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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.

Case Study

Fortra Pumped Up Barnwell House of Tires Document Management Capabilities

Case Study

Robot Console Enables Mesilla Valley Transportation to Prevent Lost Revenue

Based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, Mesilla Valley Transportation is one of the largest locally owned truckload carriers in the U.S. The company began in 1982 and specializes in time-sensitive service between major manufacturing areas in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

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Manufacturer Streamlines Processes and Reduces Paper with Webdocs

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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.

Case Study

NAFECO Deploys Webdocs Integrated with S2K for a Seamless Document Management Solution

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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.

Case Study

Commercial Supplies Distributor Automates Document Processes with Webdocs

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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?

Case Study

Highland Telephone Modernizes Accounting Reports with an EDMS

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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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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.

Case Study

National Parking Service Saves Time with Automated Document Management

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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.

Case Study

Appvion Improves Customer Satisfaction with a Digital Document Repository

Appvion, Inc. manufactures paper—thermal, carbonless, security, inkjet, digital specialty and colored papers. But this Appleton, Wisconsin-based company had a problem when it came to digital documents in their customer web portal. Their existing system just wasn’t up to snuff. It was time to make a change.

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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...

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Customer Spotlight: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/17/2017

The operations team was excited to share how Robot job scheduling and monitoring software has helped them manage their processing needs across platforms from their IBM i.

Adding Flexibility to IBM i Monitoring Without Compromising Availability

Best Automation Practices for Robot Console

Fortra Pumped Up Barnwell House of Tires Document Management Capabilities

Robot Console Enables Mesilla Valley Transportation to Prevent Lost Revenue

Manufacturer Streamlines Processes and Reduces Paper with Webdocs

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

NAFECO Deploys Webdocs Integrated with S2K for a Seamless Document Management Solution

Mobile Dashboards for IBM i Monitoring

Commercial Supplies Distributor Automates Document Processes with Webdocs

Two-Way Message Response with Robot

Highland Telephone Modernizes Accounting Reports with an EDMS

Interacting with Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i

The Many Ways Robot Supports SNMP

Message Received?

What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?

National Parking Service Saves Time with Automated Document Management

Application Monitoring and More in Robot Console 6

Appvion Improves Customer Satisfaction with a Digital Document Repository

Using NFS with Webdocs – iSeries

Customer Spotlight: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

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