Guide
The Importance of Automating Systems Management
Systems management is an absolute necessity to ensure that businesses survive and thrive. Read this guide to learn the top ten automation tips for peace of mind.
On-Demand Webinar
For Developers, By Developers at Fortra
During this session, you’ll see live demonstrations of how Fortra developer tools can help you.
Article
VIOS Performance Monitoring Commands
By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 03/10/2021
You might think VIOS is set and forget, but it’s not. Luckily, VIOS includes a number of command line utilities to help you obtain performance-related information from your VIOS partitions.
On-Demand Webinar
IBM i Access Client Solutions for Data Access
During this recorded webinar, the IBM i experts from Fortra help you get a better understanding of Access Client Solutions (ACS).
On-Demand Webinar
Sequel Client Tables (a.k.a. Pivot Tables on Steroids)
Everything and anything around Client Tables in Sequel is covered in this on-demand webinar.
Guide
How to Handle Explosive IBM i Storage Growth
Data growth projections are simply too big to ignore. It’s essential that IT teams move away from reactive approaches and adopt a sustainable data storage management strategy. This guide is a great resource to get you started.
On-Demand Webinar
Journaling for Db2 and IFS
During this recorded webinar, the IBM i experts from Fortra help you get a better understanding of how journaling works.
Press Release
IBM i marketplace continues to expand
Fortra has published its seventh annual IBM i Marketplace Survey. It shows that use of the IBM i platform has surged during the pandemic. What makes this growth more interesting, is that most of the growth has been on-premises or in private datacentres not in the cloud.
Article
Performance Navigator vs. IBM PM400
By Randy Watson on Mon, 01/25/2021
This article presents a technical review of how Performance Navigator stacks up as a replacement for IBM Performance Management for Power Systems (PM400).
Press Release
Security remains top focus
Fortra has published its seventh annual IBM i Marketplace Survey, exploring how organizations use the IBM i platform and the IT initiatives it supports. Security concerns intensify with challenges over remote worker access.
On-Demand Webinar
How to Transfer IBM i Data to Microsoft Excel
During this recorded webinar, our data access experts demonstrate how you can simplify the process of getting data from multiple sources—including Db2 for i—into Excel.
On-Demand Webinar
Streamline the Day-to-Day with IT Automation
Thu, 01/14/2021
In this on-demand webinar, the automation experts from Fortra and CM First to explore ways to leverage IT automation tools in your most critical business projects—including those on IBM I, including those generated with CA 2E(Synon) and CA Plex.
Blog
IBM Performance Management for Power Systems (PM400) Discontinued
By Randy Watson on Thu, 01/07/2021
PM400 is dead, now what? Don’t worry! Fortra has a ready-made replacement in Performance Navigator. Read on to learn more.
On-Demand Webinar
What’s New with Robot?
Looking for an easy way to catch up with Fortra and hear how the new features in Robot may benefit you and your company? Here’s your chance!
Article
[INFOGRAPHIC] Audit Day for a System Administrator
By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 11/30/2020
Whether your IBM i audit is internal or external, once a week or once a year, the reporting process wastes time that would be better spent on projects that improve business processes. Don’t let it.
Blog
3 Reasons to Go Beyond Writing Queries in SQL
Sun, 11/29/2020
Still writing queries in SQL? Sure, it’s a powerful way to access IBM i data. But is it enough?
On-Demand Webinar
How to Work with Data from IBM i and Remote Databases
Watch this webinar to get insights from our expert on bringing data all together into one solution and work with it easily.
On-Demand Webinar
Introduction to Workload Automation
Tue, 11/10/2020
Join our technical team for a 45-minute on-demand webinar to jump start your workload automation skills.
On-Demand Webinar
Evaluating Opportunities for Front-End and Back-End Automation
By Pat Cameron
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn more about front-end and back-end automation and how to better craft a winning automation strategy that takes advantage of each approach to automation.
On-Demand Webinar
Your Role in the RDi Roadmap
In this session, you’ll see how RDi is strategically designed to help developers like you deliver impactful software to your organization faster and with higher quality.