Current Blog Series: Answers to the top 10 Questions CIOs face when considering an IBM i Digital Transformation Project
We recently launched a new blog series. Over the last couple of months, we have discussed the Top 10 questions CIOs face when considering the Digital Transformation of their IBM i application portfolio. Following is the final in the ten-part series.
Question 10: Who will deliver effective Digital Transformation for the IBM i?
For the past nine weeks, we have been discussing the challenges facing CIOs as they consider the Digital Transformation of their IBM i application portfolio. This week, we will present ETS's ideal automated technology and how you can procure it for your organization's IBM i Digital Transformation initiative.
What We've Discussed Thus Far:
In this series, we have comprehensively scrutinized the challenges of modernizing IBM i legacy application portfolios, including the risks of staying on the isolated, aging platform and deploying web services, APIs, and front-end technologies. Additionally, we examined the considerable cost, time, operational disruption, and risks of initiating Digital Transformation without automation.
We have lamented the lack of emerging technology that provides safe, effective Digital Transformation of IBM i ecosystems. We have enumerated the specific characteristics of the IBM i platform that make it so difficult to modernize, the lack of technical resources qualified to assist in the effort, and the consequences of launching a Digital Transformation initiative without a deep understanding of the IBM i application portfolio.
We have affirmed our personal and professional responsibility for delivering this urgent strategic imperative for our organizations. However, there are no technologies to ensure that we cross the chasm effectively and safely. We have explored strategies for knowing where to begin and how to minimize the risk of IBM i Digital Transformation initiatives.
Now, let's look at the available opportunities for your IBM i Digital Transformation initiative.
ETS' Digital Transformation Technology provides you with the tools needed to deploy your existing legacy functionality in a native language on a robust, scalable, ubiquitous, and secure cloud platform.
Our compiler technology interrogates the IBM i legacy source and object code and the legacy IBM i ecosystem artifacts as is. There is no need for complete, accurate documentation or access to the original authors or legacy application experts. Our compiler translates legacy IBM i code into our proprietary legacy Syntax Tree, then converts the legacy Syntax tree to its equivalent in the Microsoft Roslyn C# Syntax tree. At that point, equivalent functioning native .NET core C# code is rendered, which runs on any cloud platform.
ETS' IBM i Digital Transformation technology optimizes the legacy code as it is transformed by analyzing and identifying "dead" code that will be eliminated as well as "reused" code that will be migrated once and accessed throughout the transformed application. It also seeks opportunities to refactor "overweight" procedures to optimize application performance.
The compiler is accompanied by ETS' modern UI generator that converts IBM i DDS screens from legacy into equivalent .NET behaviors and generates a services layer with multiple UI targets. The generator enables the customization of the look and feel and facilitates the configuration of form controls for flexible, modern functionality.
ETS' Digital Transformation technology offers predictable, automated, efficient re-platforming of IBM i legacy application portfolios in a turnkey service. It generates native .NET core, service-oriented, modern, and maintainable C# code. No proprietary compilers or database access products are required.
It eliminates your dependence on the expensive IBM i platform and the dwindling pool of IBM i developer resources and eliminates the legacy platform's technical debt.
ETS' Digital Transformation Technology protects your significant investment in legacy applications while providing all the benefits of modern technology and cloud platforms. Our automated solution minimizes the risk and disruption versus Digital Transformation initiatives without automation. Moreover, your project can be completed with our automated solution in less than half the time and for less than half the price.
This is a very exciting time in Enterprise software, and ETS is at the forefront of true Digital Transformation for the IBM i. To learn more about our early adopter program, please contact me at nhughes@etsassociates.com.
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