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Compliance Mandates Apply to IBM i Too

By Amy Williams on Tue, 02/20/2024

The most overlooked aspects of IBM i compliance with PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA, and other standards, how to configure them correctly, and what Fortra can do to help.

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What’s So Great About Analyzing Data in Microsoft Excel?

Thu, 07/21/2022

Find out the pros and cons of using Excel to analyze your organization’s data.

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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?

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4 Data Access Strategy Mistakes to Avoid

Fri, 10/11/2019

Find out how you can improve productivity with better data access. Learn what roadblocks you need to avoid in your goal to improve productivity.

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10 Benefits Your Business Intelligence Software Should Deliver

Tue, 09/17/2019

Are you getting everything out of your business intelligence software that you should be? Would you see a productivity boost from an upgrade? Find out with this list of key benefits.

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Multinational Healthcare Organization Implements Fast, Easy, and Secure Data Reporting

Wed, 05/15/2019

Making data accessible and ensuring data privacy are essential in today’s healthcare market. One multinational healthcare organization faced inefficient processes that slowed them down. Employees around the organization were left waiting for reports with vital information like admissions, discharges, bills, and collections. So, they turned to Sequel Data Access. Sequel provided instant data access...

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A Simple Way to Enforce Password Best Practices on IBM i

Tue, 10/16/2018

Password guidelines have changed. Learn how the new rules affect IBM i and find out how a simple tool can make it easier to enforce a strong IBM i password policy at your organization.

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Access Data While Maintaining IBM i Security

Tue, 10/16/2018

Why do you need extra data access security on IBM i? Find out. Plus, learn how to secure data access, let users analyze data, and distribute data securely.

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Does Data Analysis Have to Be So Hard?

By Heath Kath on Fri, 05/25/2018

Find out how to get your AS400 or iSeries data and turn it into insight with simple data analysis.

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What’s the Future of Your Data?

By Mike Stegeman on Fri, 04/06/2018

Find out why it’s important to plan for the future of your data now.

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3 Ways to Share IBM i Data (Without Losing Your Mind) [Webinar Recap]

By Heath Kath on Tue, 01/16/2018

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NIST’s Surprising New Password Recommendation

By Robin Tatam on Fri, 01/05/2018

For a computer user, few things are more annoying than the requirement to use a password to access servers, applications, and websites. Find out how NIST's new recommendations are making passwords easier to create and maintain.

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3 Ways Excel Dashboards Fail at Business Intelligence

By Heath Kath on Thu, 11/30/2017

Excel dashboards aren’t the reliable source of truth your business needs. Here’s what you can do about it.

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Faster and Easier IBM i Password Resets

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 11/08/2017

Security expert Robin Tatam explains an easy way to spend less time and resources on resetting IBM i passwords.

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How to Apply IDS/IPS to IBM i

By Robin Tatam on Fri, 05/12/2017

IPS/IDS are common cybersecurity terms, but how does that pertain to the IBM i environment?

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Turn Data into Information Your Business Needs

By Mike Stegeman on Thu, 03/30/2017

Data isn’t the same as information—but you can turn data into information. Learn how.

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PCI Compliance Takeaways from the Target Data Breach

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017

Smack in the middle of the holiday shopping season, Target was hit with a malware attack that infiltrated its point-of-sale systems and enabled the theft of credit card numbers and personally identifiable information from more than 70 million shoppers.