Top Technology Trends for IBM i Professionals: Part IV Way back in the early 80s, we used to joke that there was a machine that could write application programs automatically – the problem was it required three meals a day, a salary, and eight hours of sleep each night. We would tell customers that you […]
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As the CEO of Eradani, I’ve had countless conversations with trucking and logistics executives across North America. One theme comes up time and time again: the challenge of modernizing EDI processes while preserving investments in legacy IBM i systems. Just last month, I sat down with a CIO who summed it up perfectly: “We love
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Last week, I received a call from a distraught CIO of a major trucking company. “Dan,” he said, his voice tinged with worry, “our EDI expert just retired, and she took 30 years of knowledge with her. We’re in the middle of a major merger, which means onboarding a whole new set of EDI trading
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I was skeptical of the value that generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude.ai could provide for building code until one of our salespeople showed me how he could generate real-world, useful IBM i-based integrations without having any programming skills. He used the latest release of Eradani Connect with its new AI-based Eradani Assist module
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Last week, I spoke with two separate IBM i companies struggling with the same issue. They had the opportunity to onboard new customers, but their EDI vendor told them it would take weeks to set up the EDI connections. The companies risked losing the deals before they even got started. Their frustration struck a chord
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The other day, I was chatting with a logistics company CEO who’d just completed a major merger. He was excited about the growth opportunities but had one big concern: “Our EDI costs are out of control,” he confided. “Every time we onboard a new customer or need to make a change to a current trading
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In recent years, logistics companies have been leading the way in increasing revenue, reducing costs, and enhancing customer service via online business-to-business connections. Tenders, Invoices, Status Updates, Acknowledgements, POs, Bills of Lading, and other critical documents are being shared and processed electronically without the need for human intervention. With this technology trucking companies can respond
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In the musical “The Music Man,” there is a song in which the townspeople of River City, Iowa, sing about the arrival of the Wells Fargo wagon. In the show, businesses and individuals eagerly await goods they may have ordered weeks or months earlier. How quaint that seems! Today, we can order items in the
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Top Technology Trends for IBM i Professionals: Part III According to a recent Imperva survey, API calls make up more than 70% of all internet traffic. Most Fortune 500 companies are using APIs to transform their companies and their entire way of doing business. APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) enable seamless integration of data and application
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Top Technology Trends for IBM i Professionals: Part II Imagine the power of enhancing your existing applications with exciting new features, all without the need to start from scratch. Open-source modules offer a compelling solution, accelerating your development process while meeting maintenance demands. With countless open-source modules available, many under free licenses like MIT,
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