managing any infrastructure. Integrating OCI Functions with Control-M enables seamless automation and management of serverless workflows.

Key Features:

• Automated Function Triggering: Deploy functions in OCI Functions and use Control-M to automate the triggering of these functions based on workflow schedules or events. This integration streamlines workflow automation, enhancing agility and reducing operational overhead.
• Scalable Serverless Compute: OCI Functions, leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and the Fn Project engine, offers scalable, on-demand Functions-as-a-Service. Integrating with Control-M enables dynamic scaling of compute resources, ensuring reliable performance for data processing tasks.

Main Use Cases:

• Dynamic Workload Management: Utilize Control-M to orchestrate OCI Functions, dynamically managing workloads and optimizing resource allocation based on application demands. This capability enhances operational efficiency and responsiveness in application deployments.
• Cost-Efficient Operations: Integrate Control-M with OCI Functions to automate and optimize resource usage, reducing costs associated with idle compute resources. This integration ensures efficient utilization of serverless compute capabilities for business-critical applications.

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78 new integrations since January 2021

What's Next?

With these integrations, you can unlock new opportunities to streamline workflows and boost project efficiency.

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