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Automated Capacity Forecasting Using Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning
By Per Bauer on Mon, 06/07/2021
Better understand the different options for capacity forecasting and their characteristics, including using predictive analytics and machine learning. And learn how to choose the optimal forecasting method based on your business needs and maximize the accuracy and value of your planning efforts.
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Jumpstart Your Cost Optimization Project
By Per Bauer
When exciting new services get underway, IT can be reduced to a cost center. In an effort to keep services up, leadership adopts a “performance at any cost” mindset and allocates more resources than necessary as an insurance policy against downtime.
But this is not a sustainable strategy, and especially in times like these, your organization needs to focus on controlling costs in every area of...
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How to Get Buy-In for Your IT Cost Optimization Strategy
By Per Bauer on Fri, 08/28/2020
Policy alone is rarely enough to influence change. Lasting impact requires buy-in from the organization and is best achieved using a mix of different influence levers.
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How to Do IT Cost Optimization
By Per Bauer
30% of hybrid IT spend is wasted. Whether you find that number shocking or not, you likely don’t know how to identify and eliminate the wasted spend while assuring performance.
Many organizations have adopted a “performance at any cost” mindset to ensure service delivery and choose to overprovision IT resources for peace of mind. But the cost of overprovisioning adds up and quickly becomes...
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How to Do IT Cost Optimization
Our years of experience shows that organizations waste 30% of their hybrid IT spend, on average. This article identifies the five key components of a cost optimization strategy and how to be successful with each of them.
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Remember the IFS!
By Robin Tatam on Thu, 06/27/2019
Ask any security professional which area of IBM i security is most often ignored and chances are that the unanimous response is a chorus of “the Integrated File System.” Although it’s been around since V3R1, the Integrated File System, or IFS, remains a shrouded mystery that represents significant risk to many IBM i organizations.
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Powertech Database Monitor for IBM i
Powertech Database Monitor for IBM i leverages IBM i to automate, streamline, and centralize your database monitoring while providing full notification, authorization, reporting, and regulatory compliance capabilities. Schedule a demo today.
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Powertech Command Security for IBM i
Using Command Security, you identify which commands you want to monitor, specify the conditions under which the command should be secured, and define the actions to take when the conditions are met. Schedule a demo today.
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VCM allows you to get insight into your hybrid IT infrastructure, eliminate wasted spend, and prevent problems before they occur.
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Protect the IBM i Command Line with Powertech Command Security for IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017
A user’s ability to execute commands in a green-screen environment is controlled by the limit capabilities (LMTCPB) parameter on their profile. Although without exit programs to extend IBM i security functions, even limited capability users could invoke commands through network interfaces such as FTP.
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Command Access Can Bring Unexpected Consequences
By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017
Does this sound familiar? You recently experienced an “unplanned outage” after an administrator inadvertently issued a PWRDWNSYS command while mentoring a new operator.
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How To Maintain Your Data Integrity
By Robin Tatam on Tue, 03/21/2017
File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) helps ensure that your critical and sensitive data is viewed and changed only by authorized personnel through approved channels. Candidates for FIM include application files containing sensitive data, such as personnel or financial data, and server configuration files.
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An Introduction to PCI Compliance on IBM Power Systems
By Robin Tatam
Complying with the PCI standard is a normal part of doing business in today’s credit-centric world. But, PCI applies to multiple platforms. The challenge becomes how to map the general PCI requirements to a specific platform, such as IBM i. And, more importantly, how can you maintain—and prove—compliance?
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Audit and Control of Powerful Users on IBM i
By Robin Tatam
Discover the ways to control and audit the activity of powerful users, with a view to enhancing the integrity of your IBM i. With the proper controls in place, you can restrict even the most powerful users as required.
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Are IBM i monitoring limitations leaving your data exposed?
In this era of cyberattacks, IBM i limitations could leave data vulnerable. Watch this 30-minute webinar where we explore the key reasons why.