It is time for us (IBM i IT professionals) to drive new technology initiatives. Every day, I speak with IBM i users who, like me, are passionate about the platform and completely frustrated that their bosses can’t seem to understand the value of the most reliable, most secure, easiest to run platform on the planet. […]
I Have Seen the Enemy—And it is Us (And I Say that with Love) Read More »
A popular myth surrounding the IBM i is that its user interface is limited to green screen 5250 displays. It’s NOT! You can build the most modern, functional, easy-to-use user experiences using JavaScript running natively on IBM i. According to statistics from GitHub, JavaScript is currently the most used language for building applications stored in GitHub
Use JavaScript for Leading Edge User Experiences on Your IBM i Read More »
Way back in the early 1980s, when I worked for IBM, I used to teach a class in application design concepts for the System/38 (the precursor to the IBM i). In that class I taught programmers that, for performance reasons, they should write big monolithic programs that comprised all the steps of an entire business
Componentize to Modernize the IBM i Read More »
Low Risk, High Reward Modernization for IBM i (AS/400) Why would you do it any other way? So, you want to modernize your applications and you have executives who are pushing to move away from the IBM i (AS/400). Your end users hate the green screen and people are worried about the potential coming lack
RIP Rip and Replace for IBM i Modernization Read More »
