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How Do I Make My Work on IBM i Look Good So My Company Doesn’t Ditch the Platform?
By Donnie MacColl on Wed, 09/11/2019
The good old green screen is no longer your safety blanket. In fact, it could be the final nail in the coffin for IBM i at your company. Consider this your wakeup call from Donnie MacColl.
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How Organizations are Responding to the Continuing Challenge of Ransomware
By Bob Erdman
In this webinar, cybersecurity experts discuss ransomware motivations and perpetrators of attacks, who is at the highest risk, and the most effective solutions to this pervasive problem to help you better understand ransomware and reduce the large threat it poses.
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Empower Your Security Monitor with Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Wed, 08/28/2019
Typically, there are two main issues with monitoring a system manually: having to go out deliberately (and repeatedly) and check to see if something has happened; and the fact that you are most likely looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack of logged events.
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Mobile NOW for Robot Network
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 08/21/2019
The web interface for Robot Network is a browser-based tool that uses Fortra Insite to help you access system performance data for your network of IBM i systems from any laptop, tablet, or smartphone. You can also work in the Robot Network Status Center to see and respond to messages and other events that have been escalated to the Robot Network host system.
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Mobile Dashboards for IBM i Monitoring
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 08/07/2019
Robot Console leverages the power of Fortra' dashboards containing browser access! Mobile-friendly dashboards allow you to combine key message summary and resource status data into a single, intuitive view. Read on to learn more.
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Monitoring Beyond IBM i Message Queues
Learn how to chuck the manual checklist and teach critical IBM i messages to find you or fix themselves instead. Watch now to see how!
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Two-Way Message Response with Robot
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 05/01/2019
You have the afternoon off—but not the responsibility of monitoring your system for issues. This includes responding to application and system messages as they occur on your production IBM i jobs. You don’t want to carry your laptop around just in case you need to VPN back to answer a message that is waiting on your month-end process. What option do you have?
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Interacting with Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Thu, 03/21/2019
Your organization has invested in a security information event manager, or SIEM, to receive and analyse security and event log information from a variety of servers. Now they want to also get this information from their IBM Power Systems server.
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Robot Alert
Robot Alert sends and receives email, text, and SNMP messages in reaction to IBM i events.
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Mobile Management for Your Job Schedule
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 02/13/2019
Your job schedule has never looked so good! Learn about four must-have features exclusive to the web interface for Robot Schedule.
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Robot Console
Robot Console is a fully automated, customizable tool that sends you only the IBM i messages you need to see. This makes your monitoring more effective—you won’t miss crucial information—and more efficient.
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Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i
Powertech SIEM Agent takes raw security event data from IBM i and converts it into a meaningful format for security operations staff. Schedule a demo today.
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How to Get Real-Time Cybersecurity Insight for IBM i
By Robin Tatam
Security expert Robin Tatam and Fortra Security Product Manager Bob Erdman show how mid-market SIEM solutions combine ease-of-use with the functionality you need, and preview Powertech Event Manager.
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The Many Ways Robot Supports SNMP
By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 02/23/2018
Many devices send status updates using SNMP or simple network management protocol. Make sure you’re getting the message. Read on to see how Robot supports SNMP.
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Message Received?
By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 02/23/2018
When was the last time you reviewed your Robot Console message automation? If you’re out of practice, let’s take a look at what you can do to maximize your message automation and reports.
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What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?
By Paul Ratchford on Thu, 09/14/2017
Guard against degraded system performance, data loss, and downtime. Make sure you’re monitoring these 15 metrics on the IBM i operating system.
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How Automation Widened the Processing Window at Heartland Financial
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/22/2017
IT process automation software helps Heartland Financial do processing for nine different banks in a narrow timeframe. Listen the audio Q&A!
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Deploying Multi-Factor Authentication in Your Enterprise
By Robin Tatam
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) exists because of the steady increase in data breach events. A data breach can subject your organization to steep fines, litigation, and even criminal prosecution. And it opens innocent third parties to identify theft, which you may also be legally required to mitigate—at your own expense. MFA protects you from the most common cause of a data breach: compromised...
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How to Apply IDS/IPS to IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Fri, 05/12/2017
IPS/IDS are common cybersecurity terms, but how does that pertain to the IBM i environment?