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The IT Automation Survey

Companies continue to embrace digital transformation to navigate the post-pandemic climate. From economic uncertainties to an ever-shifting job market, IT automation tools are helping organizations meet the moment. And as automation solutions - and strategies - have evolved, we wanted to take the pulse of our users and get a snapshot of the state of IT automation and what’s top of mind as they...
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If It Has Moving Parts, Someday It's Going to Fail.

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...
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How to Download an ODBC Driver

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.
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FAQs about Performance Navigator

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...
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Enterprise Schedulers: Robot vs. Automate Schedule

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.
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All Systems Go: Integrating with Big Software

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.
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Understanding Event-Driven Architecture

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
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Informatica Cloud Integration = Powerful Enterprise Job Scheduling

Successful integration relies on communication. A survey of 2,000 IT professionals and more than 1,500 IT leaders found one of the largest challenges for an organization is the use of new applications, processes, and techniques. For efficient operations, organizations need to incorporate new technologies with their legacy systems.
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Moving to the Digital Age: The Challenges Facing IT Today

For all its meaningful advancements, the push into the digital age also brings with it a host of new challenges for companies. Key among these challenges is the increased difficulty in tracking workflows. Find out how Automate Schedule can help.