Active Directory is a staple of enterprise IT and it nominally ensures secure, authenticated access to a company's core business applications. It can become problematic if it isn't properly monitored and supported by up-to-date security software, modern hardware, and access controls. Accordingly, system administrators face many potential risks when working with Active Directory.

Highly regulated organizations such as those in the banking industry have a strong history with IBM i, and for good reason—the platform offers an unprecedented level of security.

Are you running your jobs in a test environment before you put them into production? Find out why you should be.

Find out how to streamline, monitor, and automate SharePoint workflows across your organization using cross-platform solutions from Fortra.

Fortra Software Engineer Ben Peter used Automate Schedule to automate a musical lights show.

Automating the run book is a huge productivity increase for the oeprations team in any data center. Find out what the Fortra experts have to say about the history of run book automation.

Workload automation presents a solution to the challenges of enterprise scheduling that can enable IT workers to turn their focus to better initiatives.

You’re already managing thousands of workflows, batch jobs, and other background processes using the same staff and tools you’ve had for years, but business demands keep adding more to your plate. You know you need to optimize, improve visibility, and start justifying the cost of new resources before it’s too late.

If your organization is thinking about using (or is using) IBM's Cryptographic APIs (e.g. QC3ENCDT, Qc3EncryptData) for encrypting database fields, then this article is for you.

The growing threats to data highlight the need for multiple layers of defense. Encryption is a critical layer that protects your organization from some of the most devastating consequences of a data breach.

Capacity Management Strategies If IT was like a restaurant…then capacity management should be like the restaurant manager (aka Maître D’). Unfortunately, too many organizations are using capacity management as the clean-up department. When something goes wrong, capacity management fixes it. And while that used to work, that’s not the best practice to follow today. A Brief History of Capacity...

This infographic illustrates 10 main buckets of network equipment a flexible tool can easily monitor.

Have you ever experienced an online service outage? It’s like losing half your physical locations without any warning. Downtime is a huge problem. It stops your revenue stream. It compromises customer loyalty. It damages your brand’s reputation. And it wastes hours and IT resources to fix the problem—when it shouldn’t have been a problem to begin with. Isn’t it about time you prevented downtime...