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IBM i API Integration: Boost Revenue & Reduce Logistics Costs

The world of paper documents, fax machines, phone calls and even old style EDI is rapidly being replaced by online, real-time API communication. APIs make it possible to instantaneously obtain rates across carriers, track the exact location of shipments and provide accurate ETAs, automatically generate shipping labels and shipping documents and electronically process orders and […]

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Transforming Your IBM i Applications with Public Web Services & SDKs

Development, Integration / Daniel Magid

IBM i users are moving their applications to the leading edge by taking advantage of the explosion of new web service enabled functions available on the web. IBM i users are expanding their markets by selling through online platforms like Shopify, Magento, Squarespace, Wix and Amazon. They are automating logistics using APIs from Project44,

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APIs for IBM i ISVs

Integration, Modernization, Open Source / Daniel Magid

If you are a user of an IBM i software package or a vendor of IBM i applications, then API enablement creates significant opportunities for you. In addition to providing packaged application customers with the latest user experiences and connectivity, APIs can address one of the oldest issues in using packaged software. Early in my

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Where’s My Truck? Logistics with APIs and Your IBM i

Integration / Daniel Magid

An IBM i user contacted us with the requirement to combine shipment data residing on their IBM i with real time tracking of the location of trucks and shipping containers. As truck drivers entered their storage area, they needed to be able to guide them to the exact location of an available container. Or, if

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UPS Shipping Automation
with APIs and the IBM i

Integration, Logistics / Daniel Magid

Because of the productivity benefits, business-to-business communication via APIs is growing at an exponential rate. The IBM i world is no exception as more and more IBM i users are building and using APIs. Integrating shipping data from transportation providers with core IBM i applications is one of the most popular API use cases we

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High Performance APIs and IBM i

Development, Integration / Daniel Magid

As more IBM i users begin integrating APIs into their application development strategy, we are hearing increasing concerns about API performance. IBM i users are accustomed to the instantaneous response they get from their 5250 screens and the extremely high-speed performance they get from IBM i transaction processing. At the same time, web users expect

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Use APIs to Quickly Create Exciting New Functions for the IBM i!

eCommerce, Integration, Open Source / Daniel Magid

After my last blog post on using publicly available web services to quickly and easily add new functions to your RPG applications (https://eradani.com/2020/10/26/quickly-add-exciting-new-capabilities-to-your-rpg-applications-using-open-source/), I had several requests from readers for additional API use cases. So here goes… Barcode Label Printing We have spoken with several customers who have been using Advanced Function Printing Utilities

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Web Services and Your IBM i―The Right Way (Faster, Stronger, & Securer)

Development, Integration, Open Source / Daniel Magid

Every time I talk to a customer, I learn about great new use cases for calling web services from IBM i applications or calling IBM i functions from open source. What I have found is that although RPG is a much better language for business applications, JavaScript is the right language for web services. Customers

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Calling All Web Services
(From Your RPG Programs!)

Development, Integration, Security / Daniel Magid

A customer asked me recently to help them solve the problem of directly calling web service APIs from RPG. They told me that their warehouse managers needed to ensure they had the right people and the right equipment at the loading dock when shipments arrive. They wanted to know if they could add a

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Stop Worrying About the IBM i Brain Drain

Integration, Security, Staffing / Daniel Magid

Is it possible to be working with IBM i and not even know it? You bet! Is that a good thing? Yes. I often talk to executives of companies who are considering leaving IBM i. When I ask them why, a common answer is that IBM i is an outlier. It works differently than everything

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