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Multi-Platform Application Monitoring
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Who’s Afraid of Linux on Power, AIX, and VIOS? Not i.
It can be scary stepping out of your comfort zone to manage and take responsibility for new technologies, but it’s also exciting—and increasingly important.
Blog
The Ins and Outs of Digital Forms Management
By Greg J. Schmidt on Tue, 11/08/2016
Digital forms management has two sides: input and output. Learn how to bring both sides together and save time.
Article
Does Your Robot Schedule Have Old Jobs That Never Run?
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016
When it comes to cleaning up these old Robot Schedule jobs, the best way is to use a SQL statement that you can run from STRSQL. This article will show you how.
Blog
Do You Need Enterprise Scheduling Software?
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016
Job scheduling was simpler when you only needed to worry about your IBM i (AS400) server and its batch processes, but several dynamics have changed over the past decade which have forced us into worrying about processes on other platforms.
Article
Can File Events Automatically Populate Reserved Command Variables?
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016
A powerful feature of Robot Schedule file monitoring is the ability to capture the file name and path information, and use it in a file transfer, copy or delete operation, or combination of commands.
Article
File Monitoring and Other Features of Robot Schedule 12
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016
Let’s say you have a bank transmission or FTP process that occurs randomly throughout the day. How do you monitor that activity? OPAL? CLP scripts? Not anymore!
Article
Automate the Un-Automatable
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016
Automated job scheduling means your batch jobs run smoothly and your stress level goes down, but that’s only half the battle if you’re using labor-intensive, interactive applications that require you to fill out screens to submit a job.
Blog
Three Layers of AP Automation—And How to Approach Them
Thu, 08/25/2016
Accounts payable departments run on documents—but documents don’t need to slow AP down. Read the article to learn more about AP automation.
Article
A Modern Approach to Performance Management
Wed, 08/24/2016
Using modern performance monitoring tools, you can build a successful strategy for performance management and quickly add value in your organization.
Article
Trigger Events with a File in Robot Schedule 12
By Tom Huntington on Fri, 08/19/2016
Robot Schedule version 12 makes monitoring for file events and setting them up as dependencies a very simple process.
Blog
User Interfaces: GUI vs. WUI
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016
You might be asking yourself, “What’s a WUI?” At Robot, WUI stands for web user interface, and we think it has some big benefits that are giving the GUI a run for its money.
Blog
Who's Afraid of IASPs?
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016
As IASP technology continues to grow, so will its uses for high availability (HA) and backups. The result of that will be shrinking hardware costs and complexity and increased redundancy.
Article
Job Schedule Security Options in Robot Schedule
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/16/2016
IBM i is one of the most secure systems in the world. Don’t take that security for granted by leaving Robot Schedule vulnerable when it could be easily remediated.
Article
Get a Handle on Your Job Stream with Forecasting
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/16/2016
A Robot Schedule forecast shows you the run activity scheduled for all Robot Schedule jobs over a time period that you specify. Robot Schedule uses the job schedule, job completion history, and any information you add for user jobs, remote prerequisites, and members of remote groups to make its forecast.
Article
Robot and FlashCopy
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016
Last month, Chuck Stupca (retired IBMer) and Chuck Losinski (Fortra) presented a webinar discussing FlashCopy for IBM i. Based on the attendance, it looks like this is a very important topic for many of you so I wanted to explain how FlashCopy ties to Robot products.
Blog
Avoiding Security Threats with Digital Document Management
By Greg J. Schmidt on Wed, 07/27/2016
Paper-based document management leaves your critical business information susceptible to damage, loss, theft, or human error. Learn how digital document management keeps your data secure.
Article
Robot Best Practices
By Tom Huntington on Mon, 06/27/2016
Wondering about best practices for automating your IBM i processes with Robot systems management solutions? Take a look at this list and get off to a good start.