Resources

Blunting BEC Capers that Continue to Target and Devastate SMBs and Enterprises

In his guest blog on The Last Watchdog, John Wilson looks at why Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are on the rise, how they are orchestrated, and what organizations can do to stop this all-too-common attack vector.

Guide

10 Data Security Worst Practices and How They Could Lead to Data Breaches

Blog

Lessons Learned from IBM's Native Scheduler

By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 03/14/2022

The systems that businesses rely on today are increasingly complex and challenging to manage without sophisticated job scheduling tools. According to the annual IBM i Marketplace Survey Results , only 22 percent of IBM i shops are running the IBM i operating system exclusively. 68 percent are also running the Windows OS, another 56 percent are running Linux, and 26 percent are running AIX. That...

Datasheet

Fortra's Security & Automation Portfolios

Today’s IT environment is filled with the challenges of securing infrastructure despite lean resources and a mounting list of projects. Fortra strives to be your trusted partner as you simplify your strategy, consolidate your technology stack, and harden security across all aspects of your environment. Fortra offers a comprehensive approach to security and automation that reduces the costly...

Blog

60+ IBM i User Groups and Communities to Join

By Tom Huntington on Thu, 12/16/2021

To help you stay connected to the thriving IBM i community, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of IBM i user groups around the world. Read on!

Press Release

5 Things You Need To Know To Optimize Your Company’s Approach to Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

In Authority Magazine, Tyler Gallagher interviews John Wilson of Agari by Fortra to find out how companies can optimize their approach to data privacy and security.

On-Demand Webinar

File Dependencies for Batch Processing

By Tom Huntington

Learn how to optimize your workload by eliminating timer jobs in WRKJOBSCDE, Cron, and Windows Task Scheduler using Robot Schedule.

Datasheet

Fortra Cybersecurity

Chances are, your team is struggling to keep up with the ever-growing workload, increasing security threats, and shifting priorities that have become hallmarks of today’s IT environment. Instead of proactively building your security posture, you’re forced to be reactive, always fighting the biggest fire first. You need a better way. It’s time to protect your organization with proactive, automated...

Article

[INFOGRAPHIC] Audit Day for a System Administrator

By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 11/30/2020

Whether your IBM i audit is internal or external, once a week or once a year, the reporting process wastes time that would be better spent on projects that improve business processes. Don’t let it.

Case Study

Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance PLC Gains Consistency, Accuracy with Robot

Article

Why Relying on Scripted Operations Can Be a Problem for Your Business

By Steve Brasen on Tue, 03/31/2020

Scripting provides a powerful platform to automate simple tasks, but overusing custom scripts is hazardous for your business.

Article

Backup Basics: Saving Your Data and Your Job

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 02/24/2020

You need a backup strategy to test your company’s disaster recovery plan and, despite its reputation for reliability, administrators still need to back up their IBM i. A sound backup strategy should also restore individual user objects to account for human error.