IBM iSeries systems are installed in an estimated 250,000 organizations. If
yours is one of them, then most likely your group is either interested in or
committed to modernization, which could mean you wish to enhance the user
interface while maintaining the existing core business logic, or to integrate
data on an AS/400 with Windows-centric, SQL-based back-office applications,
or to implement a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and offer Web services
to better serve your customers and your enterprise's own competitiveness.
Whatever the level of modernization you are currently seeking, the existence
of the iSeries presents both challenges and opportunities. The challenge is
to determine the best way to bring the enterprise system into the 21st
century without incurring unnecessary disruption to the business, while
managing costs and achieving a reasonable timeline.... (more)