ANOW!® Suite

Make your AI act on what your automation actually sees with ANOW!® Suite.

ANOW!® Suite consists of an automation engine and an observability platform. ANOW! Automate runs your workloads; ANOW! Observe reads every run as telemetry.

Modernize enterprise operations
Eliminate legacy constraints
Scale confidently
No vendor lock-in

Find your fit in 4 steps

Step 1 of 4

Which workload automation tool are you running today?

ANOW!® Observe integrates with existing workload-automation tools, so nothing has to be replaced to start.

Supported platforms

KubernetesSAPApache SparkClickHouseTeradataGoogle CloudGitHubMicrosoft AzurePostgreSQLMicrosoft SQL ServerHadoopSnowflakeOracleAWSInformaticaTableauOpenTelemetryIBM z/OS

Analyst recognition

Gartner^® recognizes Beta Systems as a Leader for Service Automation & Orchestration Platforms in 2025.

Evaluated offering: ANOW!® Suite
Report year: 2025
Vendor: Beta Systems Software AG, Berlin

+5BProcesses Automated

800+Customer Installations

99%Customer Retention

Figures reported by Beta Systems across its installed base.

ANOW!® Suite

One automation engine and one observability platform that work as one loop.

ANOW!® Automate runs your workloads. ANOW!® Observe reads every run as telemetry.

ANOW!® Automate

Automation & orchestration

Data pipeline orchestration
One hub for databases, ETL tools and analytics.
Cloud orchestration
One control point across on premises and cloud.
SAP automation
Context-aware automation across R/3, ECC and S/4.

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Managed file transfer
Large-scale transfers across complex environments. Supported systems include Linux, UNIX, AIX, z/OS, Windows, HPUX, Solaris and OpenVMS.
Smart IT operations automation
Automate business-critical operational activities in real time so IT teams can focus on strategic initiatives.
Automation of application processes
Connect business apps and critical systems to gain control over processes and delivery times.
Fast deployment, zero-downtime upgrades
Install and upgrade with zero downtime, via containers or an alternative method of your choice.
Hundreds of out-of-the-box integrations
Ready-made connectors plus custom connectors across cloud services, databases, ERP, ETL, z/OS and more.

ANOW!® Observe

Observability & analytics

Real-time monitoring
Workflows modelled as spans, with live dashboards.
AIOps and Process Analytics
KPI tracking with anomaly detection and SLA history.
Tamper-proof log archiving
One searchable repository for audit readiness.

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Predefined dashboards for immediate insights
Dashboards tailored for workload automation and orchestration, giving a holistic view without building every view from scratch.
Metric monitoring for system health
Continuous KPI tracking with specialized monitoring for Kubernetes and containerized environments.
OpenTelemetry-native flexibility
A vendor-neutral framework for standardized collection of logs, metrics and traces, built for interoperability.
Single-pane-of-glass across hybrid estates
Visibility across processes, infrastructure and applications in multi-tenant and hybrid environments.
Seamless integration with existing WLA tools
Integrates with the workload automation tools you already run, adding visibility without disrupting current workflows.

One loop, two products

One run, seen end to end

See the four stages of a single workload chain as it moves through the ANOW!® Suite.

ANOW!® Automate / execution

CloudData ingest

ETLTransform

SAP S/4Financial close

z/OS agentBatch chain

File transferPublish report

ANOW!® Observe / telemetry from the same run

Anomaly on the critical path. Remediation workflow coordinated by ANOW!® Automate.

Illustrative workload chain. Labels show supported environments, not a customer schedule.

Comparison

ANOW!® Automate pulls ahead of Control-M, Automic and IWS on the criteria architects actually evaluate.

Comparison of ANOW! Automate against Control-M, Automic and IWS across five evaluation criteria.
Criterion	ANOW!® Automate	Control-M	Automic	IWS
Cloud-native architecture	Cloud-native, container-based, zero-downtime upgrades	Established enterprise scheduler	Established enterprise scheduler	Mainframe-rooted scheduler
Mainframe and z/OS support	z/OS in the same control plane as cloud	Yes (agent)	Yes (agent)	Native (IBM z/OS)
EU data sovereignty	German HQ, European vendor, AWS European Sovereign Cloud Launch Partner	US-headquartered vendor (BMC)	US-headquartered vendor (Broadcom)	US-headquartered vendor (IBM)
Compliance posture	Complies with GDPR, ISO 27001, SOX, SOC 2 and PCI DSS	Vendor-specific	Vendor-specific	Vendor-specific
Observability	OpenTelemetry-native, built for workload automation	Add-on / varies	Add-on / varies	Add-on / varies

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ANOW! Automate attributes are Beta Systems vendor facts. Competitor entries describe vendor headquarters and product heritage only and are not a performance benchmark. Compliance statements describe Beta Systems software and development processes, not a product certification. ANOW! Observe is designed to integrate with existing workload-automation tools, so you can add visibility without replacing your current scheduler.

Independent analyst report

Top Rating in the EMA Radar Report

for Workload Automation & Orchestration 2025

Rated on architectural modernity, integration depth, scalability and time-to-value.

Report: EMA Radar for Workload Automation & Orchestration
Edition: 2025
Publisher: Enterprise Management Associates
Evaluated offering: ANOW!® Suite

Before you talk to us

Answers your architecture and audit teams will ask for

Do we have to replace our current scheduler?

No. ANOW!® Observe is designed to integrate with existing workload-automation tools, so you can add workload-aware visibility to what runs today. If you do want to consolidate, ANOW!® Automate can run alongside your existing scheduler while you validate output before anything moves.

SaaS or on premises?

Both. Official material states that the same product functionality is available in both models, with container-based deployment options and a browser interface that needs no additional plugins. Confirm scope and licensing for your specific offer with our team.

What evidence can we produce for an audit?

ANOW! Observe centralises job logs, job output, application and infrastructure logs, Java logs, Syslog and supported OpenTelemetry data with search and configurable retention, plus tamper-proof archiving designed for long-term integrity and forensic analysis. Official materials describe alignment with GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001 and OAIS/ISO 14721 principles for archived data.

How many systems does it connect to?

Hundreds of out-of-the-box integrations plus the ability to build custom connectors across cloud platforms, databases, ERP, ETL, big-data, DevOps, ITSM, infrastructure and z/OS environments, with OpenTelemetry as a vendor-neutral telemetry foundation.

What does the demo actually cover?

Your four answers tell us your current tool, where your workloads run and what matters in the next 12 months. Our team prepares a walkthrough mapped to that stack rather than a generic product tour. No obligation and no purchase step.