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On-Demand Webinar

Monitor VIOS (and AIX) from Your IBM i

By Chuck Losinski
With more organizations running AIX/VIOS and IBM i on the same Power server, you need better visibility. Watch this webinar to see how Robot Monitor is your single solution for real-time monitoring, notification, and reporting for AIX, VIOS, and IBM i.
Monitoring
Blog

Cracking the Problem of Endpoint Security

By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017
Endpoint security has been a hot topic in the technology and corporate sectors for a few years. Especially with the emergence of bring-your-own-device practices, it has become even more critical to put safeguards in place to ensure the security of sensitive information.
Infrastructure and Data Protection
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Article

How To Maintain Your Data Integrity

By Robin Tatam on Tue, 03/21/2017
File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) helps ensure that your critical and sensitive data is viewed and changed only by authorized personnel through approved channels. Candidates for FIM include application files containing sensitive data, such as personnel or financial data, and server configuration files.
Infrastructure and Data Protection
Blog

How “Smash and Grab” Compromises IBM i

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
During an audit a few years ago, I revealed to the client’s security team that corporate payroll information on every employee, including the CEO, was being archived in an output queue (called PAYROLL) for weeks at a time. Due to poor configuration, this information was accessible to every employee.
IBM i Cybersecurity
Blog

PCI Compliance Takeaways from the Target Data Breach

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
Smack in the middle of the holiday shopping season, Target was hit with a malware attack that infiltrated its point-of-sale systems and enabled the theft of credit card numbers and personally identifiable information from more than 70 million shoppers.
Compliance
On-Demand Webinar

An Introduction to PCI Compliance on IBM Power Systems

By Robin Tatam
Complying with the PCI standard is a normal part of doing business in today’s credit-centric world. But, PCI applies to multiple platforms. The challenge becomes how to map the general PCI requirements to a specific platform, such as IBM i. And, more importantly, how can you maintain—and prove—compliance?
Compliance
IBM i Cybersecurity
Guide

Download “Identity & Access Management for IBM i”

Insiders are responsible for 34 percent of data breaches—and insiders are also the most difficult threat to control control on IBM i. You can't lock them out completely because your IBM i users need at least some level of access to do their jobs. So, how do you ensure users have only the access they need without overburdening IT with manual processes that...
IBM i Cybersecurity
Article

Secret Capabilities of Robot Schedule Revealed

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/31/2017
We recently surveyed our Robot Schedule technical support group for “ah ha!” moments that they’ve helped customers realize over the past few years. These tips from our tech gurus have helped customers automate jobs that needed to check a data area before running, track non-Robot jobs for reporting purposes, and check the status of a file before running a job.
Automation
On-Demand Webinar

Stop Feeding IBM i Performance Hogs

By Chuck Losinski
Runaway jobs and processes like the many-headed QZDASOINIT beast are infamous for gobbling up resources. Watch this webinar and learn how to round up runaway database server jobs and more to protect system performance.
Monitoring
On-Demand Webinar

Next Generation Job Scheduling

By Sara Williams
Have you seen the new web interface for Robot Schedule? It contains current user favorites, including Schedule Activity Monitor (SAM), plus exclusive new features for diagraming job flows and sharing dashboards.
Automation
On-Demand Webinar

IBM i Meets Mobile Technology

By Chuck Losinski
According to the 2015 IBM i Marketplace Survey, mobile access to IBM i data ranks among the top five IT concerns for the near future. Robot is here to make your mobile initiative easier.
Monitoring
Automation
On-Demand Webinar

Business Process Automation with Robot

By Chuck Losinski
Typical “computerized” business processes are a combination of multiple schedulers, operational scripts, CL programs, and manual file checking, all backed up with the trusty runbook. Is there a better way to manage business processes? You bet!
Automation
Business Process Automation (BPA)
Workload Automation & Job Scheduling