Guide
Enterprise Scheduling ROI
Consolidating scheduling across multiple applications into an enterprise job scheduler increases productivity and helps the bottom line.
Guide
How to Automate Enterprise Scheduling
Following a specific plan for automating your enterprise schedule ensures greater success for your implementation.
Guide
Beyond Cron: How to Know When You've Outgrown Cron Scheduling
Cron is a useful tool, but for today’s large, interconnected enterprises it has its limitations. Modern enterprise job scheduling tools offer superior functionality, ease of use, and a more modern, graphical user interface.
Guide
Making the Data Integration Process More Efficient
It is important to understand the challenges that many companies face with data integration so that the appropriate tool can be used to address them.
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Why You Need an Enterprise Scheduler
The best way to resolve the issue of multiple schedulers is with an enterprise scheduler that can build cross-platform job streams to handle the different applications.
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Using the Cloud for Mission-Critical Systems
In order to make cloud computing highly available and easy to use, there has to be an infrastructure in the background, like enterprise scheduling software.
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Beyond Cron, Part II: Practical Task Scheduling Deployment
One of the best things about the UNIX environment (aside from being stable and efficient) is the vast array of software tools available to help you do your job. Traditionally, a UNIX tool does only one thing, but does that one thing very well. For example, grep is very easy to use and can search vast amounts of data quickly. The find tool can find a particular file or files based on all kinds of...
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.
Case Study
Major Steel Supplier Strikes Gold with a Document and Forms Management Solution and Superb Support
Paperwork and steel go hand-in-hand for one major steel supplier (MSS) with locations across North America. Every piece of steel they ship includes paperwork assuring customers of the quality of the product they’re receiving. But MSS had a problem: their processes were keeping them from meeting customer expectations. It was time to make a change.
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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...
Case Study
Bumble Bee Seafood Enjoys Easy Implementation and Top-notch Support with Automate Schedule
Bumble Bee Seafood is North America’s largest branded shelf-stable seafood company. Since 2014, Bumble Bee has used Automate Schedule to run jobs spanning SAP systems and Bumble Bee’s network servers. Bumble Bee has an international presence and uses Automate Schedule to manage processes on servers spanning multiple continents.
Case Study
For Centralized Data Processing, KeHE Relies on Fortra
As the nation’s leading distributor of natural, organic, specialty, ethnic, and gourmet food products, KeHE Distributors has helped thousands of retailers—from the smallest independent stores to the largest supermarket chains—meet the constantly growing demand for products that help people to live well. John Kinnaird is the National Operating Center Manager responsible for supporting both hardware...
Case Study
Lamps Plus Reduces Overtime Using Automation Solutions from Fortra
Established in 1976, Lamps Plus has brought excellence to the retail lighting industry for more than 35 years. Today, they are the nation’s largest specialty lighting company with more than 40 superstores throughout the western United States. They serve over five million customers a year with functional and decorative lighting products, in-home lighting consultations, in-store lighting seminars...
Case Study
Bank of Stockton Turns to Fortra for Reliable, Error-Free Operations
Founded in 1867, Bank of Stockton has always been at the forefront of banking technology innovation. With 17 branches in five counties across central California, Bank of Stockton is known as a community bank with a reputation for continually investing in new technology-based products and services to better serve its customers. Whether working to attract and retain customers, protect privacy, or...
Case Study
Fortra Helps Tara Materials Focus on Canvas, Not Paper
Canvas is the foundation of many great works of art. For many years, Tara Materials has been a major supplier of canvas. Its leading product line, Fredrix, was first manufactured in 1868. Today, Tara has two factories in Tijuana, California and Lawrenceville, Georgia that assemble more than three million pieces of stretched canvas and make about half a million yards of coated canvas each year.
Case Study
Cashman Equipment Looks to Fortra Professional Services with High Hopes
Cashman Equipment Company is not only one of the highest-rated Caterpillar equipment dealers in North America, but it is also one of the largest privately-owned companies in Nevada. Headquartered in Henderson, they employ over 600 dedicated team members of various professional and technical backgrounds. Nationally recognized by Caterpillar for outstanding sales performance, Cashman Equipment is a...