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Modernization:
Separating data layer from business layer and ensuring modularity are keys to AS400
modernization.
Database Modernization
Business Logic
Screen scraping
There are many paid third party software are available that can be used to develop web
application on AS400. LANSA is big name in this sequence.
Web-application development on i-Series:
RPG-CGI- We have CGIDEV2 open source tool i.e. to develop web application on
i-series. Advantage of this technique is that everything resides on AS400 only
and web pages (HTMLS) are generated thru RPG program and served by HTTP
apache Server on AS400.
PHP- with Zend and IBM shaking hands, now we have option to write PHP code
on as400. Having PHP on i-Series we can leverage PHP capabilities on AS400.
Zends provides set of lib that can be easily used to deal with AS400 stuff.
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Ruby on Rails- Second widely used open source web page language is now
available on AS400.
With Ajax, Jquery and PHP, shops are getting involved in quick mobile
application development
Application compatible to run Android
Jasper Report
JT400
POI
itext
JfreeChart
Joomla (PHP)
Word-Press(PHP)
MySQL
And many others
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Though percentage of migration is still low, however, we can focus where shops
want End-2-End migration from AS400 box to other technology suite. That
requires strong analytical skill to understand the legacy code, and strong hold in
database to move data-set to other database with minimum information loss.
Support and administration
Support batch processing; sever activities like profiles, backup etc
Maintaining legacy and Enhancements
AS400 evolved in 90s and shop those are failed to ready in-house AS400
resources, are in strong need of AS400 technical resources to cater new
enhancements and change requests to meet their business requirement.
Data Mart & OLAP
Being AS400 as a record keeping and storing huge dataset, there is need of
creating data mart to facilitate fast information processing and quick reporting.
This ensures good decision making.
Integration AS400 with other system
Normally organization has heterogeneous systems to fulfill their business needs.
There is always need of integrating AS400 with other system in Organization.
SYNON-COOL2E
SYNON is code generator tool on AS400. Shops those have application developed
using SYNON, need technical expert in SYNON only.
AS400 Native technology suites
Program language
Database
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Screen
Software
Tools on AS00
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