Resources

Article

File Monitoring and Other Features of Robot Schedule 12

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016

Let’s say you have a bank transmission or FTP process that occurs randomly throughout the day. How do you monitor that activity? OPAL? CLP scripts? Not anymore!

Article

Automate the Un-Automatable

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016

Automated job scheduling means your batch jobs run smoothly and your stress level goes down, but that’s only half the battle if you’re using labor-intensive, interactive applications that require you to fill out screens to submit a job.

Article

4 Reasons to Add VTLs

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016

Backup and recovery processes are among the unsung heroes of data center operations. Though end results may not be readily apparent on an everyday basis, natural and digital disasters have a way of humbling companies that do not take this risk management discipline seriously.

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. ...

Blog

Is Your Boss an Automation Skeptic?

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 08/29/2016

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.

Guide

Your Must-Have Guide to Modernizing Form and Document Creation

Blog

Three Layers of AP Automation—And How to Approach Them

Thu, 08/25/2016

Accounts payable departments run on documents—but documents don’t need to slow AP down. Read the article to learn more about AP automation.

Article

How Network Monitoring and Document Management Work Together

By Kevin Jackson on Wed, 08/24/2016

Maximize productivity and amp up your security by using network monitoring and document management solutions together.

Guide

IT Centralization and Robot

This paper makes a case for IT centralization on IBM i and explains the important role automated systems management technologies like Robot have to play in centralized IT environments.

Guide

Building a Sound Investment Strategy Through Technology

Combining IBM Power Systems hardware and reliable iSeries job scheduler software is a powerful investment strategy for companies that not only improves their bottom line, but enhances customer experience.

Article

Trigger Events with a File in Robot Schedule 12

By Tom Huntington on Fri, 08/19/2016

Robot Schedule version 12 makes monitoring for file events and setting them up as dependencies a very simple process.

Blog

Concerns in Creating a Paperless Office

Thu, 08/18/2016

Identified as a key trend of the future and a way to improve business efficiency, the idea of a “paperless” office (or more realistically, a “less paper” office) is spreading relatively slowly. Why is that?