Guide
10 Steps to Streamline the Deployment of Network Monitoring Software for SMBs
10 tips to help small to medium-sized businesses save time during the installation and configuration of network monitoring software.
Guide
Top 8 Reasons SMBs Need to Monitor their Networks
Read the top 8 reasons small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) should implement network monitoring tools.
Guide
Download "How IT Professionals Can Navigate SOX Compliance"
Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) is impossible without IT professionals, but translating this law into IT action items is a challenge.
With penalties up to $10 million fines and even prison time, following SOX—and proving you're compliant—is vital.
This compliance guide breaks down the most important aspects of SOX that affect IT professionals and focuses on what you need to know to get...
Guide
Download "How IT Professionals Can Navigate HIPAA Compliance" Guide
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is one of today’s most common compliance mandates, but translating this law into IT action items is a challenge.
As fines increase and more audits are scheduled, figuring out how which data HIPAA protects and how to bring your system into compliance is more important than ever.
This compliance guide breaks down some of the thorniest...
Article
Does Your Robot Schedule Have Old Jobs That Never Run?
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016
When it comes to cleaning up these old Robot Schedule jobs, the best way is to use a SQL statement that you can run from STRSQL. This article will show you how.
Blog
Do You Need Enterprise Scheduling Software?
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016
Job scheduling was simpler when you only needed to worry about your IBM i (AS400) server and its batch processes, but several dynamics have changed over the past decade which have forced us into worrying about processes on other platforms.
Article
Can File Events Automatically Populate Reserved Command Variables?
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016
A powerful feature of Robot Schedule file monitoring is the ability to capture the file name and path information, and use it in a file transfer, copy or delete operation, or combination of commands.
Blog
Three Reasons You Need an Updated Security Policy
Sun, 08/21/2016
If you still think creating and maintaining a security policy isn’t necessary, you could be setting up your organization for an unpleasant surprise. Check out the top three reasons businesses need an up-to-date security policy.
Blog
IT Security Compliance 101
By Robin Tatam on Sun, 08/21/2016
In this compliance 101 primer, we'll look at three high-profile breaches from the past year, each of which shows what can go wrong when data oversight isn't up to snuff. Along the way, we'll discuss some basic fixes that can help shore up network defenses.
Article
Improve Event Auditing Using the System Audit Journal
By Sandi Moore on Fri, 08/19/2016
With any security implementation, established rules become less effective as time passes. Because your security requirements and your systems aren’t static, you must continually audit and adapt your security plan to stay current. Be aware that your system is constantly changing.
Guide
Effective Log Management
IBM’s customers are turning to Power VM virtualization to consolidate multiple workloads onto fewer systems increasing server utilization and reducing cost. However a virtualized server landscape on several different IBM platforms (IBM Power Systems™, IBM System x®, and IBM BladeCenter®) may reduce hardware complexity but this puts a strain on supporting the entire lifecycle of analysis,...
Guide
Download “How IT Professionals Can Navigate PCI DSS Compliance” Guide
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) applies to every organization that processes credit or debit card information. This includes merchants and third-party service providers that store, process, or transmit credit card data.
The launch of PCI DSS helped expose serious security shortcomings, failures to follow security best practices, and...
Guide
Self-Audit: Checking Assumptions at the Door
Sysadmins, devops engineers, and cybersecurity personnel are often kept awake by a number of questions.
How should I monitor my monitoring to be sure it will alert me when there is a security issue that needs my intervention? How can I be sure that the servers and processes in the environment haven’t been rooted already?
In the quest to get better sleep, it is a good idea to self-audit your...
Case Study
DFS Inc. Manufactures Feed 24/7 with Network Monitoring
Find out how one of Iowa’s largest feed suppliers maintains 24/7 operations with real-time network visibility thanks to Intermapper.
Article
Robot Best Practices
By Tom Huntington on Mon, 06/27/2016
Wondering about best practices for automating your IBM i processes with Robot systems management solutions? Take a look at this list and get off to a good start.
Article
Have You Met SAM?
By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 06/27/2016
Isn’t it time your job scheduling environment (and your IBM i) got the modern look it deserves? Give Schedule Activity Monitor a try for graphically monitoring your jobs on the go.
Article
Interfaces with Robot Schedule
By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 06/27/2016
If you’re using EnterpriseOne or SAP, it may be to take a closer look at the security and business process automation that Robot Schedule can offer these key applications on IBM i. We don’t talk enough about the integration we’ve done between Robot Schedule and EnterpriseOne (formerly JD Edwards, now owned by Oracle) and SAP.