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If It Has Moving Parts, Someday It's Going to Fail.

Sat, 11/03/2018
Check out IBM's new READ INTENSIVE SSDs. This is a note to highlight some of the pros and cons - and dig a little deeper into one of the cons - of IBM's recently announced new class of solid state disk drives, "read intensive" (RI) SSDs. The new RI-SSD comes in one flavor, a 1.86 TB drive. The new concept to wrap your head around is that the drive will "wear out" if you write too much over the...
Datasheet
Datasheet

Automate Schedule: Enterprise Job Scheduling

Automate Schedule is a powerful enterprise job scheduling solution that integrates workflows across Windows, UNIX, Linux, and IBM i systems from a central console. By handling tedious, manual processes both within and across your mission-critical applications, Automate Schedule saves time and resources for the work that moves your business forward. Deploys in Minutes—Not Weeks Automate Schedule is...
Automation
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Article

How to Download an ODBC Driver

Wed, 07/25/2018
Performance Navigator® requires an ODBC connection to connect to your IBM i system, but it does not come with your PC’s operating system. IBM has a downloadable they’ve titled Access Client Solutions, which we recommend our customers use to get that ODBC connection.
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Article

FAQs about Performance Navigator

Thu, 07/12/2018
Will this product hurt the performance of my IBM i®? You will not even notice that the product is working. The data gathering software is already part of the OS. I currently have a subscription to IBM's PM for Power service. How is Performance Navigator compared to PM? Glad you asked... Performance Navigator uses exactly the same input as PM for Power, Collection Services. Performance Navigator...
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On-Demand Webinar
On-Demand Webinar

Automate Schedule - Best Practices

By Pat Cameron
Follow these best practices for Automate Schedule and maximize the use of your job scheduling software and avoid common pitfalls.
Automation
Workload Automation & Job Scheduling
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Case Study
Case Study

Baptist Health South Florida Streamlines Claims Processing with Automate

Background Baptist Health is South Florida's largest not-for-profit health care organization, encompassing seven major medical facilities and a number of outpatient centers. They utilize a health information system provided by Siemens called INVISION, and a claims management system from NDC Health called ePREMIS. The Challenge Effective claims processing and management is the name of the game in...
Automation
Blog
Blog

Get the Robotic Process Automation Toolkit

Mon, 01/29/2018
The Robotic Process Automation Toolkit is designed to help you craft an automation strategy and build your automation center of excellence. Use these robotic process automation tools and resources to calculate ROI, optimize automated workflows, and more.
Automation
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Case Study
Case Study

Concrete Producer Keeps Trucks Rolling by Automate-ing Event Log Monitoring

Background With more than 400 ready-mix concrete trucks on the street at any given time, St. Marys Canada Building Materials (CBM) relies heavily on real-time data transmitted from those vehicles to its fleet management software to meet customers' construction schedules. The company uses Automate , the robotic process automation ( RPA ) solution from Fortra, to help maintain the data flow by...
Automation
Case Study
Case Study

Single Source Keeps Staff Small and Business Running Smoothly with Automate

Background Single Source is a large-volume provider of dry, refrigerated, frozen, grocery, paper, and chemical products for institutional commissaries, primarily correction institutions. The company processes and ships approximately 250 million pounds of food each year, nationwide, and they do it all with only 22 employees. As a small business with a high volume of orders to process and ship...
Automation