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IT Maturity
By Per Bauer on Fri, 06/16/2017
What are your optimization goals?
An optimization initiative is typically triggered by one of the drivers listed below and the focus is dictated by your overall business objectives. But singlehandedly focusing on one objective may negatively impact your capabilities in the other areas. This can reduce the overall service quality and offer limited to no real value. In order to achieve concurrent...
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New Trends in Workload Automation
Fri, 03/31/2017
Because IT enables competitive advantage, workload automation has had to evolve from simple job scheduling on a few mainframes to broader processes that incorporate many platforms and applications.
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Debunking the Top 3 Workload Automation Myths
Thu, 03/30/2017
There are a lot of rumors out there about workload automation. Fortunately, thanks to 30+ years of job scheduling experience at Fortra, we can help you separate fact from fiction.
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Automation: What tasks are better left to people?
Thu, 03/30/2017
At Fortra, we talk a lot about the advantages of workload automation. But are there tasks that shouldn't be automated?
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How to Achieve Enterprise Visibility in Today's Virtual World
Thu, 03/30/2017
Job schedulers automate IT processes, which not only adds visibility for IT administrators, but ensures that all background activities—ones that do not necessarily need manual interaction—are carried out on schedule.
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Perspectives on IT Outages: What Do They Mean For Your Business?
Thu, 03/30/2017
Reliable uptime is key for ensuring smooth business processing and quality customer relationships. What are the specific organizational and technical repercussions of downtime and extreme IT outages?
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Top 5 Reasons Custom Scripts are Putting Your Business at Risk
By Steve Brasen on Thu, 03/30/2017
Scripting provides a powerful platform to automate simple tasks, but overusing custom scripts is hazardous for your business.
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Handling Workflow Errors with an Enterprise Job Scheduler
Thu, 03/30/2017
Your workflow can be disrupted by an error at any time. The right enterprise scheduler will diagnose and deal with the problem.
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Achieving Workload Automation Goals
Thu, 03/30/2017
You've heard it before: workload automation will save you time, money, and resources. But what features does your automation software need to ensure you accomplish these goals?
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5 Simple Ways Workload Automation Helps You Provide Better Customer Service
Thu, 03/30/2017
Modern customers want fast, useful, personable service. Workload automation can help your enterprise provide it.
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Bimodal IT and Workload Automation
Thu, 03/30/2017
Bimodal IT departments are a growing trend across many industries. How does an enterprise job scheduler fit into the bimodal model?
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The Evolution of Enterprise Job Scheduling
Wed, 03/29/2017
Companies have moved gradually from job scheduling in specific areas to enterprise-wide workload automation, which helps handle application and server dependencies.
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Does Your ERP System Need a Job Scheduler?
Wed, 03/29/2017
Though enterprise resource planning systems can control many of your business processes, utilizing a job scheduler in conjunction with ERP technology only increases the advantages of streamlining an organization's initiatives.
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How to Achieve Web Service Security
Wed, 03/29/2017
Web services are an essential part of the modern enterprise. Although web services can boost productivity by making specific applications more accessible, they can also present a security issue when not protected because business-critical information must meet with external information via the web.
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IT in 50 Years: The Experts' Predictions
By Tom Huntington on Wed, 03/29/2017
We asked six industry experts what they think the IT industry will look like in 50 years. Here are their predictions for the year 2065.
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Everything You Need to Know about Job Scheduling in 17 Short Videos
Mon, 03/20/2017
Watch these videos to learn what enterprise job scheduling is all about, how to choose the right enterprise automation tool, and how a job scheduler can benefit your organization.
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Do You Need a Test Environment for Your Job Scheduler?
Mon, 03/20/2017
Are you running your jobs in a test environment before you put them into production? Find out why you should be.