Is your organization among the 39% of enterprises struggling to find qualified legacy system developers? With RPG expertise becoming increasingly scarce and costly, now is the time to transform your legacy systems into future-ready, maintainable assets. Let’s explore how your business can successfully navigate this transformation and gain access to a vast pool of modern development talent.
Understanding the Legacy Skills Challenge
The legacy skills crisis has reached a critical tipping point. As veteran developers retire and few colleges teach legacy languages, organizations face an increasingly urgent talent shortage. This isn’t just about finding new developers – it’s about preserving decades of business knowledge and ensuring your critical systems can evolve to meet future demands.
Organizations running IBM i systems face growing pressures that demand immediate action:
- Experienced RPG developers are rapidly approaching retirement age
- Recruitment cycles stretching 6-12 months for qualified talent
- Rising maintenance costs straining IT budgets
- Development backlogs delaying critical business initiatives
- Limited capacity to integrate modern technologies
The Path to Futurization with Profound AppEvo
Don’t just modernize – futurize. Profound AppEvo offers a services-led, phased approach to application futurization that preserves your valuable business logic while transforming your legacy systems into modern, adaptable applications ready for whatever tomorrow brings.
Here is what you can expect with Profound AppEvo:
Automated Transformation
- Convert up to 100% of legacy RPG and COBOL code automatically
- Transform applications to modern languages like Node.js and Python
- Preserve decades of refined business logic
- Choose from multiple UI options including Profound UI, React, and Angular
- Modernize your data layer while maintaining data integrity
Revolutionary Coexistence Technology
- Transform systems gradually without business disruption
- Run futurized components alongside legacy systems
- Transform one application or module at a time
- Seamlessly flow between applications at any stage of futurization
- Eliminate the risks of “big bang” cutover approaches
The Profound AppEvo Advantage
Organizations that partner with Profound AppEvo gain immediate and long-term benefits that transform both their technical capabilities and business operations. By moving to modern, open-source languages like Node.js and Python, you gain access to an exponentially larger talent pool of developers worldwide. This dramatic expansion of available talent reduces hiring time from months to weeks, eliminating one of the most significant bottlenecks in legacy system maintenance and development.
The business impact extends far beyond talent acquisition. With Profound AppEvo, you can drive innovation through seamless integration with cloud services and AI, while becoming truly platform agnostic – running your applications wherever they serve your business best. Modern web and mobile interfaces enhance user experience, while streamlined operations lead to substantial reductions in maintenance costs and accelerated development cycles.
Throughout your futurization journey, you’ll benefit from comprehensive expert support backed by decades of IBM i transformation experience. From initial analysis through deployment and beyond, our team provides custom-fit solutions tailored to your specific needs, ensuring your transformation success through ongoing guidance and expertise.
Start Your Futurization Journey
Ready to unlock the full potential of your IBM i applications? Download our comprehensive white paper to explore detailed insights, methodologies, and success metrics for legacy system futurization with Profound AppEvo.
Ready to take the first step toward future-proofing your business systems? Connect directly with our team at Futurization@ProfoundLogic.com and together we’ll create a tailored transformation roadmap.
