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IBM i Modernization: Top Technology Trends for IBM i Professionals

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 platform as the foundation for their digital transformation. These organizations […]

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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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Developer coding JavaScript on laptop representing Eradani's modern IBM i integration and API development capabilities

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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Creating Real, Secure, Production-Ready APIs the Easy Way for Your IBM i

APIs, Development, Modernization / Alison Ishimaru

An IBM i developer called me recently to discuss their challenges with API enabling their IBM i. He had been experimenting with several tools that easily generate an HTTP endpoint for accessing a DB2 table or an RPG program. However, as he got deeper into building the APIs his company needed, he found that he

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Transformation Not Modernization

Integration, Modernization, Open Source / Alison Ishimaru

Last week, I had a surprising conversation with an IBM i user. She contacted us about our API generation solutions, and I told her that many people were using our tools for IBM i modernization. Her response was, “we are not modernizing; we are transforming.” “What’s the difference?” I asked. She replied, “Our company has

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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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Mobile delivery tracking PWA showing Eradani's cost-effective IBM i mobile modernization alternative to native apps

If You are Not Looking at Progressive Web Apps, You Should Be!

Open Source / Daniel Magid

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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Tired of Waiting for Data? Try Webhooks!

Development / Daniel Magid

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

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Calling all APIs: Now for COBOL Users!

Development / Daniel Magid

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

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2021 Year in Review

Modernization / Daniel Magid

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

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