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3 Components of a Proactive Security Strategy

By Mieng Lim on Mon, 07/22/2024

Your organization might have many cybersecurity defenses in place, but defenses alone are not enough to protect you from today’s multi-faceted cyberattacks. Proactively adding a layer of offensive security assessment and testing helps you pinpoint your system weaknesses before they are exploited. Proactive security measures help you stay ahead of attackers by:Identifying vulnerabilities and...

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IBM i Performance Week

By Chuck Losinski

Robot Monitor and Performance Navigator are powerhouses when it comes to performance monitoring and management. That’s why it’s essential for your team to understand how to harness their raw potential and put them to work so that nothing you deem critical slips through the cracks. This webinar series is your chance!

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Control Costs and Boost Productivity with IBM i Automation

Tue, 03/19/2024

Our IBM i experts discuss the drawbacks of manual IBM i processing and how Fortra’s Robot Schedule makes automating your IBM i intuitive and effective.

Guide

How to Get Started with IT Modernization

Modernization is more than simply switching from a green screen to a GUI. To have a truly modern IBM i data center, you must consider all areas of IT from your software and applications to your hardware and devices to the processes that support the whole operation. This guides helps you modernize your IBM i from the ground up.

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A Dozen Things You Should Know About Automated Job Scheduling

By Tom Huntington on Wed, 11/01/2023

Automated job scheduled software can give your company the competitive edge. Use these twelve tips to get started or to take your schedule to a new level.

Product Video

Performance Navigator Overview and Demonstration

Wed, 09/27/2023

Watch this video for an overview of Performance Navigator’s key components and a demonstration of how you can use it to optimize your IT enterprise.

On-Demand Webinar

IBM i Capacity Planning – Cloud, On-Prem, or Hybrid?

By Randy Watson

Our IBM i experts discuss the most important items to consider when developing a capacity plan – from necessary skills and software licensing to financial implications.

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The Safe and Secure Replacement for RUNRMTCMD

By Tom Huntington

IBM stopped supporting the critical RUNRMTCMD due to security concerns. Watch this recorded session where our experts reveal how Robot Schedule Enterprise replaces RUNRMTCMD safely and securely.

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Ten Job Scheduling Features Your IBM i Can’t Live Without

By Tom Huntington

Watch this recorded session to learn which Robot Schedule job scheduling features are considered the most crucial to your IBM i's success and why.

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Sizing Power10 Correctly with Performance Navigator

By Tom Huntington

Watch this 30-minute webinar to learn how to plan your move to Power10, whether it's on-prem, dynamic capacity on-premises (PEP2), or in the cloud.

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IBM i Automation Series: Job Scheduling

By Tom Huntington

Watch this webinar series for your FREE opportunity to learn what every beginner should know about Robot Schedule software for IBM i (iSeries, AS/400) automation, plus tips and tricks for the veterans.

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Building a Proactive Security Strategy

By Donnie MacColl

Advancing your vulnerability management programme may be a journey, but it is a journey well worth taking and cannot be done overnight. As your programme matures the better your organisation can avoid costly attacks and breaches that may harm your business and reputation.Learn how a proactive cybersecurity program can be a game changer for an organisation's success through continuously assessing...

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Lessons Learned from IBM's Native Scheduler

By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 03/14/2022

The systems that businesses rely on today are increasingly complex and challenging to manage without sophisticated job scheduling tools. According to the annual IBM i Marketplace Survey Results, only 22 percent of IBM i shops are running the IBM i operating system exclusively. 68 percent are also running the Windows OS, another 56 percent are running Linux, and 26 percent are running AIX. That...

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Performance Navigator Training: Automated Performance Reporting

By Tom Huntington

Watch this webinar and learn how to automate daily, weekly, and monthly performance reporting using the Performance Navigator software from Fortra.

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How to Convert from AJS or WRKJOBSCDE to Robot Schedule with Ease

By Tom Huntington

Today’s IT teams need automation tools that can help them plan for tomorrow instead of playing catch-up. In this recorded webinar, IBM i experts introduce you to the final phase of your automation evolution: Robot Schedule.

Article

How Legacy Processing in IT Leads to Downtime on IBM i

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 10/25/2021

Why haven’t IT processes kept pace with business changes? Why are you still suffering from downtime as the result of human error? Read this article to see how legacy processing methods are still leading to downtime today—and what you can do to stop it.

Guide

Time to Replace Legacy AS/400 Schedulers?

This guide explores the limitations of legacy AS400 schedulers, identifies the signs that it’s time for a change, and points to the benefits of automated operations using modern workload automation software built for IBM i.