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What’s New with Robot?
Looking for an easy way to catch up with Fortra and hear how the new features in Robot may benefit you and your company? Here’s your chance!
Article
[INFOGRAPHIC] Audit Day for a System Administrator
By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 11/30/2020
Whether your IBM i audit is internal or external, once a week or once a year, the reporting process wastes time that would be better spent on projects that improve business processes. Don’t let it.
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Your Role in the RDi Roadmap
In this session, you’ll see how RDi is strategically designed to help developers like you deliver impactful software to your organization faster and with higher quality.
Datasheet
Migrate, Run, and Recover IBM i Applications in the Cloud
Businesses in every industry are under increasing pressure to modernize their mission-critical workloads. What’s more, these updates to core infrastructure and architecture need to be carried out with minimal downtime to avoid loss. There has never been a cloud solution that uniquely supports migrating and running IBM i applications in the public cloud with high availability and disaster recovery....
Blog
IASPs: What They Are and Why You Need Them on IBM i
By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 10/16/2020
IBM i expert Chuck Stupca and Chuck Losinski presented an engaging webinar about the unique characteristics of IASPs and how application data can be seamlessly migrated to optimize system processes.
Article
Monitoring Memory Thresholds on IBM i
By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 10/16/2020
Learn how to interpret the data you find on the Work with System Status (WRKSYSSTS) panel and how to set memory thresholds to avoid thrashing and optimize IBM i performance tuning.
Case Study
Robot Console Enables Mesilla Valley Transportation to Prevent Lost Revenue
Based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, Mesilla Valley Transportation is one of the largest locally owned truckload carriers in the U.S. The company began in 1982 and specializes in time-sensitive service between major manufacturing areas in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
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Robot Schedule for Beginners
Watch this webinar to learn what every beginner should know about Robot Schedule batch process management and workload automation software for IBM i (AS/400, iSeries).
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Why Should I Automate My IBM i?
By Tom Huntington on Thu, 09/10/2020
Automation means more than efficiency, accuracy, and ROI. It has a real impact on the people who love and work with the platform every day, as well as those who will fill their shoes in days to come.
Article
Hinder Jobs to Make Life More Productive for Users
By Kurt Thomas on Mon, 09/07/2020
Control the run priority of a job based on its job CPU usage, so your IBM i has the right jobs consuming the right resources. Learn how here.
Article
IBM i Cloud Security Considerations
Fri, 08/14/2020
As you consider taking your IBM i to the cloud, cybersecurity will no doubt top your list of concerns. And for good reason. It’s important to remember that the cloud is kind of a lie. Your sensitive data is simply being sent to someone else’s server, and that server has a physical location somewhere.
Just like on-prem cybersecurity, IBM i cloud security can be divided into two parts:
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How to Upgrade to IBM i 7.4
It’s more work to plan an upgrade than to make the upgrade itself. Darren Anderson and IBM Champion Tom Huntington help you discover what you need to upgrade to IBM i 7.4.
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Ask the Experts: Power Hardware Upgrades
By Randy Watson
This webinar is a unique, online opportunity to hear how you can make smart technology decisions around your next Power hardware upgrade.
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IBM i Solution Edition Program Explained
When it comes to hardware and software upgrades, don’t leave anything on the table! Know your options and then talk to your business partner, so you can see a higher return on your POWER9 investment.
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Remote Management for IBM i Backups
Watch this recorded webinar to learn the tools and techniques you need to set up remote management for unattended IBM i (iSeries, AS/400) backups.
Article
Robot Save Restricted State Utility (RSU)—Get Your Weekends Back!
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 06/02/2020
There are processes that are required on your IBM i that need to run with the system in what is called a “restricted state” condition. A restricted state is when all subsystems are inactive and new jobs cannot enter the system. Only the system console might be active.
Article
How to End MIMIX Headaches for Good
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 05/13/2020
Ready to eliminate manual monitoring in Assure MIMIX? This article shows you how to start monitoring MIMIX and stop wasting your time and risking your irreplaceable data.
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External vs. Internal Storage: Which Is Right for Me?
Watch this webinar where our panel of technology experts discuss the reasons why many organizations are taking advantage of SAN technology for virtualization, high availability, backup management, and more.
Blog
IBM i Disaster Recovery Planning During a Crisis
By Richard Dolewski on Thu, 05/07/2020
As company’s look to cut IT costs during a crisis, don’t scrimp on your disaster recovery investment! Stick to your DR Plan and avoid the temptation to make shortcuts like these.
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Solid State Drives with IBM Power Servers
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 04/28/2020
Using solid-state drives (SSDs) in IBM Power servers can provide numerous advantages over traditional HDDs, namely in the area of computing performance. See some of those benefits here.