CA-7 is a

job scheduling A job scheduler is a computer application for controlling unattended background program execution of jobs. This is commonly called batch scheduling, as execution of non-interactive jobs is often called batch processing, though traditional ''job' ...

workflow automation A workflow consists of an orchestrated and repeatable pattern of activity, enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information. It can be depicted as a sequence of ...

software package sold by

CA Technologies CA Technologies, formerly known as CA, Inc. and Computer Associates International, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in New York City. It is primarily known for its business-to-business (B2B) software with a product p ...

(formerly CA, Inc. and Computer Associates International, Inc.). It is commonly used by banks and other large enterprises with

IBM mainframe IBM mainframes are large computer systems produced by IBM since 1952. During the 1960s and 1970s, IBM dominated the large computer market. Current mainframe computers in IBM's line of business computers are developments of the basic design of t ...

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s. In 1987, Computer Associates took ownership of the product when it acquired its archrival,

UCCEL UCCEL Corp, previously called University Computing Company ("UCC"), was a data processing service bureau on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. It was founded by the Wyly brothers (Sam and Charles, Jr.) in 1963.

Corporation. CA subsequently renamed it from UCC-7 to CA-7, as was done with product prefixes for UCC-1 ( tape library management) and UCC-11 (

batch job Computerized batch processing is a method of running software programs called jobs in batches automatically. While users are required to submit the jobs, no other interaction by the user is required to process the batch. Batches may automatically ...

rerun/restart), etc.

References

External links

*https://www.broadcom.com/products/mainframe/intelligent-ops-automation/automation/ca7-workload-automation * https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/28/rbs_job_cuts_and_offshoring_software_glitch/ * http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ulster-bank-backlog-banking-customers-royal-bank-of-scotland-507284-Jul2012/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043734/http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca-7/ca-7/infodocs/ca7-r11datasheet.pdf * http://www.siliconrepublic.com/strategy/item/27990-rbs-may-sue-ca-over-softwar {{business-software-stub Workflow applications CA Technologies IBM mainframe software