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What's New in Automate
Mon, 10/16/2023
That latest version of Automate has just been released. Find out more about what's new!
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The Difference Between OCR and IDP
Thu, 06/23/2022
Compare optical character recognition (OCR) and intelligent document processing (IDP) to learn when to use each to make structured and unstructured data more usable.
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[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.
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RPA in Action: Automated COVID-19 Employee Wellness Survey
By Paul Necklen on Thu, 04/02/2020
Watch this example of robotic process automation (RPA) in action and see how you can automatically send employees a COVID-19 wellness survey and track company-wide results.
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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.
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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.
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Automate 11.2 Enhances RPA Functionality
Mon, 09/30/2019
Discover the latest enhancements to your robotic process automation (RPA) experience with Automate’s 11.2 release.
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4 Impactful Tasks to Automate with Desktop Automation Tools
Tue, 09/17/2019
Using desktop automation tools let you work one-on-one with software bots to help you solve problems and simplify daily tasks within your environment. Learn the top four tasks to automate with desktop automation.
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Getting Started with Website Automation
Wed, 07/24/2019
Set up a website automation task using Automate, robotic process automation (RPA) software from Fortra. Download a free trial of automation software and set up a web automation task today.
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Automate Named One of Best RPA Solutions
Wed, 04/10/2019
Automate was named among the Best Robotic Process Automation Software in the G2 Grid® for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) from G2.
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Meet Automate Complete (Webinar Recap)
Mon, 07/10/2017
Meet Automate Complete—a suite of products that covers the entire automation spectrum.
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How to Automate Report Balancing Across Windows and IBM i Servers
By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 06/02/2017
Watch this short video to see how easy report balancing can be when using our integrated solution of Robot Schedule Enterprise and Automate.
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Intermapper vs. NetBrain: How Do They Stack Up?
By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 05/26/2017
You’ll find multiple tools that do network mapping, monitoring, and automation. Intermapper and NetBrain are two of them. Find out what they do and how to choose the right one for you.
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Automated Business Analytics Dashboards with Automate
Tue, 04/18/2017
Learn how you can use Automate to create compelling visual dashboards that track business analytics and keep your team informed.
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Code-Free Database Automation
Tue, 03/28/2017
Watch the recorded webinar to learn how to automate tedious database interaction tasks like data entry, reading incoming data files, and more.
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Secret Capabilities of Robot Schedule Revealed
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/31/2017
We recently surveyed our Robot Schedule technical support group for “ah ha!” moments that they’ve helped customers realize over the past few years. These tips from our tech gurus have helped customers automate jobs that needed to check a data area before running, track non-Robot jobs for reporting purposes, and check the status of a file before running a job.
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What Makes the Good Morning Report So Good?
By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 01/30/2017
There is nothing like waking up to find the latest news delivered right to your doorstep, waiting for you on the printer, or sent to you electronically. For years, our customers have started their days reading the Good Morning report from Robot Schedule.
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Customer Spotlight: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/17/2017
The operations team was excited to share how Robot job scheduling and monitoring software has helped them manage their processing needs across platforms from their IBM i.