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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.

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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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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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Overprovisioning: Why it’s a Bad Strategy for High Performance

By Per Bauer on Mon, 11/29/2021

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File Dependencies for Batch Processing

By Tom Huntington

Learn how to optimize your workload by eliminating timer jobs in WRKJOBSCDE, Cron, and Windows Task Scheduler using Robot Schedule.

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Automated Capacity Forecasting Using Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning

By Per Bauer on Mon, 06/07/2021

Better understand the different options for capacity forecasting and their characteristics, including using predictive analytics and machine learning. And learn how to choose the optimal forecasting method based on your business needs and maximize the accuracy and value of your planning efforts.

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Jumpstart Your Cost Optimization Project

By Per Bauer

When exciting new services get underway, IT can be reduced to a cost center. In an effort to keep services up, leadership adopts a “performance at any cost” mindset and allocates more resources than necessary as an insurance policy against downtime. But this is not a sustainable strategy, and especially in times like these, your organization needs to focus on controlling costs in every area of...

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3 Cost Optimization Initiatives You Might Have Forgotten About

Fri, 09/18/2020

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How to Get Buy-In for Your IT Cost Optimization Strategy

By Per Bauer on Fri, 08/28/2020

Policy alone is rarely enough to influence change. Lasting impact requires buy-in from the organization and is best achieved using a mix of different influence levers.

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How to Do IT Cost Optimization

By Per Bauer

30% of hybrid IT spend is wasted. Whether you find that number shocking or not, you likely don’t know how to identify and eliminate the wasted spend while assuring performance. Many organizations have adopted a “performance at any cost” mindset to ensure service delivery and choose to overprovision IT resources for peace of mind. But the cost of overprovisioning adds up and quickly becomes...

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How to Do IT Cost Optimization

Our years of experience shows that organizations waste 30% of their hybrid IT spend, on average. This article identifies the five key components of a cost optimization strategy and how to be successful with each of them.