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IBM Performance Management for Power Systems (PM400) Discontinued

By Randy Watson on Thu, 01/07/2021

PM400 is dead, now what? Don’t worry! Fortra has a ready-made replacement in Performance Navigator. Read on to learn more.

On-Demand Webinar

Ask the Experts: Power Hardware Upgrades

By Randy Watson

This webinar is a unique, online opportunity to hear how you can make smart technology decisions around your next Power hardware upgrade.

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External vs. Internal Storage: Which Is Right for Me?

By Robert Jenkins

Watch this webinar where our panel of technology experts discuss the reasons why many organizations are taking advantage of SAN technology for virtualization, high availability, backup management, and more.

Blog

Solid State Drives with IBM Power Servers

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 04/28/2020

Using solid-state drives (SSDs) in IBM Power servers can provide numerous advantages over traditional HDDs, namely in the area of computing performance. See some of those benefits here.

Article

Clearswift – staying safe and secure throughout the coronavirus pandemic

Thu, 04/16/2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) situation is changing rapidly on a day-to-day basis, so we wanted to take this opportunity to address what it means for Clearswift and Fortra as a global organization and an employer, and how it might impact on our customers, prospects and partners.

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7 Misconceptions About Automation

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 03/31/2020

Don’t let fear of the unknown decide your fate. Familiarize yourself with the facts about automation before you spend another minute on manual AS400 operations.

Article

Why Relying on Scripted Operations Can Be a Problem for Your Business

By Steve Brasen on Tue, 03/31/2020

Scripting provides a powerful platform to automate simple tasks, but overusing custom scripts is hazardous for your business.

Blog

Five Tips for the Automation Journey

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 03/31/2020

Here are five tips from Tom Huntington on how best to move your IBM i automation project along the path to success.

Blog

Common Excuses for Not Automating

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 03/31/2020

Whether it’s staffing, budget, or complexity, we’ve heard all the excuses to forgo automation. The next time you hear—or find yourself making—an excuse, have the response ready.

On-Demand Webinar

System Sizing for IBM Power Systems Servers

By Randy Watson

Watch this recorded webinar to learn more about Performance Navigator, the preferred software for system sizing and capacity planning on IBM’s Power Systems platform.

On-Demand Webinar

How Organizations are Responding to the Continuing Challenge of Ransomware

By Bob Erdman

In this webinar, cybersecurity experts discuss ransomware motivations and perpetrators of attacks, who is at the highest risk, and the most effective solutions to this pervasive problem to help you better understand ransomware and reduce the large threat it poses.

Article

Empower Your Security Monitor with Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 08/28/2019

Typically, there are two main issues with monitoring a system manually: having to go out deliberately (and repeatedly) and check to see if something has happened; and the fact that you are most likely looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack of logged events.

On-Demand Webinar

Capacity Planning for Your Peak Season

By Doug Mewmaw

Are you confident that your Power Systems servers are set up to handle your busiest season? Watch this webinar to learn tired-and-true methodology from the experts.

Article

Capacity Planning and the Culture of Proof

By Timothy Prickett Morgan on Fri, 05/31/2019

Capacity planning is one of the most important things that a company will do, and yet there are still many companies that do it on the back of the envelope. Read this article and learn how to do it right.

Article

Interacting with Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i

By Robin Tatam on Thu, 03/21/2019

Your organization has invested in a security information event manager, or SIEM, to receive and analyse security and event log information from a variety of servers. Now they want to also get this information from their IBM Power Systems server.

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Performance Navigator

Historical performance monitoring and modeling across your IT environment In an increasingly virtualized world, it’s becoming more and more difficult to understand performance across your IT enterprise. Performance Navigator performance analysis software allows you to see what’s truly occurring on your mission critical systems. With current day and historical performance data, you know exactly...

Article

Top 5 Capacity Planning Mistakes on IBM i

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 02/12/2019

When it comes to capacity planning for IBM i, skip the shortcuts. This article shares expert recommendations on how to avoid the most common capacity planning mistakes.

Article

If It Has Moving Parts, Someday It's Going to Fail.

Sat, 11/03/2018

Check out IBM's new READ INTENSIVE SSDs. This is a note to highlight some of the pros and cons - and dig a little deeper into one of the cons - of IBM's recently announced new class of solid state disk drives, "read intensive" (RI) SSDs. The new RI-SSD comes in one flavor, a 1.86 TB drive. The new concept to wrap your head around is that the drive will "wear out" if you write too much over the...

Guide

How to Right-Size Your Power10 Capacity and Configuration

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Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i

Powertech SIEM Agent takes raw security event data from IBM i and converts it into a meaningful format for security operations staff. Schedule a demo today.

IBM Performance Management for Power Systems (PM400) Discontinued

Ask the Experts: Power Hardware Upgrades

External vs. Internal Storage: Which Is Right for Me?

Solid State Drives with IBM Power Servers

Clearswift – staying safe and secure throughout the coronavirus pandemic

7 Misconceptions About Automation

Why Relying on Scripted Operations Can Be a Problem for Your Business

Five Tips for the Automation Journey

Common Excuses for Not Automating

System Sizing for IBM Power Systems Servers

How Organizations are Responding to the Continuing Challenge of Ransomware

Empower Your Security Monitor with Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i

Capacity Planning for Your Peak Season

Capacity Planning and the Culture of Proof

Interacting with Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i

Performance Navigator

Top 5 Capacity Planning Mistakes on IBM i

If It Has Moving Parts, Someday It's Going to Fail.

How to Right-Size Your Power10 Capacity and Configuration

Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i

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