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What's New in Automate

Mon, 10/16/2023

That latest version of Automate has just been released. Find out more about what's new!

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Adding Flexibility to IBM i Monitoring Without Compromising Availability

By Kurt Thomas on Tue, 06/01/2021

To cope with system issues, you want easy yet comprehensive solutions that handle your performance, messaging, and remote management needs, but what you really need are integrated solutions for universal control. See where Robot Monitor fits in.

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Best Automation Practices for Robot Console

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 05/17/2021

When you apply rules to system events, automation software like Robot Console works like the autopilot on a boat or plane—it steers the system through the night or the weekend while you rest.

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RPA in Action: Automated COVID-19 Employee Wellness Survey

By Paul Necklen on Thu, 04/02/2020

Watch this example of robotic process automation (RPA) in action and see how you can automatically send employees a COVID-19 wellness survey and track company-wide results.

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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.

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Automate 11.2 Enhances RPA Functionality

Mon, 09/30/2019

Discover the latest enhancements to your robotic process automation (RPA) experience with Automate’s 11.2 release.

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4 Impactful Tasks to Automate with Desktop Automation Tools

Tue, 09/17/2019

Using desktop automation tools let you work one-on-one with software bots to help you solve problems and simplify daily tasks within your environment. Learn the top four tasks to automate with desktop automation.

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Mobile Dashboards for IBM i Monitoring

By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 08/07/2019

Robot Console leverages the power of Fortra' dashboards containing browser access! Mobile-friendly dashboards allow you to combine key message summary and resource status data into a single, intuitive view. Read on to learn more.

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Getting Started with Website Automation

Wed, 07/24/2019

Set up a website automation task using Automate, robotic process automation (RPA) software from Fortra. Download a free trial of automation software and set up a web automation task today.

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Two-Way Message Response with Robot

By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 05/01/2019

You have the afternoon off—but not the responsibility of monitoring your system for issues. This includes responding to application and system messages as they occur on your production IBM i jobs. You don’t want to carry your laptop around just in case you need to VPN back to answer a message that is waiting on your month-end process. What option do you have?

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Automate Named One of Best RPA Solutions

Wed, 04/10/2019

Automate was named among the Best Robotic Process Automation Software in the G2 Grid® for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) from G2.

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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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Message Received?

By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 02/23/2018

When was the last time you reviewed your Robot Console message automation? If you’re out of practice, let’s take a look at what you can do to maximize your message automation and reports.

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What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?

By Paul Ratchford on Thu, 09/14/2017

Guard against degraded system performance, data loss, and downtime. Make sure you’re monitoring these 15 metrics on the IBM i operating system.

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Meet Automate Complete (Webinar Recap)

Mon, 07/10/2017

Meet Automate Complete—a suite of products that covers the entire automation spectrum.

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Intermapper vs. NetBrain: How Do They Stack Up?

By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 05/26/2017

You’ll find multiple tools that do network mapping, monitoring, and automation. Intermapper and NetBrain are two of them. Find out what they do and how to choose the right one for you.

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Automated Business Analytics Dashboards with Automate

Tue, 04/18/2017

Learn how you can use Automate to create compelling visual dashboards that track business analytics and keep your team informed.

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Code-Free Database Automation

Tue, 03/28/2017

Watch the recorded webinar to learn how to automate tedious database interaction tasks like data entry, reading incoming data files, and more.

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Application Monitoring and More in Robot Console 6

By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 02/24/2017

As more applications on IBM i become Java- or web-based, they’re less likely to send their important messages to a message queue. But don’t worry—Robot Console has that covered.

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Using NFS with Webdocs – iSeries

Tue, 01/24/2017

Webdocs – iSeries references the documents it stores by an IFS (Integrated File System) path. There is, however, no requirement that the IFS path refer to a file system on local disk. In fact, for many Webdocs iSeries implementations, it is advantageous to store some or all of the documents from Webdocs on remote file systems that are shared using NFS (Network File System) and mounted into the IFS...

What's New in Automate

Adding Flexibility to IBM i Monitoring Without Compromising Availability

Best Automation Practices for Robot Console

RPA in Action: Automated COVID-19 Employee Wellness Survey

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

Automate 11.2 Enhances RPA Functionality

4 Impactful Tasks to Automate with Desktop Automation Tools

Mobile Dashboards for IBM i Monitoring

Getting Started with Website Automation

Two-Way Message Response with Robot

Automate Named One of Best RPA Solutions

The Many Ways Robot Supports SNMP

Message Received?

What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?

Meet Automate Complete (Webinar Recap)

Intermapper vs. NetBrain: How Do They Stack Up?

Automated Business Analytics Dashboards with Automate

Code-Free Database Automation

Application Monitoring and More in Robot Console 6

Using NFS with Webdocs – iSeries

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