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Database Transaction Log Management

Don't let database transaction logs weigh you down. Find out how to preserve data integrity and consume less disk space.
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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...
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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...
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Appvion Improves Customer Satisfaction with a Digital Document Repository

Appvion, Inc. manufactures paper—thermal, carbonless, security, inkjet, digital specialty and colored papers. But this Appleton, Wisconsin-based company had a problem when it came to digital documents in their customer web portal. Their existing system just wasn’t up to snuff. It was time to make a change. ...
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What's the Difference Between a Profile Swap and Adopted Authority?

Many organizations have the requirement to reduce the number of profiles to which special authorities—especially *ALLOBJ specially authority—have been assigned. In many cases, the excess capabilities can simply be removed because they aren't required for the person to perform their job functions. *SAVSYS special authority is a good example. Unless...
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Major Steel Supplier Strikes Gold with a Document and Forms Management Solution and Superb Support

Paperwork and steel go hand-in-hand for one major steel supplier (MSS) with locations across North America. Every piece of steel they ship includes paperwork assuring customers of the quality of the product they’re receiving.But MSS had a problem: their processes were keeping them from meeting customer expectations. It was time to make a change.The Paperwork ProblemPre-printed forms and Dot matrix...
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Halcyon Helps Computacenter Deliver Efficient Managed Services

Computacenter is Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. They offer consulting services as well as implementation and operation services for networks and data center infrastructures on or off client premises and in the cloud. ...
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Three Reasons You Need an Updated Security Policy

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.
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IT Security Compliance 101

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.
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Concerns in Creating a Paperless Office

Identified as a key trend of the future and a way to improve business efficiency, the idea of a “paperless” office (or more realistically, a “less paper” office) is spreading relatively slowly. Why is that?
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3 Ways Digital Document Management Helps Financial Institutions

Secure document management is an important consideration for any business, but for financial instutions in particular, keeping data secure is critical to keeping business running smoothly and clients happy. Learn how digital document management gives financial instutions the competitive edge they need to succeed.