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Building an Automation Center of Excellence Part One: People and Processes
Fri, 10/20/2017
Watch our automation center of excellence webinar or read the blog to learn about the people and processes you need to build an RPA center of excellence for your organization.
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How to Get Started with NIST 800-171 Compliance
By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 09/22/2017
Are you ready to report your NIST 800-171 compliance status by the end of the year? If you do business with the federal government, you need to comply with SP NIST 800-171 by the end of the year. Now is the time to implement your compliance plan.
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Five Causes of Performance Bottlenecks in IT
Wed, 08/09/2017
As IT infrastructures continue to grow more complex, finding performance bottlenecks gets hard. That’s why it’s absolutely essential that IT teams have the tools, training, and resources necessary to quickly identify causes of poor application performance.
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Can a Small Business Benefit from Business Process Automation?
Mon, 08/07/2017
Small businesses often stick to their manual processes and leave automation to the big corporations. After all, they’ve always done things this way, so why would they need to change? Read the blog to find out how business process automation can give your small business a competitive edge.
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Seven Software Robots Your Business Needs
Fri, 07/28/2017
Discover the 7 software robots your business needs to reduce repetitive and manual tasks, automate reporting, process claims and more in this blog post from Fortra.
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Performance Management
By Per Bauer on Sat, 07/22/2017
What is Performance Management? IT performance management is responsible for everyday aspects of capacity management , like monitoring performance and resources, planning changes to make efficient use of resources, analyzing performance, and reporting back to the business. Now more than ever, your company’s bottom line rests on your ability to provide 24/7 service online. Even short outages can...
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HR Onboarding and Process Automation Made Easy (Webinar Recap)
Thu, 07/13/2017
Learn how Fortra can help you automate HR processes, specifically when it comes to onboarding.
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HR Automation Tips Part 2: How to Get Started with HR Automation
By Richard Schoen on Thu, 06/22/2017
Choose your path to automating HR—and focus on what matters most.
Blog
IT Maturity
By Per Bauer on Fri, 06/16/2017
What are your optimization goals? An optimization initiative is typically triggered by one of the drivers listed below and the focus is dictated by your overall business objectives. But singlehandedly focusing on one objective may negatively impact your capabilities in the other areas. This can reduce the overall service quality and offer limited to no real value. In order to achieve concurrent...
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HR Automation Tips Part 1: Signs You Should be Automating
By Richard Schoen on Tue, 05/23/2017
Find out if it’s time to automate HR processes at your organization.
Case Study
TransAlta Prevents Data Loss with Robotic Process Automation from Automate
TransAlta Corporation is a multinational power generation and wholesale marketing company with yearly revenue of about $2.5 billion. Based in Canada, TransAlta manages the production and delivery of energy resources over a wide geographical expanse. This requires a sophisticated network of control systems for thousands of pumps, valves, gas turbines, high voltage breakers, and more. In the Ontario...
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Children's Museum Creates One-of-a-Kind Interactive Exhibit Using Automate
The Children's Museum of Science and Technology in Troy, New York was founded in 1954 and is located in the Rensselaer Technology Park. Its mission is to be the premier science center in the New York Capital Region where kids and parents can explore, discover, and imagine the world of science together.
Case Study
30 Minutes of Automating Cuts Infor ERP VISUAL Work by an Hour a Day
In the quest for IT efficiency, one way to save time is to automate the daily grind of launching and monitoring ERP system utilities. Washington-based job shop Magic Metals, Inc., sought to do just that when it implemented Infor ERP VISUAL, but the company's busy IT manager did not have time to write custom scripts to enable VISUAL utilities to self-execute. Instead, he turned to the pre...
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Manufacturer Cuts 2 ½ Hours of Daily ERP Work with Automate
For years, an IT staffer at ITW Construction Products had to come to work early every morning to prepare the company's ERP system for the new day. At first, the process of incorporating the previous day's business activities into the ERP database took thirty minutes. As the company grew, the job ballooned to 2 ½ hours. Rather than continuing to waste valuable time repeating the same tasks day...