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How to Deliver Useful Data Insights (Without Overloading IT)
Learn how to help your users help themselves to data insight.
Case Study
How Peoples Telephone Reboots Equipment Instantly with Network Monitoring & Automation
What if you could reduce an eight-hour outage… to no time at all?
That’s exactly what Peoples Telephone Cooperative did. Faced with sudden equipment failures, they started monitoring their network… then went one step further to automatically fix the outages. Now this savvy telecommunications service provider saves countless man hours, makes sure technicians get a full night’s sleep every night,...
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Be the Data Access Hero—With Minimal Effort
Business users today want fast and easy data access—without waiting. You can be their hero. Watch the webinar to learn how.
On-Demand Webinar
How to Secure Data Access on IBM i
By Robin Tatam
Let Robin Tatam and Heath Kath show you how to provide IBM i data access to everyday users—without compromising security.
On-Demand Webinar
Don’t Just Settle for Query/400…
Watch this webinar to learn how you can get more out of your queries with a modern data access tool.
Article
Enterprise Schedulers: Robot vs. Automate Schedule
Tue, 04/04/2017
Where do you need your enterprise scheduler to run? With Fortra solutions, IBM i and other operating systems like Windows®, Linux®, or UNIX® are all possibilities. Robot Schedule Enterprise is our IBM i-centric solution and the Automate Schedule solution centers on the other platforms.
On-Demand Webinar
Stay Connected to Your Network with Remote Monitoring
Remote network access could simplify your life and help you improve uptime. Find out why and how in this on-demand webinar.
Blog
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.
Article
All Systems Go: Integrating with Big Software
Fri, 03/31/2017
Your data, your job scheduling tool, your ERP system—they all must work in concert with one another to make your organization as efficient as possible in meeting your customers’ needs as well as your own innovation and production goals.
Article
Alternate Reactive Paths: Do You Have a Backup Plan?
Fri, 03/31/2017
Is your enterprise job schedule as safe as the rest of your life? The ability to set up alternate reactive paths could be the backup plan you’re looking for.
Article
Linux on Power Systems and Automate Schedule: Why They Work Together
Fri, 03/31/2017
Whether you’re running Linux on multiple partitions, running multiple operating systems on your Power systems, or running production job streams across those partitions, Automate Schedule can help you manage your workflows on Power servers running Linux.
Article
Monitoring the Mayhem: Keeping Track of Your Schedule
Fri, 03/31/2017
Understand the importance of job monitoring features: how are they the difference between a schedule that runs smoothly and a schedule that runs rampant?
Guide
Ensuring IT Efficiencies Through Enterprise Process Automation
To effectively and rapidly enable and manage complex business processes, organizations must adopt a unified solution that directly integrates process automation with job scheduling.
Article
Use Conditional Logic in Sequel Data Access to Convert Data into Meaningful Information
By Mike Stegeman on Thu, 03/30/2017
Let’s face it, the amount of data that we have is only continuing to grow, which will become harder to manage and understand. Per IDC Research, 90 percent of data in the world today was created in the last two years, and in 2016, we entered the zettabyte era.
A huge challenge for everyone is finding the best way to convert all their data into meaningful information. But that can be tricky.
If...
Blog
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.
Blog
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?
Blog
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.
Blog
Turn Data into Information Your Business Needs
By Mike Stegeman on Thu, 03/30/2017
Data isn’t the same as information—but you can turn data into information. Learn how.
Blog
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?
Article
Understanding Event-Driven Architecture
Thu, 03/30/2017
At its core, event-driven architecture is about reacting to various events on your systems. Event-driven architecture allows you to react to multiple different sources without having to write code for each of those sources