On-Demand Webinar
Execute Sequel Scripts and Reports Automatically—with Robot Schedule
Learn how to turn your Sequel scripts and reports into an automated job stream.
On-Demand Webinar
Business Process Automation with Robot
Typical “computerized” business processes are a combination of multiple schedulers, operational scripts, CL programs, and manual file checking, all backed up with the trusty runbook. Is there a better way to manage business processes? You bet!
On-Demand Webinar
What’s New in Robot Schedule V12?
See firsthand the flexibility that file monitoring brings to your schedule by allowing event-driven scheduling based on file creation, deletion, and file size.
On-Demand Webinar
Time to Terminate Manual 5250 Tasks
Your IBM i expert can't always be there. Learn how to harness their knowledge and automate interactive processes in your green screen IBM i applications.
On-Demand Webinar
5 Reasons Developers Love Robot Schedule
Could an automation tool like Robot job scheduling software for IBM i help your application development team be more productive? Yes, actually. Watch this webinar to see how.
On-Demand Webinar
Multi-Platform Application Monitoring
If you're a system administrator, technician, or IT manager looking to reduce and simplify your multi-platform monitoring workload, this recorded webinar is for you.
On-Demand Webinar
Who’s Afraid of Linux on Power, AIX, and VIOS? Not i.
It can be scary stepping out of your comfort zone to manage and take responsibility for new technologies, but it’s also exciting—and increasingly important.
Article
Infor M3 Monitoring and Halcyon
Wed, 09/07/2016
Need to improve IT service levels, have total visibility of Java processes, automate procedures, and eliminate manual checking in your Infor M3 ERP application?
Article
Does Your Robot Schedule Have Old Jobs That Never Run?
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016
When it comes to cleaning up these old Robot Schedule jobs, the best way is to use a SQL statement that you can run from STRSQL. This article will show you how.
Blog
Do You Need Enterprise Scheduling Software?
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016
Job scheduling was simpler when you only needed to worry about your IBM i (AS400) server and its batch processes, but several dynamics have changed over the past decade which have forced us into worrying about processes on other platforms.
Article
Can File Events Automatically Populate Reserved Command Variables?
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016
A powerful feature of Robot Schedule file monitoring is the ability to capture the file name and path information, and use it in a file transfer, copy or delete operation, or combination of commands.
Article
File Monitoring and Other Features of Robot Schedule 12
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016
Let’s say you have a bank transmission or FTP process that occurs randomly throughout the day. How do you monitor that activity? OPAL? CLP scripts? Not anymore!
Article
Automate the Un-Automatable
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016
Automated job scheduling means your batch jobs run smoothly and your stress level goes down, but that’s only half the battle if you’re using labor-intensive, interactive applications that require you to fill out screens to submit a job.
Case Study
Halcyon Helps Computacenter Deliver Efficient Managed Services
Computacenter is Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. They offer consulting services as well as implementation and operation services for networks and data center infrastructures on or off client premises and in the cloud.
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Blog
Modern RMM Tools for MSPs
Wed, 08/24/2016
Where managed services providers once delivered self-service and after-hours support for beleaguered IT teams, most have now evolved to offer remote monitoring and hosting. But has their technology been keeping pace?
Article
A Modern Approach to Performance Management
Wed, 08/24/2016
Using modern performance monitoring tools, you can build a successful strategy for performance management and quickly add value in your organization.
Article
Monitor, Capture, and Send Log Events With Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Sun, 08/21/2016
In recent years, regulatory initiatives like Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, PCI, and GLBA have placed increased emphasis on the need to monitor and secure sensitive information. For example, The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard dictates one of the most stringent requirements of all—logs must be reviewed daily, and a minimum of three months of logs must be available for analysis.
Guide
Managing Your IBM Enterprise with Halcyon
System administrators need more control and less complexity. This guide helps to identify the tools they need to be more effective at managing their enterprise.
Guide
Checklists for Checklists on Checklists... Why Not Automate?
The topic of this white paper is specifically around the advantages of automating one of the last bastions of manual, hands-on management—the operation and maintenance of IT platforms, systems, networks and architectures.
Guide
6 Recommendations for Smarter Spooled File Processing on your IBM i
Learn how to improve the flow of essential information around your organization, save costs, and free up your time.