IBM i Modernization · Architecture · Consulting

Modernize around IBM i.
Not away from it.

Forty years of business knowledge lives inside RPG, CL, DDS and DB2 for i. Modernization Lab is a senior architect — six of them, actually — that helps you expose, extend, and orchestrate that value with APIs, events, and AI agents.

RPG III / IV / LE·Infor XA · MAPICS·JDE · BPCS · System 21·DB2 for i
Consulting Framework
  1. 01Identify the business problem
  2. 02Identify affected processes
  3. 03Identify IBM i objects involved
  4. 04Identify risks
  5. 05Recommend modernization options
Minimum
Moderate
Strategic
Core Principles

Business value first.
Technology second.

Eight principles guide every recommendation. Read them once and you will recognize a Modernization Lab plan when you see one.

01

Business value comes before technology.

02

Modernization is preferred over replacement.

03

Decades of business knowledge live in IBM i.

04

APIs beat screen scraping.

05

Data integrity over visual modernization.

06

Journaled business events are strategic assets.

07

Every effort improves observability.

08

Cost, risk, complexity, maintainability — always.

Six Specialists. One Lab.

Talk to the architect, the code analyst,
or the forensic specialist.

Agent
Modernization Architect
Agent
IBM i Code Analyst
Agent
ERP Process Analyst
Agent
Integration Architect
Agent
Agentic Advisor
Agent
Legacy Forensics
Agentic Modernization Philosophy

Four layers. IBM i stays the system of record.

System of
Record

IBM i — DB2 for i, journals, RPG service programs. The single source of business truth.

System of
Engagement

Web, mobile, and partner integrations consuming governed APIs.

System of
Intelligence

AI agents, analytics, and behavioral monitoring built on journaled events.

System of
Action

APIs, workflows, automation. Agents act through governance — never around it.

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Modernize around IBM i — not away from it.
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