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With Public Cloud OS Instances Growing, Security Challenges Grow, Too

“Some cloud vendors tout that systems deployed within their framework require little or no administration: You create an image with the software and applications that you want it to provide services for, spin it up in a management console, and Voila! you have an entirely new system online; with minimal cost, no hassle, little work. However, even with...
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Perspectives on the Changing Linux Ecosystem

Media Text In the early 1990s the Open Software Foundation formed a committee to select and standardize a new Management Platform Toolset for and from the UNIX ecosystem. After much...
Case Study

Fortra and Rg19/Load Make Managed IT Easier for Seco Tools

Based in Fagersta, Sweden, Seco Tools AB is one of the world’s largest providers of comprehensive metal cutting solutions for milling, stationary tools, hole-making, and tooling equipment. Seco partners with nearby Rg19/ Load, a managed service provider (MSP), for advanced server monitoring solutions that enable fast response to issues that could disrupt business. The Challenge Fast...
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Get the Robotic Process Automation Toolkit

The Robotic Process Automation Toolkit is designed to help you craft an automation strategy and build your automation center of excellence. Use these robotic process automation tools and resources to calculate ROI, optimize automated workflows, and more.
Case Study

Concrete Producer Keeps Trucks Rolling by Automate-ing Event Log Monitoring

Background With more than 400 ready-mix concrete trucks on the street at any given time, St. Marys Canada Building Materials (CBM) relies heavily on real-time data transmitted from those vehicles to its fleet management software to meet customers' construction schedules. The company uses Automate, the robotic process automation (RPA) solution from Fortra, to help maintain the data flow by...
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Single Source Keeps Staff Small and Business Running Smoothly with Automate

Background Single Source is a large-volume provider of dry, refrigerated, frozen, grocery, paper, and chemical products for institutional commissaries, primarily correction institutions. The company processes and ships approximately 250 million pounds of food each year, nationwide, and they do it all with only 22 employees.  As a small business with a high volume of orders to process and ship,...
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How to Evaluate Enterprise Job Schedulers

If you’re responsible for managing the IT business processes for your company, it’s important to make sure you have an efficient, streamlined, and automated workflow across all of your dependent applications. So how do you find the job scheduling solution that will get you there? Watch the webinar to learn what you need to consider when purchasing a job scheduler for your business.
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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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New Trends in Workload Automation

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.