Securities America collects daily market data from a variety of sources, processes it in several databases, then distributes customized reports to its customers. Behind the scenes, more than 10,000 jobs are run to transfer files securely, encrypt/decrypt files, and generate reports. The IT team had to manage an abundance of servers to run individual tasks,... Read More
U.S. Sugar used a combination of the SAP Job Scheduler and various FTP applications' jobs to execute its data extracts and data processes. To run jobs reliably, the team needed to build ample padding into the schedule to allow the SAP jobs to finish before the file transfers started. Read More
Camden Asset Management needed to continuously convert accounting and trading data, pull in financial data from various sources, and distribute P&L reports to its internal and external customers. They used a mix of SQL Agent, Windows Task Scheduler, and open source scheduler SOS to run the thousands of jobs necessary for these business processes, but... Read More