Do your Legacy Series-i (or AS400) applications look anything like this...?
Why Not?
Providing more user acceptable legacy application screens as a web page is easier, quicker and more economic than you might think.
Need to merge disparate databases, applications and display relevant fields via single browser page? Nothing could be simpler!
iSeries application modernization and integration solutions
Dynamic, on-the-fly solutions, newlook, centric and SOArchitect, help organisations rapidly reuse, extend, integrate and web-enable their existing IT investments into the world of composite applications.
Real-time architecture eliminates multi-step, batch-based processes, delivering market leading productivity and ease of use and supports:
- zero 5250 OLTP lower IT costs by minimising or eliminating 5250 OLTP requirements
- web services and SOA simplified application integration through SOA compliant web services
- smart, thin, mobile client UIs "any where", "any time" access from portable and hand held devices
- AS/400 or iSeries webfacing rich webfacing without the need for Java
- heterogeneous integration - seamless integration of applications across multiple platforms
- emulation re-engineering and web enablement fast, simple delivery of iSeries applications via browser
- java & .NET support - strategic solutions that embrace these leading IT technologies
The Difference is Dynamic
Complexity is a common barrier to successful modernization and integration projects. IDC research found, "managing complexity costs 29% of the IT budget." looksoftware's 'Dynamic Environment' reduces complexity by eliminating multi-step batch processes, improving productivity and reducing operational costs.
Source: John Humphreys, IDC, 'Architecting Service Centric Infrastructure'.
The Next Generation
SAS provide and support looksoftware's 'Dynamic Environment' which is designed to accommodate change in real-time, so your applications can continue to be enhanced without repeated conversion, collection or re-compilation. Objects are created dynamically, based on the current state of your applications and your custom rules. This just-in-time process allows you to modernize existing applications and compose new applications much more quickly than previous generation batch-based solutions. This results in increased business agility and significantly improved ability to respond to new events.
Repository based integrated toolset
The object model supports refacing, web-enablement, new UIs, web services, server access and heterogeneous database access. The 'Dynamic Environment' supports events, allowing your existing application to detect an event and react instantly like, for example, order price override. Common services like de-bugging, error handling, object inspector and expressions are available whether you're refacing a legacy application, consuming a web service or defining new functionality.
The integrated tools and services share the looksoftware 'Dynamic Environment', providing market-leading productivity and ease of use.
Using looksoftware technologies, SAS can assist clients and improve business performance by reusing, extending and integrating existing assets to deliver new solutions that can deliver:
- Increased Flexibility - by web service enabling your System i5 applications to create SOA compliant web services that simplify integration
- Improved Productivity - by delivering rich smartclient support to information workers who require powerful modern interfaces and work with multiple applications
- Increased Revenues - by giving your mobile sales teams and distribution partners 'Anywhere, Anytime' access to your applications
- Reduced Costs - by streamlining your business processes and seamlessly integrating applications across multiple platforms
- Improved Customer Service - by extending thinclient browser access to your global customers
- Rapid ROI - by reusing, extending and integrating your System-i investment non-invasively
- Reduced IT Costs - Implementing composite solutions using looksoftware technologies are low risk projects because existing assets do not require invasive modification. Composite solutions can be rapidly customized and extended, tested and implemented using the looksoftware methodology.
Pre-built solutions for some common integration requirements are also available.
Deployment Product Suite
Flexible deployment options enable you to deploy the same new functionality in multiple ways. For thin and mobile client UIs or headless integration (for example, Application to Application (A2A)), server-based deployment is the obvious choice. If your audience includes information workers, then the richer, more productive smartclient option is recommended. You need both options to provide the most productive and cost-effective solution for all requirements.
lookdirect can bring your i5 investments ALIVE by non-invasively modernizing ALL 5250 workloads to support the full power of the Power 5 based i5 Standard Edition.
lookserver provides an integration layer for connecting the components that make up composite applications. lookserver also generates pure, web-based XML clients, supporting browser-based devices including PDAs, without requiring any client configuration or installation.
Zero deployment UIs are best suited to external users like partners and customers. Support for most popular browsers running Linux, Mac or Windows makes thin clients an easy option for instant global access.
More and more employees are on the road using wireless devices such as web pads, PDAs and phones.
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