Maximize the Value of System i (iSeries, AS/400) RPG Applications
Business processes will continue to evolve. Applications running on the System i (formerly known as iSeries, AS/400) will need to change. Technology platforms will continue to advance.
Enterprises are depending on their System i (iSeries, AS/400) development teams to continually deliver more value and business benefit from core RPG applications. These business demands can highlight the challenges posed by existing applications that resist rapid change. New business requirements may not complement the strengths of applications designed to support high demands for throughput and scale. Instead, new imperatives demand modularity, componentization, and reuse.
ASNA development solutions enable enterprises to retain the baseline benefits of their RPG applications while building new functionality to support new business models and key initiatives.
ASNA development solutions deliver value to any Microsoft Windows IT infrastructure that may use System i (iSeries, AS/400) platforms as peripheral data stores within their network. For some organizations, the System i (iSeries, AS/400) introduces new challenges; an unfamiliar platform for which Microsoft-centric database access tools are few and far between. ASNA provides the perfect solution for bridging the gap between the IBM midrange platform and Microsoft servers and desktops. ASNA development solutions integrate the line-of-business data housed on System i (iSeries, AS/400) databases with Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft applications very effectively.
RPG applications are not always “optimized” for today’s pressing business needs. New development initiatives require unencumbered compatibility with web technologies and the ability to reuse code to create common shared services.
AVR is an RPG compiler for Microsoft's .NET Framework. AVR enables RPG programmers to modernize applications, develop Web services, and extend System i (iSeries, AS/400) systems to .NET while continuing to program with a familiar, RPG-like syntax. AVR integrates into Microsoft's Visual Studio 2003/2005 and compiles to 100% verifiable Microsoft Intermediate Language.
Fast, secure database access is the key to creating successful enterprise applications. DataGate works directly with the most popular database platforms to ease application creation, extension, and migration—and to help developers get the most out of widely dispersed or closely managed enterprise databases.
DataGate is available as a host server for connectivity to DB2/400; as a System i (iSeries, AS/400)-like database for Windows servers and desktops; and, as a host server for connectivity to Microsoft's SQL Server.
ASNA Monarch automatically transforms RPG applications to support modern user interfaces, n-tier architectures, enterprise application integration, Web services, and similar capabilities using the Microsoft Windows .NET Framework.
RPG applications are not disposable. It is evident that companies need to have the ability to evolve their existing RPG investments. ASNA is committed to extending ROI and reducing risk via enterprise evolution; the evolution of an organization’s RPG Application Portfolio from one architecture to another architecture where agility, n-tier structure, application integration, and support for Web services and SOA are integrated.
COM is Microsoft's legacy programming model and ASNA Classic products (based on COM) are in use, in thousands of companies worldwide. ASNA continues to support its Classic products but ASNA development efforts remain sharply focused on the .NET product line (especially for Internet/Intranet development).