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Space Oddities—What’s in Your IFS?

By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 01/19/2022

Read this article to learn what might be taking up valuable disk space in the IFS and what you can do to control it.

Case Study

Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance Relies on Powertech

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Why Relying on Scripted Operations Can Be a Problem for Your Business

By Steve Brasen on Tue, 03/31/2020

Scripting provides a powerful platform to automate simple tasks, but overusing custom scripts is hazardous for your business.

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IBM on IASP for PowerHA Implementations

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 03/03/2020

You’ve heard about IASP technology many times over the years, but you’ve been ignoring it, haven’t you? Steve Finnes confirms that it’s past time we “get to know it, understand it, and not be afraid of it.”

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I’ve Got *ALLOBJ Authority And I’m Not Afraid To Use It—Part 2

By Robin Tatam on Thu, 06/27/2019

While everyone likes to feel special, we need to be more selective when it comes to data access. As we discussed last month, many users have privileges far beyond their business requirements and simply need to have their access reduced to more reasonable levels.

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Three Tactics to Optimize Your IBM i Disk Space

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 06/18/2019

Don’t wait for a critical iSeries storage issue to catch you off-guard. Instead, follow these top three tips for using Robot Space to manage your disk space automatically.

Case Study

Precoat Metals Streamlines Invoice Processes by Taking AP Automation to the Next Level

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What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?

By Paul Ratchford on Thu, 09/14/2017

Guard against degraded system performance, data loss, and downtime. Make sure you’re monitoring these 15 metrics on the IBM i operating system.

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Audit Tested & Audit Approved Instant Authority!

By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017

Introduced by IBM to support TCP/IP services, a profile swap allows a job to change midstream and run under a different profile than the one that started it.

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The Modern Alternative to Authority Adoption

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017

There are several considerations with authority adoption. Each is important but can usually be accommodated. But what is the effect if the program owner has the same or less privileges than the user that called the program?

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Customer Spotlight: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/17/2017

The operations team was excited to share how Robot job scheduling and monitoring software has helped them manage their processing needs across platforms from their IBM i.

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Robot and FlashCopy

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016

Last month, Chuck Stupca (retired IBMer) and Chuck Losinski (Fortra) presented a webinar discussing FlashCopy for IBM i . Based on the attendance, it looks like this is a very important topic for many of you so I wanted to explain how FlashCopy ties to Robot products.

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Is the i Ready for the Three Vs of Big Data?

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 06/27/2016

The three Vs of big data are volume, velocity, and variety, but in order derive value from big data, IT departments need tools to store massive amounts of data (volume) and make sure it is always available for quick analysis (velocity).

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Robot Best Practices

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 06/27/2016

Wondering about best practices for automating your IBM i processes with Robot systems management solutions? Take a look at this list and get off to a good start.

Case Study

AAA Life Leverages Fortra Solutions for IT Efficiency

Part of the American Automobile Association (AAA) family, AAA Life Insurance Company offers a variety of competitive life insurance, annuity, and travel accident products. With over one million policies, many people rely on AAA Life to help provide protection for their loved ones. As Senior Systems Engineer at AAA Life, Randy Wittner is in charge of their IBM i environment, overseeing two S824...

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Powertech Protects Healthcare Company’s IBM i Systems to the Max

When a healthcare organization faced stringent regulations like HIPAA, PowerTech's security products closed the security gaps on IBM i and helped protect confidential data.

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Hi-Temp Insulation, Inc. Accelerates Order-to-Ship Processes (and More) for Fast ROI with Fortra

28,000+ hours: that's how much time Hi-Temp saves annually by automating order-to-ship processes (and more) with Fortra.

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Empire Merchants Saves Big with Paperless Invoice Processing

Processing and distributing invoices is a breeze, now that Empire Merchants has Webdocs for AP.

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Powertech Helps Community Bank Enforce Internal iSeries Compliance

First Security Bank is one of Montana’s largest, locally owned community banks. They provide business, real estate, consumer and agricultural loans, Internet banking, brokerage services, and a full range of deposit accounts. First Security has over 150 users on a System i 525 that...

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Powertech Helps C&D Technologies Achieve AS/400 SOX Compliance

As a publicly traded company with a lean IT department, C&D Technologies has been greatly impacted by Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations. Despite its size, the IT department needed to comply with these regulations through better user management, monitoring, and reporting...

Space Oddities—What’s in Your IFS?

Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance Relies on Powertech

Why Relying on Scripted Operations Can Be a Problem for Your Business

IBM on IASP for PowerHA Implementations

I’ve Got *ALLOBJ Authority And I’m Not Afraid To Use It—Part 2

Three Tactics to Optimize Your IBM i Disk Space

Precoat Metals Streamlines Invoice Processes by Taking AP Automation to the Next Level

What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?

Audit Tested & Audit Approved Instant Authority!

The Modern Alternative to Authority Adoption

Customer Spotlight: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

Robot and FlashCopy

Is the i Ready for the Three Vs of Big Data?

Robot Best Practices

AAA Life Leverages Fortra Solutions for IT Efficiency

Powertech Protects Healthcare Company’s IBM i Systems to the Max

Hi-Temp Insulation, Inc. Accelerates Order-to-Ship Processes (and More) for Fast ROI with Fortra

Empire Merchants Saves Big with Paperless Invoice Processing

Powertech Helps Community Bank Enforce Internal iSeries Compliance

Powertech Helps C&D Technologies Achieve AS/400 SOX Compliance

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