Many IBM i shops run high availability (HA) software on a backup IBM i system.
In an HA environment, IBM i work management, user profiles, devices, programs, and data are replicated to a backup machine on a minute-by-minute basis. This creates a “warm” replica of your processing environment that production can be quickly switched over to in a disaster, such ...
Continue Reading →
Many IBM i software packages store stream file data like PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, emails, Web pages, and log files on the Integrated File System (IFS). And because we live in an integrated world, Windows users need to map their Windows desktops to the IFS as network drives, so they can access this information the same way they access folders on other Windows servers.
If you’re a Network administrator or ...
Continue Reading →
In its 2015 Payment Fraud and Control Survey, JP Morgan reported that simple low-tech paper checks were the most widely used payment fraud method in 2014.
In spite of the fact that overall paper check usage continues to decline each year, check fraud remains high. Paper checks are an easy target for criminals. Since they’re passed ...
Continue Reading →Posted by:
If you’re wondering why it’s important to use IBM i paperless processing software, check out these facts about business paper consumption from The Paperless Project Web site.
Last week, I started talking about the following benefits most organizations enjoy after installing an IBM i document management package.
I covered the first three benefits last week. This week, I’ll look at items 4-6 and see what they provide in terms of secure delivery, digitization, ...
Continue Reading →
Independently or as part of an IBM i paperless processing system, document management software provides many significant benefits to an organization. Most organizations can enjoy the following six benefits after installing an IBM i document management package.
For the next two weeks, I’ll look ...
Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog talking about the following efficiencies your IT department, your IBM i partitions, and your organization can realize by using professionally written software to generate and deliver queries and reports.
Posted by:
In the spirit of gratefulness, holiday joy, and fellowship, I offer up these five IBM i-oriented toasts for you and your loved ones this holiday season.
May your IBM i run peacefully, smoothly, and uneventfully this holiday season
May you suffer no hiccups or early morning software and hardware alerts, and may your System Monitoring and Notification software stay quiet ...
Continue Reading →
Most people use IBM i System Monitoring and Notification software (System Monitoring) to alert on-call responders for items needing manual intervention such as program errors, disk drive spikes, and runaway jobs.
Beyond this common functionality, there are three configurations you can use in IBM i System Monitoring software like my MessageFlex software, to automatically detect and deal with ...
Continue Reading →Posted by:
As traditionally practiced, IBM i check printing involves a number of expensive and proprietary processes, including:
