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Stonebranch, Inc is a privately held software company with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The company offers a service orchestration and automation platform.[1], and works in the areas of job scheduling and workload automation[2], cloud computing automation, IT infrastructure automation[3], data pipeline orchestration, and orchestration (computing)[1]
Stonebranch's global headquarters are in Atlanta, GA. Their European headquarters are based out of Frankfurt, Germany. Employees are distributed across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.
History:
Stonebranch was founded in 1999. Their initial product offering was Indesca, which was re-branded as the Universal Agent. In 2003, Stonebranch launched Infitran, which was rebranded as Universal Data Mover.
In 2011, Stonebranch merged with OpsWise. The OpsWise Automation Center was a job scheduling and workload automation platform. Opswise Automation Center was re-branded as the Universal Controller.
In 2014, the Stonebranch portfolio of applications were brought together as an integrated platform called Universal Automation Center (UAC).
In 2017, Stonebranch acquired Daring*
In 2021, Stonebranch launched the Universal Integration Platform.
In 2022, Stonebranch launched the Universal Data Mover Gateway
Products:
Stonebranch is a platform intended to support automation and orchestration of IT processes. The platform uses integrations to connect with third-party applications. Integrations are developed using a mix of agent technology, APIs, and web hooks. Stonebranch is categorized as a Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAP). According to Gartner, SOAPs enable I&O leaders to design and implement business services. These platforms combine workflow orchestration, workload automation and resource provisioning across an organization’s hybrid digital infrastructure[1]. Additionally, Gartner recognizes Stonebranch as a representative vendor in the DataOps software category[4] and the Infrastructure Automation and Orchestration software category[3]
The product line consists of:
- Universal Automation Center (UAC): Stonebranch platform, which includes the below components.
- Universal Controller (initially released as Automation Center in 2008) - Web-based application that manages and automates workloads.
- Universal Agent (UA) (initially released as Indesca in 1999) - Application designed to connect and control automation within third-party applications.
- Universal Data Mover (UDM) (initially released as Infitran in 2003) - A sub-component of the Universal Agent, UDM is a managed file transfer (MFT) solution.
- Universal Integration Platform (UIP) (initially released in 2021) - A platform used to connect UAC with third-party applications.
- Universal Data Mover Gateway (UDMG) (initially released in 2022) - provides B2B managed file transfers (MFT) between trading partners.
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Saunderson, Chris (January 23, 2023). "Market Guide for Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms". Gartner (G00780814): 1.
- ^ Twing, Dan (September 28, 2023). "EMA Radar™ Report for Workload Automation and Orchestration 2023: Stonebranch". Enterprise Management Associates (EMA): 33.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 Saunderson, Chris (February 21, 2024). "Market Guide for Infrastructure Automation and Orchestration Tools". Gartner (G00728244): 1.
- ^ Thanaraj, Robert (December 5, 2022). "Market Guide for DataOps Tools". Gartner (G00775360): 1.
Category:Job scheduling Category:Cloud computing Category:IT infrastructure