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3 Components of a Proactive Security Strategy 

By Mieng Lim on Mon, 07/22/2024
Your organization might have many cybersecurity defenses in place, but defenses alone are not enough to protect you from today’s multi-faceted cyberattacks. Proactively adding a layer of offensive security assessment and testing helps you pinpoint your system weaknesses before they are exploited. Proactive security measures help you stay ahead of attackers by:Identifying vulnerabilities and...
Release Day 2024.2
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Major Launches Announced on Release Day 2024.2

Fri, 05/17/2024
About Fortra’s Release Day Each quarter, we at Fortra get to roll out the fruits of our labors for the past few months. We showcase new features, updates, and even products. This Release Day features several groundbreaking projects. We’ve broken into the XDR arena and are thrilled to introduce you to our new offering. We’ve issued major releases for over a half-dozen of our flagship products....
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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.
Monitoring
Datasheet

LEVEL 4: Operations Center Suite

Does This Sound Familiar? How would you answer the following questions? Can you schedule highly complex job streams and track them across different IBM i systems or servers? Are you making effective use of system resources by running jobs at the best time? Do you receive alerts if performance thresholds are breached? Can you quickly identify resource-grabbing jobs and/or users and take...
Datasheet

LEVEL 3: Advanced Automation Suite

Does This Sound Familiar? How would you answer the following questions? Are you making effective use of system resources by running jobs at the best time? Do you receive alerts if performance thresholds are breached? Can you quickly identify resource-grabbing jobs and/or users and take prompt, corrective action? Can you automate disk space management, freeing technical resources for other...
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Building a Proactive Security Strategy

By Donnie MacColl
Advancing your vulnerability management programme may be a journey, but it is a journey well worth taking and cannot be done overnight. As your programme matures the better your organisation can avoid costly attacks and breaches that may harm your business and reputation.Learn how a proactive cybersecurity program can be a game changer for an organisation's success through continuously assessing...
Vulnerability Management
Datasheet

Level 2: Systems Operations Suite

What Is Level 2: Systems Operations Suite? Level 2 of the Halcyon IBM i Server Suites, Systems Operations Suite offers powerful and highly functional automation features for even tighter control of mission-critical business applications and processes. This solution provides total peace of mind that your IBM i is running at its full potential and maximizing system uptime for your business. Level...
Datasheet

Level 1: Message Management Suite

Level 1 of the Halcyon IBM i Server Suites, Message Management Suite is an entry-level system monitoring and automation solution for the IBM i operating system. Unlike the basic system reply list that ships with IBM i servers, Level 1 addresses the fact that system-critical information messages often go unnoticed on a busy system.
optimizing container environments
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Optimizing Containers, Kubernetes and OpenShift

By Per Bauer on Thu, 09/30/2021
The container deployment model offers component autonomy, elasticity, and scalability in a way that no other framework has done before. But to reap the benefits, you need to adopt new ways of managing and optimizing your environments and their underlying resources. Learn how to manage the performance and resource planning of container workloads.
Infrastructure Management
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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.
Monitoring
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Moving Away from Cloud: Making the Case for Hybrid IT

By Per Bauer on Wed, 06/30/2021
HelpSystems’ Per Bauer discusses article touting a move back from the cloud and makes case for hybrid IT spend to drive costs down.HelpSystems’ Per Bauer discusses article touting a move back from the cloud and makes case for hybrid IT spend to drive costs down.
Infrastructure Management
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.
Automation
Compliance
Monitoring
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Jumpstart Your Cost Optimization Project

By Per Bauer
When exciting new services get underway, IT can be reduced to a cost center. In an effort to keep services up, leadership adopts a “performance at any cost” mindset and allocates more resources than necessary as an insurance policy against downtime. But this is not a sustainable strategy, and especially in times like these, your organization needs to focus on controlling costs in every area of...
Infrastructure Management