Product Overview
OpCon from SMA Solutions is an event-driven workflow automation solution. SMA’s cross-platform technology delivers enhanced operational efficiency throughout the entire enterprise. OpCon empowers organizations to streamline operations, improve service, and reduce IT costs.
With OpCon, you can schedule and monitor a myriad of processes, file transfers, reports, print runs, and backups for fast and flawless execution. You can manage an entire network from one screen without platform-specific expertise, thus increasing productivity.
OpCon eliminates the need to purchase, train people on, and support multiple products and platforms. You can incorporate any application or platform quickly and easily.
This software consists of a core processing component that deploys on a Windows server and can be replicated for high availability requirements. Each system configured for scheduling requires an operating system specific agent to provide the appropriate automation.
General Features
OpCon from SMA Solutions delivers, but is not limited to, the following major features.
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Authentication, encryption, and firewall support
Restricts access to functions, views, and data by user, department, time period, or task. All processes and functions are strictly controlled by user-defined security privileges.
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Distributed architecture across various platforms and operating systems
Works with mainframes and PCs. Offloads and removes excessive overhead from applications processing systems.
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Powerful engine
Handles everything from file transfers across the enterprise to disaster recovery and middleware configuration.
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Integrated dependencies
Implements hundreds of heterogeneous cross-platform dependencies as if they were common to all systems. No outside tables or off-schedule processes are needed.
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Dynamic adjustments
Automatically responds to changes in the environment according to the policies, scenarios, and contingency plans you define in the database.
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Independent and dependent schedules
Supports both sequential and parallel processing. Automatically handles conflicts, dependencies, resources, and priorities.
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Customizable processes
Automates processes sequentially, concurrently, or independently. Prioritizes certain processes over others.
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Rerun and recovery
Provides extensive rerun and recovery capabilities for applications, schedules, and entire departments.
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Scalability
Supports new and emerging technologies as well as legacy systems.
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Flexibility
Supplies utilities to
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Accept parameters that are used to create an external event
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Pass predefined commands to a specified process or to the MCP
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Provide file and process checking as pre-run jobs
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Monitor resources and automatically respond to system and job messages
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Rapid execution
Handles interruptions, dependencies, and outside events in a fraction of the time required by humans. Prioritizes urgent tasks to ensure successful completion.
Configuration Requirements
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MCP Environment |
See the Compatibility Matrices at the URL below. |
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Windows Environment |
See the Compatibility Matrices at the URL below for compatible operating systems and databases. |
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Compatibility Matrices at https://www.support.unisys.com/common/matrices/matrixTOC.aspx?pla=MCP&nav=MCP |
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Ordering Information
Contact your Unisys representative to obtain information about the correct ordering style for SMA Solutions OpCon. Source code is not available for this product.
