Resources

Guide

Download “Automation without Alienation”

Automation has the potential to transform the way we work. It allows organizations drive efficiencies, increase reliability, and cut costs. But not everyone is on board with the change. Automation can be frightening to employees who worry about losing their jobs to robots and computers. This white paper from Computing tackles the problem of how to go forward implementing automation while...
Guide

Top Security Issue for the Integrated File System (IFS)

The IFS is one of the most ignored parts of the system, yet it enables many of the most powerful and most used features on IBM i today. Overlooking the ways in which IBM i utilizes the IFS could weaken your security.
Blog

IT Risk Mitigation

It's a brave new world for IT. And it often seems impossible to predict future demand and guard against performance risks. You have mountains of data, scalable cloud infrastructures, and a complex web of IT environments. It's complicated, to say the least.  And it's matched by skyrocketing consumer demand for and reliance on online services. Bottom line: outages are more dangerous to a company...
Press Release

Fortra Acquires Safestone Technologies Ltd.

Safestone Technologies is the 3rd acquisition for Fortra this year. Safestone Technologies’ experience in security, auditing, and compliance solutions complements the mission of PowerTech, a division of Fortra.
Blog

Do You Need Enterprise Scheduling Software?

Job scheduling was simpler when you only needed to worry about your IBM i (AS400) server and its batch processes, but several dynamics have changed over the past decade which have forced us into worrying about processes on other platforms.
Blog

Is Your Boss an Automation Skeptic?

There is little doubt among IT experts as to the potential benefits of implementing automation tools at deeper levels within the data center environment. Yet adoption rates have not always mirrored this optimism. Especially among the small business crowd, automation is still seen as something that is "nice to have" as opposed to mission-critical.