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The Importance of a Drift Detection Tool

I recently talked with an analyst that is new to the DevOps space, and he asked a question that our team often assumes everyone knows the answer to – why would someone need a tool like Orca with all the automation tools available now? In an ideal world with a small greenfield shop that is 100% automated, the answer is that you probably don’t need…
Kristy McDougal
September 7, 2018
AutomationHow Orca WorksVisibility

Agent-based configuration management

What you should know about Orca’s agent Smaller, faster, street-smart We get a lot of questions about our agent. In fact, we are often asked why Orca even uses an agent. This page provides all the information you need to know about our agent – why it’s needed, why it’s better, and why it’s so powerful. First impressions can be lasting impressions We have found that the…
Joe Senner
May 23, 2018
AutomationHow Orca Works

How to Compare Configurations Accross Your Environment

Compare configurations across applications, middleware, databases and operating systems. Looking for a way to compare configurations? Or a config diff tool? Here is a way to automatically compare configurations in IIS, WebSphere Application Server, SQL Server, Oracle,  and more. Now that we’ve told you how Orca determines your infrastructure configurations, let’s look at how Orca can compare configurations. In this complex world of configuration, “compare” can mean different…
Kristy McDougal
April 24, 2018
AnnoucementsOrca BlogWebSphere Application Server

Thoughts on Orca 4.0 Release, Take a Look

Here at Orca we follow a general roadmap, but we always leave ample room to address user requests. And the theme of the 4.0 release is just that – addressing your requests and suggestions! We updated the architecture, made agent upgrades easier, enhanced some of our existing middleware connectors, and improved the first-time user’s experience in the Orca console. All in all, existing and new…
Joe Senner
March 13, 2018
AnnoucementsOrca Blog

Orca Launches Drift Detector to address the “big three” items missing in other configuration management tools

We don’t launch new products very often here at Orca, so we’re pretty excited to announce our new Drift Detector product. This product launch thrills me for two reasons: 1) users now have a new and easier way to get their hands on Orca, and 2) this product focuses solely on the "big three" missing in other configuration management tools – drift detection visibility, application-centric…
Kristy McDougal
October 2, 2017
AnnoucementsAutomationComplianceControl

Announcing Orca v3.5 (Part 2): New Linux-Unix Interfaces, “One-Click” Application Updates, Oracle Back End Support, Multiple Compliance Rule Sets

Orca 3.5, Part 2: New Capabilities Provide New Control and Insights. Orca version 3.5 has so many new time-saving notifications, automations, interfaces and new capabilities we had to break the listing into two parts. This is part 2. (Click here for Part 1) The Orca team is very excited about this release, which provides more efficiencies, easier debugging, new workflow functionality, and more. We think you’ll like…
Scott Turner
July 26, 2017
AnnoucementsAutomationComplianceControlOrca Blog

Announcing Orca v3.5 (Part 1): WAS Status Interface, Workflow Promotion, Deployed Applications Tab, Updates

Orca 3.5, Part 1: Huge time savings from at-a-glance notifications and new automations Orca version 3.5 has so many new time-saving notifications and automations we had to break the listing into two parts. Here is part 1. The Orca team is very excited about this release, which provides more efficiencies, easier debugging, new workflow functionality, and more. We think you’ll like it! WAS Status Interface…
Scott Turner
July 26, 2017