Running its 6th IBM i marketplace survey, HelpSystems, asked their respondents (500 IBM i users), “what are their top IT initiatives for the coming year?”. According to the results, leveraging application modernization services ranked third. This means that the need...
You don’t hear about CA 2E (also known as Synon ) technology very often these days. It was once, however, by far the most popular third-party application development solution for IBM i. In fact, the Synon company was a pioneer in rapid application development. Fast...
Many of the world’s top 500 companies have relied on IBM i, correctly known as “IBM i,” for decades. They acknowledge its reliability, robustness, and security, alongside the many other perks associated with running on the IBMi platform. Others see the IBM i as legacy...
"Legacy application modernization" has become a buzz phrase in the software development industry. This is because many legacy systems have become a liability rather than an asset in today’s fast-paced world of rapidly changing market conditions and customer...
It is no news that IBM i applications are a central part of many businesses’ IT infrastructure. According to a Skillsoft report, in Q4 of 2019, this includes 92% of the worlds’ top 100 banks, 10 of the world’s leading insurers, 72% of the top 25 retailers, and 70% of...
Time takes its toll on everything, and enterprise IT solutions are no exception. Take, for example, the original monolithic IBM i applications. Still used by thousands of organizations worldwide, IBM introduced and commonly implemented them back in the 1980s and...
Many enterprises that have been around for a while rely on IBM i applications to run mission-critical business operations. It is proof of the platform's stability that users are still keen to keep it. The major challenge these enterprises face, however, is the...
Security has always been a primary concern for businesses. Not so long ago it was the security of company premises, assets, and employees that took precedence. Today, however, cybersecurity is equally or even more important. As enterprise IT systems (including IBM i)...
We constantly mention the importance of modernizing outdated IBM i apps in this blog as we cover IBM i application modernization strategies . Today, in the era of digital transformation, modernization is definitely essential for enterprises in all industries. It is...
Application modernization is not a one-off project -- it is a continuous, holistic approach to improving your infrastructure and overall business processes. When it comes to modernizing, simply deciding to use different techniques and tools to solve isolated business...
