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Guide

Is Your Data Protection Plan Missing Something?

As businesses produce prolific amounts of data, security strategists need to know how to secure it. Without organizing new swaths of information, unstructured data could languish on servers and remain undetected and unprotected. Data protection services are built to help organizations take charge of their digital assets and create a culture of data hygiene that will ensure all data that comes into...
PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance: Tips to Avoid Last-Minute Panic
Guide

PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance: Tips to Avoid Last-Minute Panic

The impending Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 4.0 requirements were created to curtail rampant fraud and the billions in losses victims incur. That said, retooling your operations to meet ever-evolving compliance standards isn’t easy. This guide gives you a detailed look at PCI DSS 4.0 changes and how you can achieve compliance with the updated requirements. Having a...
Guide

Understanding the White House’s 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy

The Biden Administration’s bold 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy forms a roadmap for public and private security efforts. There’s a lot of valuable content in this plan, which will take organizations time to understand and apply to their operations. Fast-track your knowledge with this eBook, which distills the five critical pillars and their ramifications. Discover how to: Protect...
Guide

Fortra's Complete Guide to Layered Offensive Security

Most organizations have a decent understanding of the types of defensive security tactics they need to employ to thwart cyberattacks. But offensive security techniques are just as important for detecting existing vulnerabilities that a threat actor has yet to discover and exploit. Learn how to approach offensive security from the ground up, including the value of using a layered security...
Infrastructure and Data Protection
IT Infrastructure Protection
Vulnerability Management
Offensive Security
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
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.
IBM i Automation
Guide

How to Do IT Cost Optimization

Our years of experience shows that organizations waste 30% of their hybrid IT spend, on average. This article identifies the five key components of a cost optimization strategy and how to be successful with each of them.
Infrastructure Management
Article

If It Has Moving Parts, Someday It's Going to Fail.

Sat, 11/03/2018
Check out IBM's new READ INTENSIVE SSDs. This is a note to highlight some of the pros and cons - and dig a little deeper into one of the cons - of IBM's recently announced new class of solid state disk drives, "read intensive" (RI) SSDs. The new RI-SSD comes in one flavor, a 1.86 TB drive. The new concept to wrap your head around is that the drive will "wear out" if you write too much over the...
Article

How to Download an ODBC Driver

Wed, 07/25/2018
Performance Navigator® requires an ODBC connection to connect to your IBM i system, but it does not come with your PC’s operating system. IBM has a downloadable they’ve titled Access Client Solutions, which we recommend our customers use to get that ODBC connection.
Article

FAQs about Performance Navigator

Thu, 07/12/2018
Will this product hurt the performance of my IBM i®? You will not even notice that the product is working. The data gathering software is already part of the OS. I currently have a subscription to IBM's PM for Power service. How is Performance Navigator compared to PM? Glad you asked... Performance Navigator uses exactly the same input as PM for Power, Collection Services. Performance Navigator...
Article

Fortra Product Lifecycle Phases

Tue, 05/09/2017
Consult this guide to product lifecycle phases in order to understand how your software developed and supported.
Guide

The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide for Network Monitoring Software

What critical features should a network monitoring solution give me? How do software licensing models compare? What do trends like hybrid IT, the Internet of Things, and IT automation have to do with network monitoring? Answer all of your questions with the help of a seasoned technology expert. In this informative, easy-to-read guide, network professional Kevin Jackson covers everything from...