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Our automated operations and business intelligence products are each represented by a robot.

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Automated Operations
	Robot/ALERT Robot/ALERT sends text, e-mail, and pager messages in reaction to events on the system or from your programs. Use Robot/ALERT to notify an operator if your System i needs assistance.		Robot/AUTOTUNE Robot/AUTOTUNE monitors and tunes your system for maximum performance. Set tuning priorities and Robot/AUTOTUNE continuously tunes the System i using the techniques you would use if you had time.
	Robot/CLIENT Robot/CLIENT coordinates your System i and other servers for maximum performance and availability. A operations event manager, it integrates Windows and Unix servers into your System i procedures seamlessly.		Robot/CONSOLE Robot/CONSOLE monitors system console messages, resources, and system logs, and performs recovery procedures, notifies experts, and redirects or suppresses messages automatically.		Robot/CPA Robot/CPA automates the tasks of monitoring job and device usage, pricing, and user chargeback. Use its displays and reports to track and charge back for device and processor use while operating unattended.
	Robot/LPAR Robot/LPAR, the System i partition management software, moves resources among partitions for efficient processing, manually or on a schedule. It also helps you set resource levels to meet service level agreements.		Robot/NETWORK Robot/NETWORK, the System i network control software, monitors your network (or partitions) for events that need corrective action. It distributes operating instructions for the Robot products to network systems (or partitions) automatically.		Robot/REPLAY Robot/REPLAY, a plug-in for Robot/SCHEDULE, automates interactive job processes, including FTP. It creates a Replay object that you can copy, play back on a specified device, print, and schedule in Robot/SCHEDULE.
	Robot/REPORTS Robot/REPORTS automates the operator duties of report bursting, distribution, bundling, and archiving. Secure, selective online report viewing saves you thousands of dollars a year in printing costs.		Robot/SAVE Robot/SAVE automates system and PC backup, recovery, and tape management. Whether you lose one object or the entire system, Robot/SAVE helps you restore exactly what you need so you get back online fast.		Robot/SCHEDULE Robot/SCHEDULE automates the operator duties of job scheduling and batch job management. Schedule jobs based on time patterns or in reaction to events on any System i in a network. Robot/SCHEDULE EnterpriseOne Interface Robot/SCHEDULE SAP Interface
	Robot/SECURITY Robot/SECURITY manages System i security through exit point monitoring, profile exchange, user and system authority auditing, security audit journal (QAUDJRN) monitoring, and system security setup analysis.		Robot/SPACE Robot/SPACE eliminates disk space crises. It collects disk usage statistics, predicts future disk usage, and performs over 20 disk cleanup duties.		Robot/TRANSFORM Robot/TRANSFORM converts OS/400 spooled files and IFS files to Portable Document Format (PDF) for easy e-mail distribution. It preserves graphics and company logos used by electronic forms packages.
	Robot/TRAPPER Robot/TRAPPER receives SNMP event notifications (traps) from network devices, converts them into System i messages, and checks the status of your network devices and applications.
	Robot/UPS Robot/UPS manages the System i during power failures and does an orderly shutdown before battery power runs out.
Business Intelligence
	SEQUEL SEQUEL lets you deliver System i data through graphical query and reporting, executive dashboards, e-mail distribution, and more! It's the most popular choice for virtually any System i business intelligence task.
Productivity Solutions
ABSTRACT ABSTRACT provides an integrated set of cross-referencing, documentation, and programming tools for the System i. ABSTRACT analyzes your applications and builds a "where-used" cross reference, saving development time and effort.		Easy View Easy View displays every type of data file. It increases programmer productivity by reducing the need to use DFUs and queries to view or change the contents of database files.		ESEND ESEND provides a wide range capabilities for moving System i information. It lets you distribute files and reports by e-mail, archive spooled files, and forward output queues.

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