This is important for visionary technology leaders, like YOU, who are forward looking and want the best for their teams and businesses.

Legacy AS400 and Skill Deficit:

Your Challenge: Your AS/400 is built and relies heavily on legacy programming languages such as RPG and CL, and that makes it difficult for you to find skilled IT professionals with expertise in these languages. It is possible that the staff who worked on your AS400 is approaching retirement.

Solution: Either invest in training and upskilling your existing IT staff or avail the ready-to-use expertise of external AS400 Consulting service providers to bridge the skill gap. Contemplate on the cost of delay for not a taking a decision sooner.

AS400 Modernization is Complex:

Your Challenge: Your AS/400 ecosystem is not evolved and not keeping up with latest technology trends. You lack support for using the modern AS400 tools, newer frameworks, and cloud-based solutions. Your users are frustrated using the 5250 green screens and running time taking manual processes.

Solution: Plan for gradual transition from AS-400 to newer technologies by implementing modernization initiatives internally. You’ll need to preserve your existing business logic and data. If at any point, you need expert assistance, get in touch with AS400 service provider. They’ll become an extension of your internal team and expedite the modernization process for you.

High Cost of AS400 Ownership:

Your Challenge: You know that maintaining AS/400 systems can be costly due to licensing fees, hardware investments, and ongoing support costs. Keeping it running as legacy will do nothing but increase your TCO overtime. It not only eats into your allocated IT budget, but and you are also answerable to the board of senior management.

Solution: How much is your TCO? Its more than just a sticker price. Include all parameters such as IT infrastructure/equipment, data center and hosting, cost of software/licenses, support employees cost, downtime, risks, growth plans, inflation rates and your historic data. Basic formula is TCO = Purchase Price + (Costs of Operations x Time). If it is going anywhere above 8-10% of the revenue, you need to explore alternative options such as cloud-based solutions or working with an AS400 service provider to reduce costs.

AS400 Integration Limitations:

Your Challenge: AS400 faces the challenge of limited compatibility with newer technologies, software, protocols, and APIs which can hinder seamless exchange and real time AS400 integration resulting manual processes.

Solution: You need to start planning around utilizing integration middleware or platforms to facilitate communication between your AS/400 and other systems. Alternatively, you can work AS400 service and solutions provider to develop custom integration for overcoming the compatibility issues.

Integrative Systems for All your AS400 Needs

(also known as IBM iSeries, AS/400e, eServer iSeries/400, Power Systems, & IBM i)

We, at Integrative Systems, have more than 20 years of experience in extending AS400 services. Whether you need to hire a team of AS 400 developers for your project or work on-site or remote as an extension of your team, we can cater to all types of requirements.

We are an IBM Silver Business Partner and INC 5000 ‘One of America’s Fastest Growing Company’.

At Integrative Systems, we believe in helping our customers succeed first and we would stick to that belief with you too.

Feel free to contact us at contact@integrativesystems.com,and we would be happy to help you!