A new, modern GUI, detailed operator privileges, a sophisticated approval system and much more: Discover the new features of BICsuite Release 2.11: New frontend A new frontend based on NodeJS was developed from scratch. The browser-based application has been designed as a single page application. This eliminated a significant downside of the Zope-based frontend. Using it is now also considerably more fluid and pleasant due…
Decentralized workload automation plays a key role in successful digital transformation. Decentralization is an important factor in a company’s dynamic and ability to grow. Moreover, decentralization has a positive effect on the agility, motivation and willingness of teams and managers to take responsibility. The trend towards decentralization in modern corporate cultures is taking place in parallel with the trend towards decentralization in IT: monolithic mainframes…
There is currently a lot of media attention for a discovered security vulnerability in the Java Log4j library. As we take security risks very seriously, we have checked whether the components of our BICsuite and schedulix Workload Automation System written in Java are affected by the issue. We are pleased to inform our customers and interested parties that our system is not affected by the…
With the new release 2.10, BICsuite and schedulix have become even more user-friendly. In Release 2.10 released on 21/05/04, these changes and additions have been made: Zope 4 / 5 Web GUIZope 4 / 5 based on Python 3 is now officially supported for the BICsuite / schedulix Web GUI. Zope 2 based on Python 2 is still supported but will be deprecated in the…
Under certain circumstances, the submission of a batch or job to BICsuite or schedulix is prevented with the error message “Ambigous resolution”. In this article we will show you how this error message can occur and how you can define dependencies so that they can be clearly and unambiguously processed in your Workload Automation System. Example 1 Let’s start with a very simple example. Someone…
We love challenges and invite you to test us. Our timescheduling functionality is extremely powerful due to the possibility of and / or connection, which is why we ask our customers and partners to challenge us from time to time. John’s Challenge: “I want a job that usually runs on the 5th of every month to run only if it’s a working day. If the…
This week you have twice the opportunity to meet us in Berlin. Zalando Tech Talks On Wednesday 6th November Dieter Stubler from independIT speaks at the Zalando Tech Talks about IT Process Automation with schedulix. Before Mario Behling from OpnTec will report on the exciting open source project SUSI.AI. An artificial intelligence that is not only an alternative to Alexa, Siri and Google Home, but…
We are very pleased to announce the new version 2.9 of BICsuite and schedulix. In addition to the already very powerful features of earlier versions, in this release we have paid particular attention to make the operation in some issues even more efficient and flexible. Here are the most important innovations: GUI shell:Although most BICsuite and schedulix tasks are solved with the graphical user interface,…
Great value has always been placed on open source at independIT, but in the past year this emphasis has grown even more. The trend is clearly evident. Ever greater numbers of public authorities and major companies are gradually switching to open source software, which increasingly takes them in search of transparent, viable alternatives to proprietary software systems. As developer of the open source solution schedulix…
Following maintenance work on the server and system outages, backlogs with resource bottlenecks inevitably occur in the workload automation that need to be resolved as quickly as possible. In a backlog situation, the operator team has to take the necessary measures to maintain production operations, and to be able to return to normal operation as quickly as possible. In doing so, key or critical batches…