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4 Impactful Tasks to Automate with Desktop Automation Tools
Tue, 09/17/2019
Using desktop automation tools let you work one-on-one with software bots to help you solve problems and simplify daily tasks within your environment. Learn the top four tasks to automate with desktop automation.
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Outlook Automation: How to Automate Emails in Outlook
By Pat Cameron on Fri, 08/23/2019
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One of the most common email automation tasks in Outlook is processing attachments from incoming email. More specifically, downloading and processing invoices is one of the...
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HelpSystems (now Fortra) Makes Debut Appearance as Major Contender in Everest Group RPA Products PEAK Matrix™ for 2019
Fri, 08/23/2019
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Mobile Dashboards for IBM i Monitoring
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 08/07/2019
Robot Console leverages the power of Fortra' dashboards containing browser access! Mobile-friendly dashboards allow you to combine key message summary and resource status data into a single, intuitive view. Read on to learn more.
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Getting Started with Website Automation
Wed, 07/24/2019
Set up a website automation task using Automate, robotic process automation (RPA) software from Fortra. Download a free trial of automation software and set up a web automation task today.
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How to Do CRM Automation
Mon, 07/15/2019
Use robotic process automation (RPA) to easily integrate your CRM system with your most critical business applications to streamline your business processes. Learn how with Automate.
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HelpSystems (now Fortra) Rebrands Automate BPA Server to Automate Plus
Wed, 05/01/2019
Fortra is excited to announce that Automate BPA Server, our powerful enterprise business process automation (BPA) software, is now Automate Plus. All the features you know and love in Automate BPA Server are still available but Automate Plus aims to provide a more robust set of automation tools.
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Two-Way Message Response with Robot
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 05/01/2019
You have the afternoon off—but not the responsibility of monitoring your system for issues. This includes responding to application and system messages as they occur on your production IBM i jobs. You don’t want to carry your laptop around just in case you need to VPN back to answer a message that is waiting on your month-end process. What option do you have?
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Automate Website Monitoring in Less Than 10 Minutes
Mon, 04/15/2019
How can a 6-step automation task provide peace of mind when it comes to website monitoring? At Fortra, our web team works to make sure that people will always be able to access our website to find solutions to their IT problems. But they don’t work 24/7. Even with the team spread across different time zones, if a critical error occurs when no one is around—or that no one knows about—it can’t be...
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Automate Named One of Best RPA Solutions
Wed, 04/10/2019
Automate was named among the Best Robotic Process Automation Software in the G2 Grid® for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) from G2.
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Interacting with Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Thu, 03/21/2019
Your organization has invested in a security information event manager, or SIEM, to receive and analyse security and event log information from a variety of servers. Now they want to also get this information from their IBM Power Systems server.
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How To Automate Web Services
Tue, 02/27/2018
An introduction to Web Services, and how Automate helps you leverage that functionality.
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The Many Ways Robot Supports SNMP
By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 02/23/2018
Many devices send status updates using SNMP or simple network management protocol. Make sure you’re getting the message. Read on to see how Robot supports SNMP.
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Message Received?
By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 02/23/2018
When was the last time you reviewed your Robot Console message automation? If you’re out of practice, let’s take a look at what you can do to maximize your message automation and reports.
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Meet Automate Plus: Building Enterprise-level Automation Just Got Easier
Mon, 02/05/2018
Automate Plus is a scalable automation platform designed to meet the full spectrum of business automation needs. Learn how you can use Automate Plus to build strategic automation across your entire organization.
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Automatically Download a File from SharePoint in 3 Easy Steps
Fri, 01/26/2018
Microsoft SharePoint collaboration software is one of the more powerful tools for companies that need enterprise-scale solutions to mange content, administer business processes, and streamline how people find and share information across the network.
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What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?
By Paul Ratchford on Thu, 09/14/2017
Guard against degraded system performance, data loss, and downtime. Make sure you’re monitoring these 15 metrics on the IBM i operating system.
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Meet Automate Complete (Webinar Recap)
Mon, 07/10/2017
Meet Automate Complete—a suite of products that covers the entire automation spectrum.
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Intermapper vs. NetBrain: How Do They Stack Up?
By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 05/26/2017
You’ll find multiple tools that do network mapping, monitoring, and automation. Intermapper and NetBrain are two of them. Find out what they do and how to choose the right one for you.