Case Study: TransAlta achieves 100% elimination of data loss and saves 780 FTE hours/year with Fortra's Automate RPA

TransAlta Prevents Data Loss with Robotic Process Automation from Automate

TransAlta, a multinational power generation company with about $2.5 billion in annual revenue, operates complex control systems that monitor over 1,500 real-time measurements at its Ontario plant. Critical event logs were written to tape and took hours to retrieve, and a home‑grown retrieval app kept crashing, risking data loss and slow disaster response—leaving plant engineer Marco Martinez responsible for finding a reliable fix.

Marco implemented Automate robotic process automation, using its drag‑and‑drop interface to build robots that sort, compress, archive and delete logs daily, back up 250 MB/day of gas turbine data, and mimic GUI actions for other backups. The result: 100% reduction in data loss, a two‑day time to value (ROI), and an annual savings equivalent to 780 FTE hours, restoring fast incident recovery and confidence in critical data availability.

TransAlta

Marco Martinez

Plant Engineer