Integrating Web Service Applications into Your Automation Strategy

Maintaining “islands of automation” isn’t enough anymore. In today’s competitive environment, you need the efficiency of enterprise-wide automation. But where can you find a solution that can automate all your business and IT processes, from legacy applications running on servers in your data center, to service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications running in virtual environments, to software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications running in the cloud? SOA and cloud application automation is especially challenging, because these applications are typically loosely coupled components rather than distinct systems—meaning that traditional automation methods just won’t work.

UC4’s Agent for Web Services solves the problem. It automates SOA and cloud applications by executing web services written in Web Services Description Language (WSDL) or Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). And it works in partnership with UC4’s V8 Automation Engine, enabling you to bridge the gap between old and new applications and automate processing across your enterprise.

With UC4 Agent for Web Services, you can:  

Save Time and Improve Accuracy
Eliminate manual tasks, saving time for both end users and IT staff and improving process accuracy and consistency across the enterprise.

Trigger Processes Based on Events or Time
Set up automated processes to be triggered by any of a number of events—arrival of a file, a change in data repository values, the arrival of a console message, and more. You can also set up processes to execute transactions based on the contents of a file or table, or on a calendar or time basis.  

Easily Set Up and Manage Web Service Automation
Install the UC4 Agent for Web Services in a matter of minutes, and create jobs easily, with little or no scripting—an advantage not available in any other web service automation product. Just point UC4’s agent to a URL, and it will automatically discover all the available methods that can be executed, and all available input and response values for each one.