Case Study: Groupon eliminates unplanned workload automation downtime and achieves 10× faster deployments with Stonebranch Universal Automation Center

Groupon eliminates workload automation downtime immediately by switching to Stonebranch Solution

Groupon, a global leader in local commerce serving millions of users across 48 countries, faced frequent failures and missed deadlines with its SOS Berlin job-scheduling setup—about 90 failures a year that required ~20 minutes of admin time each and prevented remote task scheduling unless SOS was installed. To address these reliability and scalability problems, Groupon replaced SOS Berlin with Stonebranch Universal Automation Center.

Stonebranch implemented UAC quickly (3 days vs. 1 month previously) and delivered a more intuitive, visual interface that eliminated the need for XML or scripting. Stonebranch’s solution enabled 10 times faster workflow creation and deployment, removed roughly 30 hours of annual unplanned downtime to date, cut hardware costs by about $11,000 through the elimination of five servers, and significantly improved resilience and ease of use.

Groupon

Marco Caesar

Data Warehouse Manager