While your 5250 green-screen applications are rock solid and robust, they’re monolithic. On their own, 5250 green screens do not translate seamlessly to a web environment. Neither do they possess adequate functionalities necessary to keep up with constantly changing customer demands. Today, there’s an increasing need for web-enabled, browser-based applications. And in that case, companies … …
Continue readingLeverage RPG Experience To Boost IBM i ROI And Productivity
IBM i is a powerful, secure, and reliable operating environment, even for data-heavy applications. And in that case, it has been a mainstay in most enterprises’ business operations for decades. However, in today’s economic climate, the focus is on cutting IT costs while facilitating productivity and digital transformation. Did you know that your RPG experience … …
Continue readingThree Powerful Must Have IBM i 5250 Modernization Solutions
When it comes to enterprise systems, IBM i continues to be a powerful and reliable operating environment. Its rock-solid architecture, 99.9% uptime, transaction speed, and database (DB2) capabilities make it an excellent option for today’s businesses. However, IBM i users still run many of its applications via the RPG code format. Although it is rock-solid … …
Continue readingHybrid Low-Code: Efficiently Implementing Industry 4.0 on the IBM i
The need for optimization and to implement industry 4.0 concepts has never been greater than right now. The year 2020 was quite challenging for manufacturing as businesses had to deal with several issues stemming from the global pandemic. From workforce shortages and supply shortages to a downturn in the economy, 2020 was quite the hurdle. … …
Continue readingLet’s Get Virtual: LANSA Low-Code Days Coming in October!
We are less than a month away from LANSA’s first big virtual event, Low-Code Days—a full day of live sessions focusing on various aspects of low-code, modernization, and app development. We will have a session on October 7th for North America and on October 14th for EMEA. There is a little something for everyone, whether … …
Continue readingIBM i: The Lean, Mean Business Machine
I recently read an article on LinkedIn, “6 Elegant IBM i Features That Keep It Advanced,” and it highlighted some of the best features of the IBM i that often go unnoticed. Upon finishing the article, I reflected upon an IBM i seminar I was fortunate to attend. The keynote speaker was Steve Will, chief … …
Continue readingFuture Proofing Application Modernization with Low-Code
Oftentimes when we are tasked with choosing the right platform to transition our software and services from point A to point B, our goal is to examine ease of use, scalability of solutions created, ownership of code, and stability. We find a solution that fits our immediate needs, and we are able to modernize programs … …
Continue readingaXes, Visual LANSA, RAMP: Dealing with the Now, Planning for the Future
With the current pandemic drastically changing the way many companies conduct business both internally and externally, software modernization and application development are as important as ever. Many businesses were not prepared to enable their workforce to work remotely. And in their defense, a lot of these businesses are running applications that were never intended to … …
Continue readingVisual LANSA v15: More Powerful Features for the Most Flexible Low-Code Platform
Last week I offered a sneak preview of some of the hot new features in Visual LANSA version 15. However, with all the new and upgraded features LANSA packed into the lastest version of the most powerful low-code platform, I didn’t have time to cover them all. While I still won’t be able to touch … …
Continue readingLANSA aXes: Web-Enable Your IBM i 5250 Apps on the Fly
Over the past few weeks we have seen Work From Home (WFH) become the norm for many businesses around the world. Numerous businesses already had the policies and infrastructure in place to allow remote workers access to everything they need to perform their daily duties. However, some companies are finding out it is not easy … …
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