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Robot Suite of Products
With the right IT operations management and infrastructure monitoring tools from Robot in place, your IT team can give your business the competitive edge by streamlining processes, improving scalability, and staying a step ahead of performance issues. Schedule a demo today.
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Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i
Protect your organization from the high cost and negative publicity of security breaches by tracking, monitoring, and controlling access to your data with Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i. Schedule a demo today.
Your Greatest Threat May Come from Within
In the age of HIPAA, SOX, and PCI, every company needs a security policy that controls data access for users. In today’s networked...
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Robot Schedule
Discover Error-Free Scheduling with the Most Advanced IBM i Job Scheduler. Schedule a demo of Robot Schedule today.
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Systems Management Tips Using IBM i Services with Dawn May
By Dawn May
Don't miss this recorded webinar where Dawn May discusses a better and faster interface for many IBM i systems management tasks.
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How to Solve the Top 5 IBM i Batch Processing Challenges
By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 08/27/2018
Learn how Robot Schedule job scheduling software can revolutionize IBM i batch process management for your organization.
Article
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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Download "The Complete Guide to Securing IBM i Exit Points"
Exit points and exit programs aren’t new concepts, but we get more questions about them than any other topic related to IBM i security. Most people who work with IBM i have heard of them but aren’t sure if they need to use them.
This guide is designed to equip IBM i pros with information about what exit points are and how exit programs work, along with their...
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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...
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Getting Started with IBM i Security: Securing PC Access
By Amy Williams
Watch this lesson to learn how you can use exit points and exit programs to gain control over who can access your IBM i objects and how.
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Exit Points and Why Menu Security Isn’t Enough
By Robin Tatam on Wed, 05/30/2018
How do interfaces like FTP side-step IBM i menu security and give users uncontrolled data access through exit points? Robin Tatam explains in this short video.
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Controlling Insider Threats on IBM i
By Robin Tatam
Despite the avalanche of regulations, news headlines remain chock full of stories about data breaches, all initiated by insiders or intruders masquerading as insiders.
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The Virtualization Blind Spot
75 percent of IBM i shops run multiple partitions per server. But what aren't they seeing? Watch now and learn how to monitor virtualized IBM i environments with Robot Monitor.
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The Many Ways Robot Supports SNMP
By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 02/23/2018
Many devices send status updates using SNMP or simple network management protocol. Make sure you’re getting the message. Read on to see how Robot supports SNMP.
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Robot Monitor
Robot Monitor allows you to monitor and investigate issues on your IBM i and AIX operating systems, so you can resolve issues before they escalate and plan for future needs by tracking and analyzing past performance trends.
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Could Ransomware Like WannaCry Hit IBM i?
Thu, 01/04/2018
Security expert Robin Tatam explains how WannaCry and similar ransomware can affect the unique IBM i operating system.
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5 IBM i Monitoring Pain Points (and How to Solve Them)
Robot Monitor has helped hundreds of organizations handle their worst AS/400 monitoring headaches. Watch this webinar to learn how.
Article
How to Get Started with AIX/VIOS Monitoring in Robot Monitor
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 11/01/2017
Learn how to create monitors and set thresholds for seven key metrics that are critical to AIX/VIOS performance.
Article
The Trick to Monitoring SAP on IBM i
By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 10/30/2017
Read this article and learn where to look outside your application to get end-to-end monitoring of SAP performance.
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What's Killing Your Response Time?
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 09/27/2017
Is more utilization always a good thing? What other performance data should administrators pay attention to? Find out in this article.