Daniel Magid, Author at Eradani

Revolutionizing Customer Service with IBM i, Text Messaging, and AI Integration

Integration, Modernization, Uncategorized / Daniel Magid

Top Technology Trends for IBM i Professionals: Part I Imagine a world where your customers can effortlessly make changes to their orders without the need for a lengthy conversation with a customer service representative. Picture a world where your IBM i applications can intelligently communicate with your customers, understand their needs, and provide personalized solutions. […]

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Top Technology Trends for IBM i Professionals

Education, Modernization / Daniel Magid

Beyond Legacy Thinking: Embracing the Future of the IBM i All too often, I hear executives dismiss the IBM i as a legacy system slated for replacement. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Innovative companies worldwide continue to leverage the rock-solid IBM i as the core platform for adopting cutting-edge technologies like

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Eradani Connect: The Secret to IBM i (AS/400) Modernization

Integration, Modernization / Daniel Magid

Eradani Connect: The Secret to IBM i (AS/400) Modernization Traditional IBM i environments built on RPG, COBOL, and green-screen interfaces result in technical debt that drags down agility. Modernizing the applications is essential for competitiveness. But transforming those entrenched systems is daunting. This is where Eradani Connect comes in. Eradani Connect provides the secret weapon

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RPG to Python: What to Expect as a First-Time Python Developer

Development, Modernization, Open Source / Daniel Magid

RPG + Python: What to Expect as a First-Time Python Developer The Similarities Between RPG and Python If you’re an experienced RPG developer looking to expand your skills into Python, you may be wondering – just how different are these languages really? While RPG and Python share some common procedural programming concepts, Python offers a

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OCEAN TechCon ’23 Recap

Education / Daniel Magid

OCEAN TechCon ’23 Recap The Value of Connecting in Person with the IBM i Community I recently had the pleasure of attending the OCEAN Conference at the Community Center at the Marketplace in Tustin, California. As always, it was a great opportunity to connect face-to-face with our peers in the IBM i community. There’s immense

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COMMON 2023 Reflections from the Mountaintop (or at least from the Mile High City)

Education / Daniel Magid

COMMON 2023 was fantastic! Over the five days I was there, I personally had face-to-face conversations with well over 100 IBM i end user customers regarding their plans and challenges, I got to hear directly from the IBM i lab leaders about all of the exciting new technology coming (or already arrived) for the IBM

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Solving the IBM i Staffing Crisis: 3 Steps to Attract Next-Gen Developers

Staffing / Daniel Magid

According to the latest Help Systems IBM i survey (https://www.helpsystems.com/resources/guides/ibm-i-marketplace-survey-results), one of the most significant challenges IBM users say they face is finding and retaining skilled staff to maintain their IBM i applications. Most IBM i shops have powerful RPG or COBOL-based applications that have, over decades, been finely tuned to match the requirements of

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Zero Trust – Protecting Your IBM i in a Dangerous World

Security / Daniel Magid

According to the latest Help Systems IBM i Marketplace survey (https://www.helpsystems.com/resources/guides/ibm-i-marketplace-survey-results), the number one concern of IBM i professionals is “Cybersecurity and Ransomware.” Sadly, that concern is well founded. I have heard recently from several IBM i shops that they had been victims of cyber attacks. The damage from these attacks is very real and

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Future Proof Your IBM i Applications

Modernization / Daniel Magid

Are you worried about the future of the IBM i at your company? Do users complain that it looks “old”? Are you losing IBM i experts to retirement and finding it difficult locate skilled replacements? If so, you are not alone. According to the latest Help Systems IBM i marketplace survey (https://www.helpsystems.com/resources/guides/ibm-i-marketplace-survey-results), three of the

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The Need for Speed:
Secure, High-Speed APIs for Your IBM i

Operations / Daniel Magid

“I feel the need, the need for speed” is not only a famous quote from Tom Cruise in the movie Top Gun but it also reflects the feelings of many IBM i users who are API enabling their applications. Whether they are adding new web or mobile user interfaces and must try to match the

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