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How Does a Document Management System Work?
By Greg J. Schmidt on Fri, 03/15/2019
A document management system captures, stores, and distributes documents electronically. Learn how (and why you’ll benefit).
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Performance Navigator
Historical performance monitoring and modeling across your IT environment
In an increasingly virtualized world, it’s becoming more and more difficult to understand performance across your IT enterprise. Performance Navigator performance analysis software allows you to see what’s truly occurring on your mission critical systems. With current day and historical performance data, you know exactly...
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Mobile Management for Your Job Schedule
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 02/13/2019
Your job schedule has never looked so good! Learn about four must-have features exclusive to the web interface for Robot Schedule.
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Top 5 Capacity Planning Mistakes on IBM i
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 02/12/2019
When it comes to capacity planning for IBM i, skip the shortcuts. This article shares expert recommendations on how to avoid the most common capacity planning mistakes.
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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...
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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.
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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...
On-Demand Webinar
8 Items to Consider When Switching ERPs
By Tim Dunn
This webinar with HarrisData and Fortra covers the eight questions to consider when you switch enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
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What is an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) and Why Do I Need One?
By Greg J. Schmidt on Thu, 06/14/2018
An EDMS (electronic document management system) provides a way to capture, manage, and retrieve your documents. Learn why it's time to get one.
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Enterprise Console
View alerts generated on IBM i, AIX/VIOS, Linux, and Windows servers on a single, modern, centralized, graphical console. Plus, use Enterprise Console to receive SNMP traps from devices and software—both Fortra software and tools from other vendors.
Simplify Enterprise Management
Enterprise Console provides a real-time focal point for your IT infrastructure monitoring regardless of host...
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Webdocs for AP
Webdocs streamlines invoice processing by capturing invoices electronically and routing them through every step of your accounts payable (AP) workflow.
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Next Steps for Replacing IBM Content Manager
By Greg J. Schmidt on Fri, 01/19/2018
You know you need to replace IBM Content Manager. But you don’t know where to start…
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Webdocs
Webdocs helps you streamline your business processes by managing the entire document lifecycle digitally. That makes it easier for everyone at your organization to get the information they need anytime, anywhere (as long as they’re authorized).
Capture Every Document
Automate the document capture process—no matter how you receive documents. With Webdocs, you can go beyond just scanning and...
Article
What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?
By Paul Ratchford on Thu, 09/14/2017
Guard against degraded system performance, data loss, and downtime. Make sure you’re monitoring these 15 metrics on the IBM i operating system.
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6 Enhancements in IBM i Server Suites Version 7
By Paul Ratchford on Fri, 06/23/2017
What's new in version 7 of IBM i Server Suites? Read this article to find out.