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Free Backup Management Software vs. Paid – Which Is Right for Me?
By Debbie Saugen on Mon, 03/04/2024
When is the right time to rely on an Option 21 save and when should I turn to an enterprise-class solution like BRMS or Robot Save? Read on to find out.
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The 10 Principles of Automation
By Tom Huntington on Thu, 02/22/2024
Our experts developed the following best practices for easing automation implementation and advancing automated operations over the course of 30 years of working to help businesses make their processes more efficient. Let the countdown begin!
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How to Assess Data Center Operations
By Tom Huntington on Wed, 02/21/2024
Is your IBM i team managing the system manually? Want an easy way to assess data center operations? The experts at Fortra can help you get automated.
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A Dozen Things You Should Know About Automated Job Scheduling
By Tom Huntington on Wed, 11/01/2023
Automated job scheduled software can give your company the competitive edge. Use these twelve tips to get started or to take your schedule to a new level.
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What's New in Automate
Mon, 10/16/2023
That latest version of Automate has just been released. Find out more about what's new!
Guide
Enterprise Automation: The Holistic Guide
Enterprise IT automation that leverages a strategic approach helps manage diverse automation tools and solutions holistically. Learn more about the key principles to embrace for holistic enterprise IT automation.
On-Demand Webinar
By Invitation Only: A Customer Exclusive Briefing
Join our IBM i experts as they discuss Fortra's new identity and IBM i product developments to look forward to.
On-Demand Webinar
IBM i Performance Tips: Minimize Downtime and Maximize Resources
Discover how you can optimize your IBM i performance by improving the storage of your IBM i data, monitoring of performance data, and analysis of historical data to optimize performance and capacity planning.
On-Demand Webinar
How to Upgrade to IBM i 7.5
During this webinar, Peter Graves joins IBM Power Champion Tom Huntington to share top planning tips, hardware and software prerequisites, and post-installation requirements—your upgrade isn’t complete until this last step is done!
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IBM i Automation Series: Job Scheduling
Watch this webinar series for your FREE opportunity to learn what every beginner should know about Robot Schedule software for IBM i (iSeries, AS/400) automation, plus tips and tricks for the veterans.
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Lessons Learned from IBM's Native Scheduler
By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 03/14/2022
The systems that businesses rely on today are increasingly complex and challenging to manage without sophisticated job scheduling tools.
According to the annual IBM i Marketplace Survey Results, only 22 percent of IBM i shops are running the IBM i operating system exclusively. 68 percent are also running the Windows OS, another 56 percent are running Linux, and 26 percent are running AIX. That...
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Introduction to Fortra Automation
Tue, 12/21/2021
Optimizing and orchestrating IT automation across a complex, diverse infrastructure requires the right vision—and the right partner—to centralize your workflows and support critical business processes. As organizations embrace digital transformation, they’re finding a new set of challenges holding them back from true change—from juggling multiple unmanageable tools to finding it too expensive to...
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How Your Business Can Benefit from End-to-End Automation
Mon, 12/20/2021
Discover how end-to-end automation can bring together everyone from business to IT users to digitally transform your entire organization.
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60+ IBM i User Groups and Communities to Join
By Tom Huntington on Thu, 12/16/2021
To help you stay connected to the thriving IBM i community, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of IBM i user groups around the world. Read on!
Datasheet
Automate Ultimate Product Overview
Automate Ultimate eliminates the biggest challenge to scalability by offering unlimited bots to unlock your full automation potential.
On-Demand Webinar
File Dependencies for Batch Processing
Learn how to optimize your workload by eliminating timer jobs in WRKJOBSCDE, Cron, and Windows Task Scheduler using Robot Schedule.
Guide
5th Annual IBM AIX Community Survey Findings
The AIX Community Survey, now in its fifth consecutive year, goes in-depth with IT teams to gain a unique perspective into how this platform is being used today and how teams envision using it in the future. Over the years, the respondents of the survey have expanded to include a variety of industries, geographies, and titles within IT.
More than 100 IT professionals in North America, EMEA, and APAC participated in this year’s survey, and this input enables all of us to understand the role of AIX with new clarity.
On-Demand Webinar
Take Mortgage Processing to the Next Level with Intelligent Automation
By Erik Fisher
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how you can streamline the loan origination process, intelligently automate interactions between applications, relieve overwhelmed staff, and provide a higher-quality mortgage lending experience.
On-Demand Webinar
Streamline the Day-to-Day with IT Automation
Thu, 01/14/2021
In this on-demand webinar, the automation experts from Fortra and CM First to explore ways to leverage IT automation tools in your most critical business projects—including those on IBM I, including those generated with CA 2E(Synon) and CA Plex.