Automate and orchestrate your IT processes to accelerate your business

Visual TOM is a process orchestration and IT task automation platform published by Absyss.
It enables IT teams to centralise, schedule, execute and monitor all their automated processes — whether running in an on-premise data centre, in the cloud or in a hybrid environment. Visual TOM replaces disparate scripts, legacy schedulers and siloed tools with a unified solution.

A task orchestrator like Visual TOM is used to automate and chain business and IT processes without human intervention: batch processing, file transfers, application synchronisations, data pipelines, backups, deployments… Visual TOM ensures that the right tasks run in the right order, at the right time, with automatic error handling and alerts in the event of an anomaly.

A classic scheduler (cron, shell scripts, Kubernetes cron-jobs, legacy solutions) plans tasks in a linear and rigid way. Visual TOM goes much further with:

• Event-driven orchestration: processes are triggered by events (file deposit, API call, business condition), not just by a calendar
• Process chaining through inter-process dependencies (not just time-based) and/or other event-driven constraints
• A drag-and-drop graphical designer to visually model and monitor workflows
• Centralised real-time supervision across the entire information system
• Multi-channel alerts (Email, SMS, WhatsApp, Teams, Slack) and escalation management
• Compatibility with dozens of environments (Windows, Linux, IBM i, IBM z, Azure, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes…)
• A ready-to-use library of application integrations (SAP, Azure, …)
• APIs (REST and CLI) to administer and control the solution
• A community contributions space with open access

Yes. Visual TOM offers three editions — Starter, Performance and Ultimate — with flexible sizing criteria (number of agents, executions or processes).
SMEs can start with the Starter edition and scale up without changing tools. Large accounts (banks, industrial companies, distributors, hospitals) use the Ultimate edition for highly distributed environments with thousands of daily processes.

Here are typical situations where Visual TOM delivers immediate value:

• Scripts that fail silently: Visual TOM detects failures and alerts immediately
• Unmanaged dependencies between processes: conditional chains prevent side effects
• Lack of visibility over operations: a centralised dashboard displays the status of all processes in real time
• Recurring requests from business teams: the self-service portal makes users autonomous
• Hidden costs of in-house scripts: replaced by a maintained and scalable solution
• Soaring costs at contract renewal: replaced by a solution with an adapted commercial policy

No. Visual TOM’s low-code approach allows system administrators, operators and integrators to design complex automations without software development skills.
The drag-and-drop designer, reusable workflow templates and native connectors reduce dependency on developers and accelerate go-live.

Yes. Visual TOM supports IBM z (mainframe) and IBM i (AS/400) environments, enabling it to be integrated into existing architectures or to progressively migrate mainframe workloads to a modern, unified platform. This is one of the key strengths of the solution for banks, insurers and public administrations that maintain critical legacy systems.

Visual TOM is available both on-premise and as SaaS through our partners. The SaaS mode allows you to get started quickly without infrastructure to maintain, while the on-premise mode suits organisations with data sovereignty constraints or strict security policies. Both modes are compatible with hybrid architectures combining local data centres and public cloud.

Visual TOM is designed to evolve with your needs. The architecture is based on distributed agents deployed in each target environment, making it possible to add new scopes without overhauling what already exists. The promotion of workflows between environments (dev, staging, prod) is built into the product.

Visual TOM is designed to integrate into heterogeneous information systems. It supports a large number of systems and applications, including:

• Operating systems: Windows, Linux, Unix, IBM i (AS/400), IBM z (mainframe), GCOS
• Cloud: Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, GCP, Scaleway, OVH, Alibaba, VMware, Docker, Kubernetes…
• Applications: ERP (SAP R3/BW/BTP/Rise, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Dynamics, Infor M3, Baan…), BI (SAP BO, Informatica), Big Data (Hadoop, PIG, Azure Data Factory), ETL (Talend, Informatica, Airflow, SAP DS), databases (MSSQL, Postgres, Oracle, Azure SQL), ITSM (ServiceNow, JIRA), CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub, Git), backup solutions (Veeam, Commvault, Hycu…), Infrastructure (Ansible, Terraform, HELM), Azure Logic Apps…
• File transfers: MFT (via the Visual TOM MFT module [link – MFT page])
• Web services: REST API, WebServices

Visual TOM includes a drag-and-drop visual editor that allows complex workflows to be modelled without writing any code. Each step (job, file transfer, alert, condition, loop) is represented by a graphical block. Processing chains can be built, tested and promoted between environments (development → staging → production) in a few clicks, drastically reducing implementation times and the risk of errors.

Absolutely. Visual TOM provides a self-service web portal that allows non-technical users (finance, HR, supply chain teams…) to trigger certain processes themselves without involving the IT team. This reduces low-value tickets, frees up infrastructure teams and improves business responsiveness.

Yes. In the event of an anomaly or delay, Visual TOM automatically triggers multi-channel notifications: Email, SMS, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, Slack.
The system includes escalation management (if an alert is not acknowledged within X minutes, it is escalated to the manager), ideal for on-call teams who need to react quickly without permanently monitoring dashboards.

Yes. Visual TOM is a French, sovereign alternative to the major American schedulers such as Control-M (BMC Software), Dollar Universe / $U, Automic and AutoSys (Broadcom). It covers the same enterprise use cases — complex batch processing, heterogeneous environments, high availability — while offering decisive advantages for French and European organisations:

• Data hosted in France or on your own infrastructure, with no dependency on foreign data centres
• French-language support from teams based in France, with responsiveness and a close relationship (NPS 94)
• No CLOUD Act clause: your operational data is not and will never be subject to US jurisdiction
• Lower total cost of ownership: competitive licensing, a replacement/migration programme, a fair and transparent commercial policy

Digital sovereignty has become a strategic issue for many French organisations, particularly in regulated sectors (banking, healthcare, defence, public administration). Choosing Visual TOM over an American vendor means:

• Controlling your data: your workflows, schedules and execution logs remain on your territory, with no transfer outside the EU
• Reducing dependency risk: American vendors can unilaterally modify their commercial terms, raise prices or discontinue support (sanctions, disposals, acquisitions)
• Simplifying GDPR compliance: using a French solution reduces the legal risk surface related to the transfer of personal data outside the EU
• Contributing to the French tech ecosystem: Absyss is an independent software vendor whose sustainability is not subject to the vagaries of American market consolidations (such as the acquisition of CA Technologies by Broadcom)

Yes. Visual TOM is compatible with French and European sovereign clouds, including OVHcloud, Scaleway, Outscale (a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes) and 3DS OUTSCALE. For organisations with SecNumCloud requirements (ANSSI qualification), Visual TOM can be deployed in a qualified environment on-premise or on a trusted cloud.

Absyss has supported dozens of migrations from competing schedulers for its clients, on a fixed-price basis with a commitment to results.
The financial gains observed average a TCO reduction of around 40%.

Visual TOM is deployed in operationally intensive sectors:

• Banking & Insurance: end-of-day processing, reconciliation, regulatory reporting
• Industry: ERP/MES synchronisation, supply chain, production line management
• Retail & Distribution: POS integration, stock management, e-commerce
• Healthcare: inter-system exchanges (EHR, LIS, PACS), clinical reports
• Public sector: administrative processing, exchanges with government information systems
• Telecoms & Media: data pipelines, billing processing

Yes. Absyss supports its clients at every stage: audit of the existing environment, definition of the target architecture, team training, integration and post-deployment support. Certified partners complement the offering for projects with demanding timescales or sector-specific expertise requirements.

To evaluate Visual TOM in your environment, contact Absyss to request a personalised demonstration or access to an evaluation version. The sales team will guide you towards the edition and deployment mode best suited to your needs.