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Finding your way forward with Fresche

IBM i is at the core of thousands of businesses in every field and industry. It is an IT bedrock that serves as a great starting point to move into the future.

Organisations that have built RPG, COBOL and Synon applications on IBM i have had great success; however, the monolithic nature of these applications is now holding them back. Our series of IT modernisation sessions will help you unlock unique value within these applications and drive them forward into modern, agile, multi-tiered systems.

The goal of these sessions is to help bring your business and IT together to establish your unique roadmap that will provide a modernisation plan to meet your company's growing needs – today and for the future.

Session 1: Developing Your Modernisation Plan: What Are Your Options?

IBM i applications have been successfully serving business operations for decades. Modern technologies are enabling new levels of automation, scalability, resiliency and flexibility. In this session, Chris Koppe discuss what application modernisation and transformation is and the various options available to help them realise the full potential of the future while building on the value of their IBM i applications.

In this session, Chris will discuss:

Several client roadmaps that include incremental modernisation strategies and the outcomes achieved at various stages
Modernisation approaches and automated solutions available
Quick wins with UI modernisation
APIs & integration capabilities
Code & DB conversion
Architectural & infrastructure options
Deployment options including various cloud models

Session 2: Prepping for Modernisation: Focusing on Quick Wins

Knowing what you have is just as important as knowing where you’re going when it comes to evolving your IBM i applications and innovating for the future. This session will help you prep for your modernisation journey by showing you how automated application analysis helps you quickly determine what needs to be modernised – and what doesn’t – so you can make an informed decision about where to start. You’ll also learn about high-value, low-risk initiatives that will provide quick wins early in your modernisation journey, as well as different deployment models that are available from IBM.

Chris Koppe and Ray Everhart will cover:

How to analyse your applications
- Documenting and understanding your applications
- Subdividing your application into logical modernisation components
- Identifying unused code (don’t pay to modernise code that is obsolete)
- Automated testing
Quick Win Options (UI modernisation, APIs, etc)

Session 3: Breaking Down the Monolith: A closer Look at Code and Database Transformation

In some cases, it might make sense for you to transform your RPG and CA 2E (Synon) code and database. Code transformation enables you to take advantage of modern technology, integration opportunities and more readily available skill sets while preserving the functionality, business processes and structure of your applications. Database modernisation, on the other hand, improves security, reliability and performance.

When you’re ready to deploy your transformed applications, should you go hybrid? Multi-cloud? What is the best option for you and what does it all mean from a practical perspective?

Join Chris Koppe and Robert Arce for this session where they will break down some of the many options available:

Business benefits of automated code and database transformation
Automatically transforming your RPG to PHP or Java and Synon to Java
Database modernisation and re-architecting fundamentals
Remodelling, transforming and modernising your database – without needing to make changes to the application code

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Chris Koppe

VP, Strategic Transformation

Since joining Fresche in 1988, Chris has helped hundreds of companies develop and execute successful application management and modernisation strategies across various platforms, languages, databases, and technologies.

Ray Everhart

Senior Product Manager (X‑Analysis)

For over 30 years, Ray has helped companies understand, develop and manage their RPG, COBOL and CA 2E application environments. Specializing in assisting clients in enhancing and modernising their systems to meet evolving business demands.

Robert Arce

IT Strategist

Robert Arce is an IT Strategist and a subject matter expert in the IBM i system, assisting companies worldwide with their modernisation projects. He is an expert in Fresche's IBM i Application Analysis and Management Suite, X-Analysis.

Pascal Polverini

IT Strategist

IBM Champion Pascal Polverini has substantial experience in end-to-end software architectures, expertise in DB, programming languages, communication protocols and GUI. Co-author of the IBM i Modernization Redbook, he is an expert in cross technologies.

“Finding new resources is a challenge. How do you locate people with all of the skills that our business requires? With Fresche on-board, we now have access to an entire IBM i-centric company with tools, deep expertise, analysts and integration experts. We no longer think in terms of searching for specific individuals and instead, we can focus on our future.”

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Finding your way forward with Fresche

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