Overcoming Cloud and DevOps Challenges with ANOW!

Workload automation (WLA) is one of the cornerstones of today’s data center architecture – with WLA systems, IT processes are streamlined, scheduled and orchestrated, bridging the growing diversity of IT platforms.

The move from traditional workload automation to intelligent, end-to-end orchestration is accelerating. This change is one of the clearest signals we've seen from the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAP), and it comes at an important moment for Beta Systems. For the second year in a row, Beta Systems has been positioned as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SOAP. But beyond vendor positioning, the 2026 report provides an important view into where enterprise automation is heading. The evolution is not simply from job scheduling to more sophisticated workload automation. SOAPs are increasingly becoming the operational layer connecting applications, infrastructure, data pipelines, cloud services, and now AI agents. Here are our key takeaways from the 2026 research.

For years, public procurement authorities faced the same dilemma when purchasing IT: technological independence, data sovereignty, and the ability to exit were clearly relevant from a technical perspective, but difficult to address under procurement law. Authorities that made them procurement criteria risked challenges based on discrimination or insufficient connection to the contract's subject matter. As a result, the system favored the lowest price. With the Procurement Acceleration Act, which took effect on July 1, 2026, lawmakers have resolved this dilemma.