In times like these it becomes increasingly difficult to ask management to spend money on the extra manpower we would like to make our job easier. In lieu of a warm blooded carbon unit (sorry a little too much Sci-Fi this weekend), having a tool that can do the work of one, two or even three people really does make life easier. Trouble is that most times these solutions call for a lot of work in setting up scripts or configuring batch files to create this kind of automation. Many times these are slow and error prone as well.
Needleless to say that while they do bring relief (eventually), they cause much heartache before you get hem to a working state. And then many times we are limited in what a single script or batch file can do in way of automation. VSoft Technologies has solved the problem plaguing many Admins with their Automise software. Automise 2 (the latest release) allows you to create automated tasks for your Windows environment by using a simple drag and drop solution.
It was cool to see how easy I could automate a task and even troubleshoot a task that failed to automate. For those who need to report on what is getting done each day. Automise 2 has a comprehensive logging feature to help troubleshoot and see how tasks completed. Automise 2 comes with 380 built-in actions which allow you to not only create and automate a single task, but you can create workflows to automate entire processes for your IT department. To any IT Admin this would be an answered prayer (unless you like going through the tedious steps of re-starting a web server each night at 10:30 pm, rather than going home and relaxing). Using the built in actions Automise 2 will allow you to automate task such as:
For a complete list of tasks that can be automated check out VSoft’s feature matrix , the feature matrix contains a list of actions for each feature you can automate within Windows. Automise 2 has a 30 day evaluation that can be downloaded here Automise 2. Automise is a great tool to help make your world “A Better (Automated) Windows World”.
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Ron Barrett, Director of e-Strategy for ClipTraining , is an independent trainer, author and consultant. He has been a technology professional for over 12 years, working for several major financial services firms and dotcoms. Ron is a specialist in network infrastructure, security, and IT management. He is the author of Office Communications Server 2007 R2: How-To , as well as co-author of Windows Server 2008: How-To and The Administrator’s Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 Servers. Ron has been a co-author or technical editor for several other books on Windows administration. Along with book writing, Ron has contributed to several industry magazines such as Redmond, Datamation and Windows IT Pro. Beyond writing, Ron has spoken at several technology conferences for CPAmerica, AICPA and MCP’s TECHMENTOR. Recently Ron has joined ClipTraining as the Director of e-Strategy in an effort to further the company’s presence via the Internet and social networking channels.
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