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Monitor VIOS (and AIX) from Your IBM i

By Chuck Losinski
With more organizations running AIX/VIOS and IBM i on the same Power server, you need better visibility. Watch this webinar to see how Robot Monitor is your single solution for real-time monitoring, notification, and reporting for AIX, VIOS, and IBM i.
Monitoring
Article

New Approaches to the SWIFT and PCI-DSS Framework

Mon, 03/13/2017
THE WORLD OF COMPLIANCE At the official start of summertime 2016 in Britain we are starting to consume the labour of last autumn, five gallons of alcoholic homemade cider (yum!) made from eight apple varieties grown in mine and my neighbors’ gardens. I’m very VERY careful sterilizing glassware, containers, and buckets: there was this unfortunate...
Infrastructure and Data Protection
Article

Sudo or SuDon't: Manage Your Privileged Command Execution and Sudo Policies

Mon, 03/13/2017
System admins need root level authority at all times, system operations staff needs periodic database and application account authority, and security admins needing to protect the environment are some of the few of the challenges of managing privilege in the enterprise server infrastructure. Read this article to learn more about Sudo alternatives.
Vulnerability Management
Offensive Security
Article

Pros and Cons for Puppet's Configuration Management & Security

Mon, 03/13/2017
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY I was at the Red Hat Summit in Boston at the end of June. We had a lot of activity at our exhibitor stand, and a lot of discussions being passed on to me by our sales team I continued to have the same conversation again and again over the three days. This seems to be the year people have finished bedding down Puppet...
Vulnerability Management
Article

Managing IT Access Privileges

Mon, 03/13/2017
THE UNSOLVED PROBLEM Secure, private, effective use of computers by a company (including hosted, cloud and other services as well as the company’s own systems) relies on managing access privileges. The problem isn’t unique to computers. Office buildings, hotels, apartments and college dorms, for example, typically have “master keys” (or smart ID...
Vulnerability Management
Article

Solving Healthcare Security Concerns

Mon, 03/13/2017
According to a recent KPMG report, four-fifths of executives at healthcare providers and payers say their information technology has been compromised by cyberattacks. That same report presents how the increased risk to healthcare organizations relates to the richness and uniqueness of the information that health plans, doctors and hospitals handle. Apart from typical financial fraud, there is also...
Vulnerability Management
On-Demand Webinar

Aging RPG Programmers in Charge of Your IBM i?

By Chuck Losinski
Not all IBM i experts are created equal. Programmers, developers, operators, and system administrators each have a specific skillset that keeps your business running smoothly. When one resource retires, don't burden another with the additional workload. Think long-term and look to automation instead.
IBM i Automation
On-Demand Webinar

IBM i System and Audit Reporting

By Chuck Losinski
Robot has many built-in features that assist in providing historical audit trails for compliance and forensic needs. Watch this webinar to learn how to access them.
IBM i Automation
Article

How Recoverable Is My IBM i?

By Tom Huntington on Thu, 02/09/2017
See how a two-pronged approach using data backups and a high availability solution could deliver the strongest disaster recovery strategy for your organization.
IBM i Automation
On-Demand Webinar

Recruiting IBM i Pros in the 21st Century

By Chuck Losinski
If your IBM i expert is looking toward retirement, you’ll want to know what IBM i skills—and salary requirements—are out there. Watch this webinar and learn how a forward-thinking data center can attract new talent.
IBM i Automation
Article

Secret Capabilities of Robot Schedule Revealed

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/31/2017
We recently surveyed our Robot Schedule technical support group for “ah ha!” moments that they’ve helped customers realize over the past few years. These tips from our tech gurus have helped customers automate jobs that needed to check a data area before running, track non-Robot jobs for reporting purposes, and check the status of a file before running a job.
Automation
Article

What Makes the Good Morning Report So Good?

By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 01/30/2017
There is nothing like waking up to find the latest news delivered right to your doorstep, waiting for you on the printer, or sent to you electronically. For years, our customers have started their days reading the Good Morning report from Robot Schedule.
Automation
Monitoring