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.

Open-source dependencies accelerate software development but come with risks. Outdated libraries, missing patches, and even supply chain attacks can slip in unnoticed. In the first three months of 2025 alone, the MITRE Foundation registered over twelve thousand new CVEs – around 130 new entries every day. Each could, in principle, affect third-party code within a product. High-profile cases such as Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) and the recent compromise of npm packages by the Shai-Hulud worm in September and November 2025 illustrate the point: without a clear strategy for dependency management, a single weakness can threaten millions of systems at once. In this article, we explain how Beta Systems secures the software supply chain through effective dependency management and automation.

Discover why ANOW!® Suite by Beta Systems ranked number one in the Enterprise Management Associates Radar Report for Workload Automation and Orchestration 2025 for the fourth consecutive time, with top scores in Product Strength and Deployment Cost Efficiency and special recognition for observability‑enabled automation. Beta Systems is recognized by analysts for its pioneering approach – infusing observability and AI into orchestration and setting a new benchmark for advanced workload automation platforms.