Today, organizations use the IBM AS400 systems, now known as IBM iSeries, to run critical business activities. For example, they can manage business processes such as enterprise resource planning, general ledger, client maintenance, pharmacy benefits, blockchain solutions, and inventory management. There have been few temptations to modernize what has worked for years in these vital … …
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It’s been more than 11 years since Paul Conte, a reputable application development strategist, formulated the main lessons of IBM application modernization. Summarizing the knowledge gained during the initial legacy business app modernization boom, he came up with ten reasons why these projects fail. Back then, most problems with IBM application modernization derived from misunderstanding the … …
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Today different organizations rely on IBM i software to run their operations. With the rapid increase in IT, legacy or existing IBM i applications require technology modernization. Different IBM i modernization tools are available to revamp the legacy applications or to meet new business challenges. Modernizing applications improve their security and fault tolerance, as well … …
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Today, in 2022, automation in its various forms is no longer an exciting new trend in the global business environment. The benefits of automating digital and physical work processes have been well-reported and documented. Managers and corporate decision makers are now much more aware about the needs to modernize legacy and implement automation. So by … …
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Organizations are looking for IBM i modernization or to modernize their legacy IT infrastructure, particularly their IBM AS400 application servers, also known as ‘IBMi’ or ‘IBM iSeries’ systems. These IBM systems allow different companies to run mission-critical legacy business applications that are expensive to operate and difficult to maintain. For IBM i modernization, organizations need … …
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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 forward, and now people only talk about it in terms of … …
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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 5250 green screen systems that are limited to RPG, COBOL, … …
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“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 expectations. Before the pandemic, businesses sought ways to innovate and become more agile as an edge over … …
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It usually isn’t very difficult to tell if a company that relies on outdated IT solutions urgently needs modernization. Many straightforward symptoms make it easy to diagnose the legacy IT infrastructure problem and prescribe application modernization as a cure. Is development productivity key to successful app modernization? In general, the consistently declining productivity of software … …
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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 1990s. This means that many installations are now pushing 40 years old. At this point … …
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