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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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Three Essential Steps to Successful Performance Management

Tue, 08/24/2021

Performance management is often made to look cumbersome and complex, but we’ve distilled the process down to three essential steps.

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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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Thanks to intelligent filtering, the Alert Intelligence feature included in IBM i Server Suite improves the quality of IBM i alerts while reducing the quantity, providing increased application availability and system uptime.

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Availability Reporting for Managed Service Providers

By Paul Ratchford on Wed, 02/12/2020

Proving that you are meeting service-level agreements shouldn’t be a wasted effort. In fact, it should strengthen your relationship with clients and help your team manage performance in the future. See how.

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Log File Monitoring in IBM i Server Suite

By Paul Ratchford on Mon, 01/27/2020

Log File Monitor can monitor the contents of files in the integrated file system (IFS) and raise alerts based on this content. Read on to learn more.

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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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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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Remember the IFS!

By Robin Tatam on Thu, 06/27/2019

Ask any security professional which area of IBM i security is most often ignored and chances are that the unanimous response is a chorus of “the Integrated File System.” Although it’s been around since V3R1, the Integrated File System, or IFS, remains a shrouded mystery that represents significant risk to many IBM i organizations.

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Automate Website Monitoring in Less Than 10 Minutes

Mon, 04/15/2019

How can a 6-step automation task provide peace of mind when it comes to website monitoring? At Fortra, our web team works to make sure that people will always be able to access our website to find solutions to their IT problems. But they don’t work 24/7. Even with the team spread across different time zones, if a critical error occurs when no one is around—or that no one knows about—it can’t be...

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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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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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6 Enhancements in IBM i Server Suites Version 7

By Paul Ratchford on Fri, 06/23/2017

What's new in version 7 of IBM i Server Suites? Read this article to find out.

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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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Protect the IBM i Command Line with Powertech Command Security for IBM i

By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017

A user’s ability to execute commands in a green-screen environment is controlled by the limit capabilities (LMTCPB) parameter on their profile. Although without exit programs to extend IBM i security functions, even limited capability users could invoke commands through network interfaces such as FTP.

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Command Access Can Bring Unexpected Consequences

By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017

Does this sound familiar? You recently experienced an “unplanned outage” after an administrator inadvertently issued a PWRDWNSYS command while mentoring a new operator.

What's New in Automate

Three Essential Steps to Successful Performance Management

RPA in Action: Automated COVID-19 Employee Wellness Survey

All About Alert Intelligence

Availability Reporting for Managed Service Providers

Log File Monitoring in IBM i Server Suite

Automate 11.2 Enhances RPA Functionality

4 Impactful Tasks to Automate with Desktop Automation Tools

Getting Started with Website Automation

Remember the IFS!

Automate Website Monitoring in Less Than 10 Minutes

Automate Named One of Best RPA Solutions

What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?

Meet Automate Complete (Webinar Recap)

6 Enhancements in IBM i Server Suites Version 7

Intermapper vs. NetBrain: How Do They Stack Up?

Automated Business Analytics Dashboards with Automate

Code-Free Database Automation

Protect the IBM i Command Line with Powertech Command Security for IBM i

Command Access Can Bring Unexpected Consequences

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