IBM i application modernization has been a highly used term over the past decade, typically associated with leveraging the UI of your 5250 applications. But for many organizations, modernization means something different.
- Modernization includes a multitude of strategies, at different companies, including but not limited to:
- User Interface enhancements
- Architectural Changes to be more Modular and Object-Oriented
- Data integration/exchange via EDI (XML, SOAP Web Services, or REST APIs)
- New Graphical Applications – PC Web, Mobile Web, Rich Client
- Multiple Data Sources, with a Distributed Database.
- Multilingual Solutions
- Multiplatform Solutions
- Including Low-Code Development on the IBM i
Andrew Vaiciunas and Grant Cooper will give you an overview of many of these strategies, providing some examples where IBM i shops have been adopting these approaches over the past 10 years.
