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Common Excuses for Not Automating

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 03/31/2020
Whether it’s staffing, budget, or complexity, we’ve heard all the excuses to forgo automation. The next time you hear—or find yourself making—an excuse, have the response ready.
IBM i Automation
Interview with Steve Finnes
Article

IBM on IASP for PowerHA Implementations

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 03/03/2020
You’ve heard about IASP technology many times over the years, but you’ve been ignoring it, haven’t you? Steve Finnes confirms that it’s past time we “get to know it, understand it, and not be afraid of it.”
IBM i Automation
FlashCopy: Pros and Cons
Article

FlashCopy: Pros and Cons

By Tom Huntington on Wed, 02/26/2020
IBM System Storage FlashCopy might seem like magic. But do the benefits for IBM i business continuity outweigh the hidden costs? Read on to find out.
IBM i Automation
Article

Backup Basics: Saving Your Data and Your Job

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 02/24/2020
You need a backup strategy to test your company’s disaster recovery plan and, despite its reputation for reliability, administrators still need to back up their IBM i. A sound backup strategy should also restore individual user objects to account for human error.
Automation
business intelligence boom
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The Business Intelligence Boom

By Mike Stegeman
Business intelligence adoption is on the rise. And it’s time to modernize. Make 2020 the year you finally see your data clearly, quickly, and securely with Sequel webinar.
IBM i Business Intelligence
On-Demand Webinar

How to Use BI for Better Invoicing on IBM i

By Mike Stegeman
When Meissner Mfg. needed a better way to streamline their accounts receivable, they turned to Sequel and have been thrilled with its impact. Join this webinar to hear our conversation with Meissner Mfg. on how they saved 100+ hours a month with better business intelligence on IBM i with Sequel.
IBM i Business Intelligence
Blog

4 Data Access Strategy Mistakes to Avoid

Fri, 10/11/2019
Find out how you can improve productivity with better data access. Learn what roadblocks you need to avoid in your goal to improve productivity.
IBM i Business Intelligence
IBM i data
On-Demand Webinar

IBM i Data: A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words

By Mike Stegeman
As the IBM i expert at your organization, you know that the data that drives important business decisions is scattered across your IBM i and other platforms. But many IBM i shops struggle to find a way to consolidate this information and allow both IT and business users easy access and fast interpretation for key performance indicators (KPIs). Decision-makers need to visualize the data before...
IBM i Business Intelligence
Blog

How to Calculate RPA ROI

By John Grancarich on Fri, 09/27/2019
    Once you get an RPA project up and running, how do you know if it's successful or not? How do you measure the ROI?  I'm going to walk you through, in real time, how to calculate RPA ROI for your project. To show you how we can do this, we're going to take a real Fortra RPA customer example and walk you through the analysis. Visit this page to get access to the...
Automation
Sequel makes programmers more productive
On-Demand Webinar

Accelerating Programmer Productivity with Sequel

By Mike Stegeman
Most business intelligence tools are just that: tools, a means to an end but not an accelerator. Yours could even be slowing you down. But what if your BI tool didn't just give you a platform for query-writing but also improved programmer productivity?  Watch the recorded webinar to see how Sequel: Makes creating complex results simple  Eliminates barriers to data sources  Increases...
IBM i Business Intelligence
Article

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.
Automation
Blog

How to Get Started with RPA

By John Grancarich on Fri, 07/05/2019
    RPA is one of the fastest growing segments in the enterprise software space, and I want to tell you just a little bit about it. So, what is RPA? Well, at its simplest, RPA is software that automates human tasks. Four characteristics for a good RPA project Repetitive Tasks Rule Based High Volume Prone to Human Error You might be wondering, is this even really a...
Automation
Article

Remember the IFS!

By Robin Tatam on Thu, 06/27/2019
Ask any security professional which area of IBM i security is most often ignored and chances are that the unanimous response is a chorus of “the Integrated File System.” Although it’s been around since V3R1, the Integrated File System, or IFS, remains a shrouded mystery that represents significant risk to many IBM i organizations.
IBM i Cybersecurity