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How to Move to POWER9 the Right Way

By Tom Huntington
If you have a Power Systems hardware upgrade in your future, watch this webinar for expert tips on how to size, secure, and manage your new investment.
IBM i Automation
IBM i Business Intelligence
IBM i Cybersecurity
Datasheet
Datasheet

Robot Alert

Robot Alert sends and receives email, text, and SNMP messages in reaction to IBM i events.
Automation
Scale of IT capacity planning tools that balance cost and risk
Article
Article

Comparing Different Methods for Calculating Health and Risk

By Per Bauer on Fri, 02/08/2019
How do you calculate IT health and risk ? There are different methods you can use, depending on your needs. The most common methods for determining IT infrastructure health are: Threshold comparison Enhanced threshold comparison Event detection Variation from normal Allocation comparison Queuing theory for health On the other hand, the most common methods for calculating IT infrastructure risk are...
Automation
Designing Automated Workflows
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Everything You Need to Know About RPA in 30 Minutes

By Pat Cameron
If you’re hearing terms like digital workforce, software robot, and automation center of excellence, but aren’t sure what it all means, this webinar is for you. Learn about the advantages of automation with RPA, real-life robotic process automation use cases, and common RPA terminology.
Automation
Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
system performance management
Blog
Blog

Performance Management

By Per Bauer on Sat, 07/22/2017
What is Performance Management? IT performance management is responsible for everyday aspects of capacity management , like monitoring performance and resources, planning changes to make efficient use of resources, analyzing performance, and reporting back to the business. Now more than ever, your company’s bottom line rests on your ability to provide 24/7 service online. Even short outages can...
Automation
Capacity Planning for IT Managers
Blog
Blog

IT Maturity

By Per Bauer on Fri, 06/16/2017
What are your optimization goals? An optimization initiative is typically triggered by one of the drivers listed below and the focus is dictated by your overall business objectives. But singlehandedly focusing on one objective may negatively impact your capabilities in the other areas. This can reduce the overall service quality and offer limited to no real value. In order to achieve concurrent...
Automation
How to go from simple to strategic capacity management
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Blog

How to Go from Simple to Strategic Capacity Management

By Per Bauer on Fri, 03/17/2017
Capacity Management Strategies If IT was like a restaurant…then capacity management should be like the restaurant manager (aka Maître D’). Unfortunately, too many organizations are using capacity management as the clean-up department. When something goes wrong, capacity management fixes it. And while that used to work, that’s not the best practice to follow today. A Brief History of Capacity...
Automation
Capacity Planning for IT Managers
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Blog

Capacity Planning

By Per Bauer on Tue, 03/14/2017
Have you ever experienced an online service outage? It’s like losing half your physical locations without any warning. Downtime is a huge problem. It stops your revenue stream. It compromises customer loyalty. It damages your brand’s reputation. And it wastes hours and IT resources to fix the problem—when it shouldn’t have been a problem to begin with. Isn’t it about time you prevented downtime...
Automation