Resources

Database Transaction Log Management

Mon, 03/06/2017

Don't let database transaction logs weigh you down. Find out how to preserve data integrity and consume less disk space.

On-Demand Webinar

Don’t Let Complex Data Derail Your Business Intelligence

By Heath Kath

Are you perplexed by complex data on IBM i? Learn how to turn that complex data into useful information.

Case Study

Hershey Entertainment Quickly Encrypts Credit Card Data with Powertech Encryption for IBM i

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts is a privately held company located in the tourist center of Hershey, Pennsylvania, and has entertainment, resort and commercial divisions. Earlier this year, Hershey learned that because the entertainment and resort operations accept credit cards for payment, they needed the information stored by their box office ticketing and reservations applications to be...

Case Study

Field-level Encryption Helps Retail Chain Achieve PCI Compliance

Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, a retail travel stop chain with over 210 locations in 34 U.S. states, processes approximately 200,000 credit card transactions on a daily basis. Needing to meet PCI standards, Love’s found in Powertech Encryption for IBM i a product to encrypt credit card numbers in a way that would satisfy PCI compliance auditors. “We need to be able to access credit card...

Article

How-To: Get Started with Sequel Web Server for Client Tables and More

Wed, 02/22/2017

Learn how to extend Sequel Data Access across your organization with Sequel Web Interface and Sequel Web Server.

Article

How-To: Increase Your Command of Esend with Sequel

Wed, 02/22/2017

Get tips and tricks for maximizing Esend with Sequel Data Access.

Blog

Can We Afford Business Intelligence?

By Heath Kath on Wed, 02/22/2017

Yes—but only if you have the right-sized business intelligence tool for your business. Find out how to get it.

On-Demand Webinar

Business Intelligence for the SMB’s Budget

By Heath Kath

Think only large organizations can afford and implement business intelligence (BI) on IBM i? Think again.

Blog

BIG DATA: Big Deal or Just a Big Headache?

Fri, 02/03/2017

Data is growing. Big data is becoming a big concern for many organizations. But is big data really a big deal for IBM i?

Article

Sequel Versus the Other IBM i Data Access Tools

Wed, 02/01/2017

How does Sequel go beyond other IBM i data access tools? By helping you modernize and visualize data. Learn more.

On-Demand Webinar

How to Get Started with BI Dashboards

By Heath Kath

Make your IBM i data easier to understand. Watch the on-demand webinar and get started with BI dashboards today.

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.

Article

Introducing Sequel Script Views

Fri, 01/20/2017

New to Sequel Script Views? Learn the basics!

Article

How-To: Convert Queries from Query/400

By Heath Kath on Thu, 01/19/2017

Follow this step-by-step guide to get started converting queries from Query/400 to Sequel.

Article

Customer Spotlight: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/17/2017

The operations team was excited to share how Robot job scheduling and monitoring software has helped them manage their processing needs across platforms from their IBM i.

Article

Enhance Your Reporting with Sequel Date Functions

By Heath Kath on Fri, 01/06/2017

Sequel makes it easy to work with your date fields, from converting the numeric or character field into a true date data type field to performing date calculations. Continue reading to learn how to convert non-date data type fields.