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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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How Do I Make My Work on IBM i Look Good So My Company Doesn’t Ditch the Platform?
By Donnie MacColl on Wed, 09/11/2019
The good old green screen is no longer your safety blanket. In fact, it could be the final nail in the coffin for IBM i at your company. Consider this your wakeup call from Donnie MacColl.
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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 NOW for Robot Network
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 08/21/2019
The web interface for Robot Network is a browser-based tool that uses Fortra Insite to help you access system performance data for your network of IBM i systems from any laptop, tablet, or smartphone. You can also work in the Robot Network Status Center to see and respond to messages and other events that have been escalated to the Robot Network host system.
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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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Get More Control Over Alerts with Intermapper 6.4
Wed, 07/17/2019
Discover the latest features to enhance your network monitoring and network mapping experience with Intermapper’s 6.4 release.
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Nationale-Nederlanden Brings Disparate Applications Together with RPA
Nationale-Nederlanden is a global financial services company offering medium and long-term savings and investment solutions, insurance, and pensions to more than 800,000 customers throughout Spain.
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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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Ask An Engineer: PowerHA FAQ
By Brian Nordland on Mon, 07/15/2019
Brian Nordland, principal software engineer for PowerHA at Fortra, takes a break from coding to answer some important questions about PowerHA.
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NetWalker Helps Clients Build Stronger Networks with Intermapper
NetWalker provides businesses with network security and monitoring solutions and hardware. These offers are sold online on NetWalkerStore with a wide range of computer and network hardware connectivity for private and public sector organizations across France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. NetWalker also has a blog about network monitoring with Intermapper.
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IBM i 7.4 Operating System Upgrade Overview
By Tom Huntington on Fri, 07/05/2019
Let’s face it—upgrading your operating system is a big project. But believe it or not, the whole process boils down to just two steps: planning and backing up!
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Three Tactics to Optimize Your IBM i Disk Space
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 06/18/2019
Don’t wait for a critical iSeries storage issue to catch you off-guard. Instead, follow these top three tips for using Robot Space to manage your disk space automatically.
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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.
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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.