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Open-Source IT Tools: Advantages, Disadvantages, and How Halcyon Compares
By Mike Davison on Mon, 08/05/2024
Discover the advantages and disadvantages of open-source IT tools and how Halcyon's offerings for Linux, Windows, AIX, and IBM i multi-platform environments compares.
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Major Launches Announced on Release Day 2024.2
Fri, 05/17/2024
About Fortra’s Release Day
Each quarter, we at Fortra get to roll out the fruits of our labors for the past few months. We showcase new features, updates, and even products.
This Release Day features several groundbreaking projects. We’ve broken into the XDR arena and are thrilled to introduce you to our new offering. We’ve issued major releases for over a half-dozen of our flagship products....
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Watch an on-demand demo of the latest Automate release now! Get instant access to an on-demand demo showcasing the latest and greatest features in Automate. Automate 24.2 is here! What you'll see in our latest version:Agent NotificationsDynamic 365 ActionEvaluateExpression(Expression) Extended FunctionWeb Browser Action EnhancementAnd more! ...
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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 Importance of VIOS
Thu, 08/31/2023
VIOS is considered a standard in organizations running IBM i, AIX, and Linux workloads. But don’t put your business at risk by letting it run unchecked. Learn five areas you must be monitoring.
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LEVEL 4: Operations Center Suite
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...
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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...
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Halcyon Features for Large Environments
Watch this webinar and learn how to leverage Halcyon monitoring software in large environments such as managed service providers (MSPs) and companies with multiple IBM i environments.
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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.
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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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Automate Ultimate Product Overview
Automate Ultimate eliminates the biggest challenge to scalability by offering unlimited bots to unlock your full automation potential.
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A Single Pane of Glass for Multi-Platform Systems Management
Bring disparate systems, platforms, devices, and applications together in one place and on one screen to make systems management easier and create a consistent and common methodology to varying departments within the IT infrastructure. Combining Halcyon’s Enterprise Console, Operations Center Suite, and Network Server Suite can provide a single pane of glass for managing your IT environment. See how here.
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Three Essential Steps to Successful Performance Management
Tue, 08/24/2021
Performance management is often made to look cumbersome and complex, but we’ve distilled the process down to three essential steps.
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5th Annual IBM AIX Community Survey Findings
The AIX Community Survey, now in its fifth consecutive year, goes in-depth with IT teams to gain a unique perspective into how this platform is being used today and how teams envision using it in the future. Over the years, the respondents of the survey have expanded to include a variety of industries, geographies, and titles within IT.
More than 100 IT professionals in North America, EMEA, and APAC participated in this year’s survey, and this input enables all of us to understand the role of AIX with new clarity.
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Take Mortgage Processing to the Next Level with Intelligent Automation
By Erik Fisher
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how you can streamline the loan origination process, intelligently automate interactions between applications, relieve overwhelmed staff, and provide a higher-quality mortgage lending experience.
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Are MSPs Right for Me?
Mon, 04/12/2021
Figure out if MSPs are right for your organization. What are the risks and rewards of managed service providers?