Resources

Guide

Going Beyond the GUI

Modernization is more than simply switching from a green screen to a GUI. To have a truly modern IBM i data center, you must consider all areas of IT from your software and applications to your hardware and devices to the processes that support the whole operation. This guides helps you modernize your IBM i from the ground up.
Guide

A Single Pane of Glass for Multi-Platform Systems Management

Bring disparate systems, platforms, devices, and applications together in one place and on one screen to make systems management easier and create a consistent and common methodology to varying departments within the IT infrastructure. Combining Halcyon’s Enterprise Console, Operations Center Suite, and Network Server Suite can provide a single pane of glass for managing your IT environment. See how here.
Guide

5th Annual IBM AIX Community Survey Findings

The AIX Community Survey, now in its fifth consecutive year, goes in-depth with IT teams to gain a unique perspective into how this platform is being used today and how teams envision using it in the future. Over the years, the respondents of the survey have expanded to include a variety of industries, geographies, and titles within IT. More than 100 IT professionals in North America, EMEA, and APAC participated in this year’s survey, and this input enables all of us to understand the role of AIX with new clarity.
Guide

A Guide to IBM i Message Management

This guide teaches you how to handle IBM i message management, including the fastest and more accurate ways to monitor for messages, filter critical messages, and escalate messages to members of your team as needed.
Guide

Why Should You Monitor IBM MQ?

IBM MQ is a middleware product that allows messages (think data or information) to be sent and received to and from similar or dissimilar platforms with guaranteed delivery. Read this guide to learn the value of monitoring IBM MQ.
Datasheet

VCM Enterprise

VCM Enterprise allows you to get insight into your hybrid IT infrastructure, plan accurately for future needs, and prevent problems before they occur.
Guide

How to Do IT Cost Optimization

Our years of experience shows that organizations waste 30% of their hybrid IT spend, on average. This article identifies the five key components of a cost optimization strategy and how to be successful with each of them.
Datasheet

Vityl for Cloud Management

Hybrid Cloud Management Hybrid cloud refers to a mix of public and private cloud resources. Many organizations are moving their IT footprint to the cloud because running applications in the cloud often removes the capital expense of purchasing hardware and software, which can save money. Cloud deployments also allow IT professionals and business leaders to provision resources more quickly and...
Datasheet

Halcyon for Managed Service Providers

Fortra Takes Your Managed Services to the Next Level In today’s economy, managed service providers try to get by with what they have, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t something better out there. Whether you host your customers’ systems in your data center or provide remote monitoring or cloud-based services, Fortra has a technical solution and a commercial model to suit your business...
Datasheet

Performance Navigator

Historical performance monitoring and modeling across your IT environment In an increasingly virtualized world, it’s becoming more and more difficult to understand performance across your IT enterprise. Performance Navigator performance analysis software allows you to see what’s truly occurring on your mission critical systems. With current day and historical performance data, you know exactly...