Companies have moved gradually from job scheduling in specific areas to enterprise-wide workload automation, which helps handle application and server dependencies.

Though enterprise resource planning systems can control many of your business processes, utilizing a job scheduler in conjunction with ERP technology only increases the advantages of streamlining an organization's initiatives.

Web services are an essential part of the modern enterprise. Although web services can boost productivity by making specific applications more accessible, they can also present a security issue when not protected because business-critical information must meet with external information via the web.

We asked six industry experts what they think the IT industry will look like in 50 years. Here are their predictions for the year 2065.

Are you afraid of going paperless? Overcome your fear—and learn about the frightening consequences of not going paperless.

Got document management problems? Learn how easily you can solve them and take your document management strategy to the next level with Fortra.

As your network grows in size and complexity, automation can free up network administrators from repetitive, manual tasks to focus on more strategic, fulfilling projects.

Are you running your jobs in a test environment before you put them into production? Find out why you should be.

Find out how to streamline, monitor, and automate SharePoint workflows across your organization using cross-platform solutions from Fortra.

Fortra Software Engineer Ben Peter used Automate Schedule to automate a musical lights show.

Automating the run book is a huge productivity increase for the oeprations team in any data center. Find out what the Fortra experts have to say about the history of run book automation.

Workload automation presents a solution to the challenges of enterprise scheduling that can enable IT workers to turn their focus to better initiatives.

You’re already managing thousands of workflows, batch jobs, and other background processes using the same staff and tools you’ve had for years, but business demands keep adding more to your plate. You know you need to optimize, improve visibility, and start justifying the cost of new resources before it’s too late.

  Capacity Management Strategies If IT was like a restaurant…then capacity management should be like the restaurant manager (aka Maître D’). Unfortunately, too many organizations are using capacity management as the clean-up department. When something goes wrong, capacity management fixes it. And while that used to work, that’s not the best practice...