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Be Nice to Nerds
Bill Gates is commonly attributed to have said, “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.” Assumptions are that Mr. Gates was assigning nerd status to himself and perhaps forever linking nerds to the profession of developing software.
AutoMate--The Same in Every Language
With our latest release of AutoMate 9, we offer fully functional development and management of automation in six native languages in addition to English, including Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, French and Chinese (traditional and simplified). So, we have to ask, how do you say "Excel automation" in Japanese? "AutoMate."
To IT or Not to IT...
A longstanding customer at a major US bank recently remarked to me, “You can take AutoMate out of the IT department, and should.” While the usage of AutoMate and BPA Server outside of IT organizations is not news (about 30% of our deployments are outside of IT), the notion that “we should” poses some interesting opportunities, but also dilemmas.
The Automation Wheel Keeps on Turning
The Automation Wheel was developed to illustrate the scope of our automation platform. From FTP automation to SharePoint support and VMware console operations, make sure to find an automation platform that covers these key elements and more. So go ahead, take a spin.
AutoMate’s Continuing Journey Round the Globe
From Switzerland to Singapore, installations of AutoMate keep popping up all over the world. Check out how our success has grown from the first sale of AutoMate to a company in New Jersey to customers in more than 60 countries and counting.
Welcome to the Metroplex
"O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy." It's not just Lewis Carol that can have fun with words. Find out how our new residency in the Metroplex, an amalgamation of words, reinforces our commitment to producing award-winning automation software.
An Oscar for AutoMate
This is the time of year when movies grab our attention through the annual Oscar awards. Which got us thinking, is there a software industry equivalent to earning an Oscar? And, if there was, what would the categories be?
Hey Mikey!
"Try before you buy", "30-day free trial", or "Test-drive our software" are on the endangered list in the world of most enterprise software providers. Network Automation offers a simple - and free - download for users to experience a 30-day trial of AutoMate and a 60-day trial of AutoMate BPA Server. "Try it, you'll like it."
Does the Archimedean Point Exist? Or, What Would Yelp say about AutoMate?
The IT Analysts at Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) took a hard look at our latest software release, version 8 of both AutoMate and AutoMate BPA Server. You can read on their website that "EMA goes 'beyond the surface' to provide deep insight across the full spectrum of IT and data management technologies."
Dude, Where’s My File? FTP Automation Lessons from the Father of FTP
A little curiosity about accessing files remotely led to the birth of FTP - today's ubiquitous darling for mission-critical technology.
First Rate® Yields Golden Automation Harvest with BPA - Continuous Process Improvement Realized
A premier provider of wealth management performance measurement solutions finds operational gold by implementing over 100 automation workflows in a nine-month period.
Don't Let Your Job Get Automated
You may have been using AutoMate or AutoMate BPA Server for some time (or are considering doing so). Chances are you brought it in to solve a specific information technology (IT) issue. And it worked. With AutoMate, you are now out of the business of writing difficult scripts, or have automated high-value, complex FTP processes, or have evolved your ability to integrate disparate systems under tight, mission critical time-frames. But, business is not static, and your business is now using technology more than ever. Automation is hot buzzword. Why? What do you think of the relatively new notion of business technology? How does all this affect your company and your career?