A new name for Tivoli Workload Scheduler

In June we had released the new 9.3 version. The the new release, in addition to the new great features like the what-if, is also changing the name of the product, aligning the name of the product to IBM organization and strategy.

Starting with 9.3, IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler is now just IBM Workload Scheduler

 

Actually there are more names to identify the product, based on the platform or the licencing, let's see all of them.

On-Premise version (the product you install on your machines) use these names:

• IBM Workload Scheduler when licenced per PVU (Processor Value Unit), customers pay based on machines that you manage with IWS.
• IBM Workload Automation when licensed per job, customers pay for the amount of jobs run by IWS.

IBM ServiceEngage / IBM MarketPlace (Cloud Software as a Service offering):

• IBM Workload Automation on Cloud, customers just install the agents while the servers are on IBM Cloud. The price is per jobs run in the month.

BlueMix (Cloud Platform as a Service offering):

• Workload Scheduler for IBM Cloud, customers can easily use the service on the cloud to schedule their application running on IBM Cloud (a.k.a. Bluemix) or other clouds, control Workload Scheduler via APIs and optionally install on-premise agents to implement hybrid workflows. The price is based on the jobs actually run.

Since 9.3 Tivoli Workload Scheduler for Application does not exist anymore and all it's functionality are now included directly in all the above offerings.

Informally we will probably continue to call the product TWS for many years, as many are still using Maestro and OPC, but for the purpose of this blog I will use IBM Workload Scheduler (or just IWS) when I'll talk generically about the product and not about a specific offering.

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