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The Importance of VIOS
Thu, 08/31/2023
VIOS is considered a standard in organizations running IBM i, AIX, and Linux workloads. But don’t put your business at risk by letting it run unchecked. Learn five areas you must be monitoring.
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Top Three Reasons Mobile Data Access Will Be Your Savior
Tue, 11/22/2022
In today’s business world, you need data access beyond the green screen and GUI. Read this article to learn how mobile data access in a friendly browser interface will save you.
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Space Oddities—What’s in Your IFS?
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 01/19/2022
Read this article to learn what might be taking up valuable disk space in the IFS and what you can do to control it.
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5 Things to Try During Your Sequel Data Access Trial
By Stacy Jensen on Mon, 12/13/2021
Ready to start your Sequel Data Access business intelligence (BI) software trial? Here are five things you need to try.
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5 Reasons IT Teams Purchase Sequel Data Access
Thu, 12/09/2021
IT teams are under a lot of pressure to keep up in today's business world. Sequel can help relieve the pressure. Learn how.
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5 Time-Saving Tips for Smart Data Access on IBM i
By Stacy Jensen on Wed, 11/17/2021
Is there too much on your IT department’s plate? Get five tips for saving time today with smart data access on IBM i.
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13 FAQs on Switching from Query/400 to Sequel
By Heath Kath on Wed, 10/20/2021
Find out why you should choose Sequel Data Access for your IBM i queries—and leave Query/400 behind.
Guide
A Single Pane of Glass for Multi-Platform Systems Management
Bring disparate systems, platforms, devices, and applications together in one place and on one screen to make systems management easier and create a consistent and common methodology to varying departments within the IT infrastructure. Combining Halcyon’s Enterprise Console, Operations Center Suite, and Network Server Suite can provide a single pane of glass for managing your IT environment. See how here.
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Three Essential Steps to Successful Performance Management
Tue, 08/24/2021
Performance management is often made to look cumbersome and complex, but we’ve distilled the process down to three essential steps.
Guide
5th Annual IBM AIX Community Survey Findings
The AIX Community Survey, now in its fifth consecutive year, goes in-depth with IT teams to gain a unique perspective into how this platform is being used today and how teams envision using it in the future. Over the years, the respondents of the survey have expanded to include a variety of industries, geographies, and titles within IT.
More than 100 IT professionals in North America, EMEA, and APAC participated in this year’s survey, and this input enables all of us to understand the role of AIX with new clarity.
Guide
Robot in Modern IBM i Environments
Robot systems management solutions can improve processes and enhance the return on investment for new technologies running in modern IBM i environments. Find out how.
Guide
The Importance of Automating Systems Management
Systems management is an absolute necessity to ensure that businesses survive and thrive. Read this guide to learn the top ten automation tips for peace of mind.
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VIOS Performance Monitoring Commands
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 03/10/2021
You might think VIOS is set and forget, but it’s not. Luckily, VIOS includes a number of command line utilities to help you obtain performance-related information from your VIOS partitions.
Guide
Why Should You Monitor IBM MQ?
IBM MQ is a middleware product that allows messages (think data or information) to be sent and received to and from similar or dissimilar platforms with guaranteed delivery. Read this guide to learn the value of monitoring IBM MQ.
Guide
How to Handle Explosive IBM i Storage Growth
Data growth projections are simply too big to ignore. It’s essential that IT teams move away from reactive approaches and adopt a sustainable data storage management strategy. This guide is a great resource to get you started.
Guide
Integrating IBM i Security Events into Your SIEM
This guide discusses the technical issues relevant to logging IBM i security data and offers a solution for real-time awareness of security events and integration with SIEM solutions.
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The 2020 MFT Data Quadrant Report is Here
By Brian Pick on Wed, 10/07/2020
With a new year brings a new Info-Tech Managed File Transfer Data Quadrant Report. Find out about our ranking here.
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FAQ: How Does Sequel Data Access Go Beyond SQL?
Mon, 08/10/2020
Got questions about moving beyond SQL to Sequel Data Access? Get answers, and get the business intelligence your organization needs from your IBM i data.