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The Difference Between BPA and Job Scheduling and When You Need Both
Thu, 02/27/2020
BPA and job scheduling aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, an enterprise may use a job scheduler to support its wider BPA strategy.
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The Efficiency Perks of Cloud Automation
Fri, 02/15/2019
Whether you’ve got a full cloud presence already built or are evaluating how to begin, learn more about the benefits of cloud automation.
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Cyber Risk Ratings: How Would Your IT Environment Score?
By Bob Erdman on Wed, 12/12/2018
Find out the type of cyber threats that endanger organizations (and their ratings), and how they can protect themselves.
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Enterprise Security: Best Practices and Tips
By Bob Erdman on Mon, 12/03/2018
How much security is really necessary to protect yourself? Read on for tips on how to best protect your organization and avoid becoming a headline.
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Cloud Watching: Ensuring Security in Every Cloud Environment
By Bob Erdman on Fri, 11/02/2018
Read on to learn about the different types of cloud environments, and the biggest security obstacle each presents.
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The Shared Responsibility of Cloud Security
By Bob Erdman on Fri, 10/26/2018
The agreement that cloud security is a shared responsibility between cloud providers and cloud users has now firmly taken hold. How those responsibilities shake out, however, is an ongoing conversation.
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The Four Stages of Enterprise Automation: Where Are You in the Automation Journey?
Thu, 10/18/2018
Workload automation technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated, but many businesses still haven’t automated to their full potential. Here's how to get there.
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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.
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Bringing Development and Operations Together for Successful DevOps
Mon, 01/08/2018
DevOps is about close collaboration between development and operations. Learn how to facilitate DevOps in a way that benefits your business.
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New Trends in Workload Automation
Fri, 03/31/2017
Because IT enables competitive advantage, workload automation has had to evolve from simple job scheduling on a few mainframes to broader processes that incorporate many platforms and applications.
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Debunking the Top 3 Workload Automation Myths
Thu, 03/30/2017
There are a lot of rumors out there about workload automation. Fortunately, thanks to 30+ years of job scheduling experience at Fortra, we can help you separate fact from fiction.
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Automation: What tasks are better left to people?
Thu, 03/30/2017
At Fortra, we talk a lot about the advantages of workload automation. But are there tasks that shouldn't be automated?
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How to Achieve Enterprise Visibility in Today's Virtual World
Thu, 03/30/2017
Job schedulers automate IT processes, which not only adds visibility for IT administrators, but ensures that all background activities—ones that do not necessarily need manual interaction—are carried out on schedule.
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Perspectives on IT Outages: What Do They Mean For Your Business?
Thu, 03/30/2017
Reliable uptime is key for ensuring smooth business processing and quality customer relationships. What are the specific organizational and technical repercussions of downtime and extreme IT outages?
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Top 5 Reasons Custom Scripts are Putting Your Business at Risk
By Steve Brasen on Thu, 03/30/2017
Scripting provides a powerful platform to automate simple tasks, but overusing custom scripts is hazardous for your business.
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Handling Workflow Errors with an Enterprise Job Scheduler
Thu, 03/30/2017
Your workflow can be disrupted by an error at any time. The right enterprise scheduler will diagnose and deal with the problem.
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Achieving Workload Automation Goals
Thu, 03/30/2017
You've heard it before: workload automation will save you time, money, and resources. But what features does your automation software need to ensure you accomplish these goals?
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5 Simple Ways Workload Automation Helps You Provide Better Customer Service
Thu, 03/30/2017
Modern customers want fast, useful, personable service. Workload automation can help your enterprise provide it.
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Bimodal IT and Workload Automation
Thu, 03/30/2017
Bimodal IT departments are a growing trend across many industries. How does an enterprise job scheduler fit into the bimodal model?