The IBM i platform has managed to remain relevant for more than three decades. As proof of this, the majority of IBM i users intend to continue relying on it both now and in the future. Despite the vast benefits of the IBM i architecture, however, its apps have never...
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Why You’re Failing At Automation
As the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- Industry 4.0 -- gains momentum, most businesses see the benefits of implementing the technologies driving the transformation. Even those business leaders who previously thought automation was unreliable understand its necessity....
Why You Should Modernize Your RPG and COBOL 5250 Apps
The IBM i platform has enjoyed user loyalty and an exceptionally long life cycle. After three decades, it continues to power critical IT infrastructure for more than 100,000 organizations around the world. This is because of its core strengths -- reliability,...
The Future Of User Experience Is User First
The user experience is unarguably one of the most important aspects of any application, website, or software tool. This is equally true for both enterprise and consumer-oriented applications. In many cases, companies develop and implement new software solutions simply...
aXes, Visual LANSA, RAMP: Dealing with the Now, Planning for the Future
With the current pandemic drastically changing the way many companies conduct business both internally and externally, software modernization and application development are as important as ever. Many businesses were not prepared to enable their workforce to work...
Why Low-Code with Visual LANSA 15 Is Simply Better
It is official—with the drop of version 15 on April 15, Visual LANSA becomes the most versatile and most powerful low-code platform on the market. With the ability to deploy to the IBM i, Windows, or Cloud servers, no other low-code platform has the flexibility of...
Visual LANSA v15: More Powerful Features for the Most Flexible Low-Code Platform
Last week I offered a sneak preview of some of the hot new features in Visual LANSA version 15. However, with all the new and upgraded features LANSA packed into the lastest version of the most powerful low-code platform, I didn’t have time to cover them all. While I...
Visual LANSA v15: The Most Powerful Low-Code Platform Just Got Even Better
The launch of Visual LANSA’s Version 15 is just around the corner. LANSA has packed the latest version of the most powerful low-code platform with new features that will improve application development and integration far beyond the capacities of other low-code...
Low-Code & Modernization for the IBM i – My journey to dev & process efficiency
About nine years ago I accepted my first software developer job after decades in the electrical engineering field. I was ready to start developing the coolest apps using the latest and greatest programming languages—you know, all those cool kid languages you learn in...
Accelerate App Development with Visual LANSA
In part 1 of this blog series, I discussed the benefits of the Business Rules Engine and how using this central repository is key to accelerating application development. While the Business Rules Engine is geared for multiple application creations and enterprise...