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How to Succeed at IBM i Security

Mon, 02/19/2024

Find out where security plans are running off course and how you can make a completely attainable plan to succeed.

LEVEL 4: Operations Center Suit

Does This Sound Familiar? How would you answer the following questions? Can you schedule highly complex job streams and track them across different IBM i systems or servers? Are you making effective use of system resources by running jobs at the best time? Do you receive alerts if performance thresholds are breached? Can you quickly identify resource-grabbing jobs and/or users and take prompt...

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LEVEL 3: Advanced Automation Suite

Does This Sound Familiar? How would you answer the following questions? Are you making effective use of system resources by running jobs at the best time? Do you receive alerts if performance thresholds are breached? Can you quickly identify resource-grabbing jobs and/or users and take prompt, corrective action? Can you automate disk space management, freeing technical resources for other projects...

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Level 2: Systems Operations Suite

What Is Level 2: Systems Operations Suite? Level 2 of the Halcyon IBM i Server Suites, Systems Operations Suite offers powerful and highly functional automation features for even tighter control of mission-critical business applications and processes. This solution provides total peace of mind that your IBM i is running at its full potential and maximizing system uptime for your business. Level 2...

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Level 1: Message Management Suite

Level 1 of the Halcyon IBM i Server Suites, Message Management Suite is an entry-level system monitoring and automation solution for the IBM i operating system. Unlike the basic system reply list that ships with IBM i servers, Level 1 addresses the fact that system-critical information messages often go unnoticed on a busy system.

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Malware, Ransomware, and Viruses vs Your IBM i Server

By Robin Tatam on Fri, 02/11/2022

Many of us have heard that you can’t get a virus on this platform, but the reality is that the integrated file system (IFS) is a tree-like structure. This structure can house Word documents, PDFs, MP3s, JPEG images, and these files can be just as infected on the IBM i server as they can on any Windows work station or server.

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Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance Relies on Powertech

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Endpoint Antivirus Software: What It Is, and Why You Need It

By Bob Erdman on Mon, 10/19/2020

The threat landscape can be a frightening scene when you look at the malicious attacks and ransomware infiltrating organizations around the globe. The good news: Endpoint antivirus applications are making enormous strides in their ability to protect enterprise-level equipment and data from attack. The bad news: Many companies overlook the need to secure non-Windows infrastructure and focus their...

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The Evolution of Cybersecurity Solutions for Organizations

Tue, 08/11/2020

In the early days of the internet, cybersecurity was fairly straightforward, with all solutions and strategies geared toward prevention. While prevention remains critical, cybersecurity has also had to evolve, with businesses layering their defenses and regularly evaluating the status of their safeguards to adapt to change—whether those be organizational or within the wider cybersecurity sphere.

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Three Lessons Learned from A Data Breach

By Bob Erdman on Mon, 02/24/2020

Simple lessons learned from the many breaches we’ve observed, like careless employees and unusual attack vectors, and ways they can be avoided.

Case Study

Alaska Communications Reaches New Heights with Network Monitoring from Intermapper

Alaska Communications is an internet service provider (ISP) supporting communications infrastructure in Alaska. Their team provides critical network services to customers—oftentimes, in remote locations. The company was in the midst of developing plans for a new site—one which was located on a mountaintop. With this remote site, they knew they were in for an uphill battle regarding maintenance and...

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Protecting AIX Servers Against Malware Threats

By Bob Erdman on Thu, 11/07/2019

Find out what security challenges AIX servers face, and what can be done to overcome them.

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10 Reasons Linux Attacks Happen and How to Avoid Them

By Bob Erdman on Mon, 07/29/2019

Take a look at why Linux attacks are occurring and what you can do to avoid them.

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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...