According to the latest statistics, almost 60% of all web traffic is initiated from mobile devices. More than 50% of business to business web interactions now come from mobile (check out mobile statistics here). Yet, for many IBM i shops, building native mobile apps is expensive and requires skills they don’t have in house. How […]
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We were on a family to trip to Disneyland this past weekend and my kids wanted to go on the Indiana Jones ride. We really don’t like long lines so we kept checking our Disney app to see if the current wait for the ride was less than ninety minutes. After checking several times an
It’s scary how many IBM i users I’ve spoken to in the last few months whose networks have been hacked. Unfortunately, the frequency of those calls is growing rapidly. It is no longer safe to assume that if you don’t connect your IBM i to the internet, you will be safe. If any of the
The number of calls we have gotten recently from IBM i users that have the need to share functions and data with their .Net counterparts has been surprising. We are seeing strong demand to provide real-time, high-speed integration between the two environments. The use cases range from customers who are building a new UI for
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If you are an RPG programmer, the above code probably looks totally foreign. But if you are among the 15% or so of IBM i shops that use COBOL, you know this as the data descriptions you work with every day. Some of the largest IBM i shops in the world are built around
In 2021, we saw accelerating movement through the API maturity model. Companies began leveraging the power of APIs to increase revenue, decrease costs and improve customer satisfaction. At the same time, they tightened up security to ensure their systems were safe. Maybe it was the snarled supply chain or maybe it was Covid or maybe
The old saying “The Price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance” can be updated today to read “The Price of Online Access is Eternal Vigilance”. We just got hit over the head with a reminder of the importance of eternal vigilance with the discovery of the log4J Java security vulnerability. For the last several years, millions
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I spoke recently with an IBM i Engineer who had become frustrated with the difficulty she was having in getting her business executives to understand the value of investing in APIs for their IBM i applications. She was looking for help in how to show the business return on investment from APIs. Together, we were
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It’s exciting to see the number of calls we get at Eradani from IBM i users who are API enabling their applications and looking to connect their systems to the API economy. It is a sign of the critical nature of IBM i applications and data as well as proof that it is a myth
The API economy is rapidly transforming the way business is being done as well as the way modern applications are built. Over the last few months, I have seen a marked increase in the number of calls we receive from IBM i users who tell us that their business partners and customers are demanding that
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