Application Modernization for IBM iSeries & AS/400

Reuse, extend, integrate and recreate your IBM i applications.

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Secrets to Successful Modernization

Front-end application modernization:

Rich, thin and mobile multi-channel GUIs
Integration with virtually any desktop
Delivery of core applications in popular UIs

lookserver for Open Access:

Eliminate 5250 restrictions
Supports IBM’s strategic RPG path forward
Drive iPad, Android devices etc. from RPG
Access multiple channels via single handler

Back-end application modernization:

Creation of SOA compliant Web services
Two-way Web services support
5250, 3270, DDM, ADO and RPC support

The new way to recreate your IBM i applications

Reuse, extend, integrate and recreate
Framework-based generation increases productivity
Services oriented application architecture

Composite solutions environment supporting:

On-the-fly delivery of new solutions
Assemble composite applications by
connecting your core application components
with external applications and services

Composite solution environment supporting

Application Modernization for IBM i, System i, iSeries & AS/400.

looksoftware has been providing dynamic application modernization and integration solutions for customers and application vendors for over 15 years. Our on-the-fly architecture automates the modernization process, providing multi-channel front-end access, whilst requiring no changes to your back-end IBM i, System i, AS/400, iSeries and System z applications.

Our strategic toolset enables programmers to seamlessly blend application modernization with development of new applications. This can be achieved using leading technologies like Open Access for RPG, Microsoft’s .NET and Java, and provides a practical, long-term strategic path forward for all IBM i, System i, iSeries or AS/400 application investments.

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In the news:

2011-10-24 IT Jungle

RPG Open Access Availability Expands Modernization Efforts

Earlier this month, looksoftware became the third IBM i ISV to set up a distribution program for IBM's Rational Open Access: RPG Edition that coincides with the purchase of the company's lookserver Open Access, a product that provides the integration layer for creating composite applications, genera

2011-10-06 MC Press Online

looksoftware Bundles IBM RPG Open Access Free with Products.

looksoftware will provide a package including all components required to OA-enable existing applications or develop new applications using OA and blend them seamlessly with non-OA apps.

2011-09-06 IT Jungle

looksoftware Wants it Rich and Thin

Sometimes we all get tired of people telling us we can't have it both ways. It has to be one or the other. A good example is the comparison between thin client and rich client.

2011-08-25 MC Press Online

lookserver 9.0 Narrows the Gap Between Rich and Thin

Developers now can provide custom themes for lookserver and deliver applications as custom-styled HTML pages accessible on any browser. looksoftware has announced the release of lookserver 9.

2011-08-16 IT Jungle

Application Modernization Priorities Meet Simple Solutions

Complex problems are not always solved by complex solutions. To think otherwise is setting a trap for ourselves. Application modernization is a great example.

2011-08-01 MC Press Online

Power i Forecast: Smartphones and Mobile Apps, Part II

Industry leaders give developers and IT managers their best advice on questions surrounding network access by mobile devices

2011-05-17 IT Jungle

looksoftware Expanding RPG Open Access Use

When looksoftware hitched its application development wagon to Rational Open Access: RPG Edition, it was well aware of the work that needed to be done

2011-05-16 IT Jungle

looksoftware Looks Ahead

You may get into some rather heated debates about whether the IBM i platform deserves to be branded as legacy or modern, but what that really comes down to is how it is being used

2011-05-02 MC Press Online

Power i Forecast: SOA

While the promised benefits of a service-oriented architecture are becoming increasingly clear, converting legacy systems over to SOA continues to pose challenges

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Front-end application modernization:

Rich, thin and mobile multi-channel GUIs Integration with virtually any desktop Delivery of core applications in popular UIs