On-Demand Webinar
IBM i Work Management 101
Watch this recorded webinar to get a better understanding of why IBM i jobs end up where they do and what you can do to control where they go to optimize system resources.
Article
Capacity Planning and the Culture of Proof
By Timothy Prickett Morgan on Fri, 05/31/2019
Capacity planning is one of the most important things that a company will do, and yet there are still many companies that do it on the back of the envelope. Read this article and learn how to do it right.
Article
Take Your Work to Warp Drive!
By Chuck Losinski on Thu, 05/16/2019
If your mission is work management, IBM i is the best starship in the fleet. Routing certain types of work into subsystems and memory pools, separating dissimilar work, and giving jobs the appropriate CPU time—this is work management the Windows world can only dream about.
On-Demand Webinar
Simplify Processes with PowerShell RPA
By Pat Cameron
You don't have to manually schedule PowerShell scripts anymore. Watch the webinar to learn how you can easily automate critical PowerShell processes with RPA.
On-Demand Webinar
Monitoring Beyond IBM i Message Queues
Learn how to chuck the manual checklist and teach critical IBM i messages to find you or fix themselves instead. Watch now to see how!
Article
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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Article
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?
Article
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.
Blog
HR Automation Tips Part 3: What Happens When You Automate HR Processes
Sat, 03/09/2019
Automating your HR processes can transform the way your human resources department operates. Find out what will happen when you automate HR.
Datasheet
Robot Alert
Robot Alert sends and receives email, text, and SNMP messages in reaction to IBM i events.
On-Demand Webinar
5 IBM i Job Scheduling Pain Points (and How to Solve Them)
Robot Schedule automatically and reliably runs millions of iSeries jobs for organizations all over the world every day. Watch this webinar to learn how.
Guide
Understanding RPA ROI: How to Measure It and Why It’s Important
Introduction
Robotic process automation (RPA) can deliver significant benefits to companies of practically any size and in any industry. Its ability to improve productivity, increase innovation, and help companies deliver a better experience to customers makes it one of the most valuable tools of modern business. With effective tools for measuring the impact of RPA, companies can show that these...
Datasheet
Performance Navigator
Historical performance monitoring and modeling across your IT environment
In an increasingly virtualized world, it’s becoming more and more difficult to understand performance across your IT enterprise. Performance Navigator performance analysis software allows you to see what’s truly occurring on your mission critical systems. With current day and historical performance data, you know exactly...
Blog
What's the Difference? RPA vs BPA
Tue, 02/26/2019
Learn the difference between robotic process automation (RPA) and business process automation (BPA) and how both can help streamline tedious tasks and make processes more efficient.
Blog
The Efficiency Perks of Cloud Automation
Fri, 02/15/2019
Whether you’ve got a full cloud presence already built or are evaluating how to begin, learn more about the benefits of cloud automation.
Article
Top 5 Capacity Planning Mistakes on IBM i
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 02/12/2019
When it comes to capacity planning for IBM i, skip the shortcuts. This article shares expert recommendations on how to avoid the most common capacity planning mistakes.