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Dispelling the Myths of IBM i Data Access

Ironically, many IBM Power Systems™ users are sitting on top of a “gold mine” of data that they could use to make their lives easier, their jobs more productive, and their companies more profitable—if they only knew how to harvest it. Yet, they don’t have the first idea about how to do that. They might even be considered “power users” on their computer systems and not know how to transform the...
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

13 Tips to Write Secure Applications and Boost IBM i Security

Barely a day passes without new headlines reporting another cyber attack, policy violation, or data breach. Secretly, we breathe a sigh of relief that it happened to someone else, but most of us know that we’ll all eventually feel the impact in some capacity.
Guide

Two Factor Authentication for IBM i

Organizations facing a more advanced threat landscape and a complex regulatory environment require a solution which addresses the need for securely controlling access to existing systems and applications. In addition, this solution should not increase the workload on support, application providers or the end user.
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 a...
Case Study

AAA Life Leverages Fortra Solutions for IT Efficiency

Part of the American Automobile Association (AAA) family, AAA Life Insurance Company offers a variety of competitive life insurance, annuity, and travel accident products. With over one million policies, many people rely on AAA Life to help provide protection for their loved ones. As Senior Systems Engineer at AAA Life, Randy Wittner is in charge of their IBM i environment, overseeing two S824...
Case Study

Tipton Hospital and Sequel: A Great Team

IU Health Tipton Hospital found that the Return On Investment for Sequel was fast. “We’ve really cut down on printing—we cut our report volume in half and that means a nice savings. Sequel has saved us a lot of money. It’s also nice that it’s so easy to put the data into Excel.
Case Study

Sequel Helps Stewart & Stevenson Keep Moving Forward

Much like the 24/7 support it provides to customers, Stewart & Stevenson has found around-the-clock service for data access and analysis with Sequel. Sequel helps support continuous operations by reading and converting different types of data.
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Southwestern Motor Transport Relies on Sequel for Fast, Easy Information Analysis

“When we first saw Sequel, we knew we needed it right away and our use has just taken off. We are very excited about what Sequel has given us. We started using Sequel straight out of the box and we were up and running quickly. The time savings have been tremendous and Sequel has opened a whole new window for us.”
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Sequel and Robbins Sports Surfaces Team Up to Floor the World

In 1891, James Naismith nailed two solid peach baskets and 13 rules to two walls in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the game of basketball was born. It caught on fast (with a few modifications to the baskets and the rules), and the demand for quality floors on which to play basketball wasn’t far behind. In the late 1890s, the Cincinnati Floor Company was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio to manufacture,...
Case Study

Powertech Helps Community Bank Enforce Internal iSeries Compliance

First Security Bank is one of Montana’s largest, locally owned community banks. They provide business, real estate, consumer and agricultural loans, Internet banking, brokerage services, and a full range of deposit accounts. First Security has over 150 users on a System i 525 that...
Case Study

Powertech Helps C&D Technologies Achieve AS/400 SOX Compliance

As a publicly traded company with a lean IT department, C&D Technologies has been greatly impacted by Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations. Despite its size, the IT department needed to comply with these regulations through better user management, monitoring, and reporting...