Blog
Digital Transformation Tools: 3 Ways to Employ RPA to Help Your Organization Succeed
By Paul Necklen on Mon, 03/09/2020
Businesses today have the opportunity to start a digital transformation initiative and see real change in their efficiency and effectiveness. While a number of tools are needed to completely transform your organization, RPA can be used in multiple different ways to achieve change.
Press Release
HelpSystems (now Fortra) buys 'ethical hacking' company, beefing up its cybersecurity business
HelpSystems has bought Strategic Cyber LLC, an "ethical hacker" that does business as Cobalt Strike, in the Eden Prairie company's latest move to beef up its cybersecurity presence.
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Using RPA to Ensure Regulatory Compliance in Banking
By Paul Necklen on Thu, 03/05/2020
Banks all around the world have important regulations with which they need to comply. Robotic process automation (RPA) can help mitigate some of the pains of compliance and auditing.
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The Difference Between BPA and Job Scheduling and When You Need Both
Thu, 02/27/2020
BPA and job scheduling aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, an enterprise may use a job scheduler to support its wider BPA strategy.
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Three Lessons Learned from A Data Breach
By Bob Erdman on Mon, 02/24/2020
Simple lessons learned from the many breaches we’ve observed, like careless employees and unusual attack vectors, and ways they can be avoided.
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Best Practices for RPA Security and Auditing
By Paul Necklen on Mon, 01/20/2020
RPA has so many benefits, but when your RPA bots are working with customer data, financial information, or employee information, it’s essential to have RPA security best practices in place.
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RPA: What to Expect in 2020
By Paul Necklen on Fri, 01/10/2020
In the past few years, robotic process automation has grown in popularity from a nice-to-have to a need-to-have. Let's look ahead to some of the RPA trends for 2020.
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Four Questions to Ask to Determine Your RPA Budget
By Paul Necklen on Fri, 01/03/2020
Learn how to figure out your RPA ROI to better determine your RPA budget with the four questions to ask as you look to implement a robotic process automation solution.
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The Top 9 Microsoft Application Tasks You Should be Automating
Fri, 12/27/2019
From Outlook inboxes to Excel spreadsheets to PowerShell scripts, Microsoft is ubiquitous in the work place. Learn how to automate Microsoft application tasks.
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What is Digital Transformation?
By Paul Necklen on Fri, 12/20/2019
Learn more about digital transformation and how robotic process automation (RPA) can help your organization innovate the way you work.
Blog
What Is SIEM?
Fri, 12/20/2019
SIEM (security information and event management) software provides insights into potential security threats through data normalization and threat prioritization, giving IT professionals an effective method of automating processes and centralizing security management in a way that helps them simplify the difficult task of protecting sensitive data.
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Monitoring Application Security with SIEM
By Bob Erdman on Wed, 11/27/2019
Learn about the large variety of information a SIEM can consolidate, becoming your organization’s primary security monitoring tool.
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Automate the Boring Stuff—50 Processes You Can Automate
Mon, 11/25/2019
Learn 50 different ways you can leverage RPA. Get your wheels moving as you consider new automation ideas and find the resources you need to make it happen.
Press Release
HelpSystems (now Fortra) Offers Free Version of Security Monitoring Software to Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
Fortra announced today the release of a free version of its security software for smaller organizations who need to protect their data with greater insight on what’s happening with their systems.
Case Study
Home and Car Care Products Maker Puts Application Integration on Cruise Control with RPA
When Hopkins Canada, a home and car products manufacturer, replaced their legacy enterprise software with Infor VISUAL ERP, things got complicated. Separate software was installed at the company’s Blenheim, Ontario headquarters and at their U.S. factory in South Sioux City, Nebraska. Having two instances of the software doubled the time required to compile daily reports as well as to perform daily...
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A Day in the Life Working with Bots
Mon, 11/04/2019
Thanks to robotic process automation (RPA), many organizations are seeing the benefit of having a digital workforce alongside their human employees. Think of them as virtual assistants, taking care of your most tedious, repetitive tasks—plus, they’ll never drink the last of the coffee. There are many day-to-day processes that make perfect candidates for automation and robots . Here's a look at one...
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Strengths and Capabilities Offered by Automation
Fri, 11/01/2019
Learn about the strengths and capabilities offered by automation, whether through RPA or BPA, and find out how you can take advantage of the transformative technology.