Is your data critical to your business and your time extremely precious?
As I watch on, I have to admire the change and effective use of our time in the office. Our team activities have shifted from undertaking rushed last minute panic fixes to quietly making small adjustments before problems arise. How did we make this change? Here’s the secret solution!
At Shield we are a software company that produces solutions used by IBM i clients world-wide. At the core of our product line are High Availability, Monitoring, and Messaging solutions.
Over the years we have taken on the responsibility for the day-to-day system operations of a handful of companies. This usually happens because they lack an IBM i person on their team, their service consultant has retired, or their hardware suppliers do not have the appropriate skills to help.
Initially this additional role for our team members was frustrating, with things kicking off in the middle of the night and weekends, however once we started relying on our new solutions things changed dramatically!
“Monitoring, Messaging & High Availability = Efficiency”
With AAG our Nagios monitoring for IBM i and EM4i Enterprise Messaging we began to know ahead of time if something was amiss or about to happen. We could be alerted if keys were expiring, or someone did something they shouldn’t have. With alerts from a system, we can promptly discover why and set about fixing the situation.
As I mentioned, most of these issues can be easily and calmly resolved, often at a time convenient to us – the next working day, and in our time-zone!
Developer Charlie says, “Using AAG and EM4i keeps us ahead of what is going on. It saves time and stress but also saves the clients money as they are billed for the time spent fixing or adjusting their systems! Although I knew the product would be useful, I cannot believe the huge reduction in inefficient use of my time!
I encourage you take a demo or trial of AAG to see the benefits for yourself!”
These solutions, AAG, EM4i and HA4i are the perfect tool-set for data centers or anyone managing multiple systems and environments. Once set up the time saving benefits are revolutionary!
Check out our product information page and get onboard for a demo! https://www.shieldadvanced.com/Products.php