Leading enterprises are undergoing a digital transformation. They are connecting existing enterprise applications, data, and services to new business requirements for personalized customer engagement. Organizations need to position themselves strategically for the future by laying the foundation for a cognitive business as part of their overall digital transformation.
Organizations can leverage the following offerings to lay this foundation:
- IBM API Connect™ provides a comprehensive solution that addresses all stages of the API lifecycle, no matter where you are in your digital transformation journey.
- IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment offers industry-leading Java™ Enterprise Edition 7 compliant architectures that underpin digital transformation.
Mobile, however, has emerged as the key driver of the digital economy. And as mobile apps take center stage, development teams face enormous pressure, having to continually adapt to changing mobile technologies and user expectations. IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation V8.0 radically simplifies building, managing, and updating your mobile app with a pre-integrated, comprehensive set of mobile application services. Developers can build their application using the front-end framework and tools of their choice, and easily add push, authentication, offline sync, and business logic to their apps with the MobileFirst software developer kit (SDK) available across a wide range of supported mobile platforms.
To support organizations with their digital transformation journey, MobileFirst Foundation V8.0 adds Processor Value Unit (PVU) licensing. The new offering, known as IBM MobileFirst Foundation Extension V8.0, has the following prerequisite:
- Organizations may only deploy MobileFirst Foundation Extension V8.0 on either WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment or IBM API Connect Professional or IBM API Connect Enterprise.
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Business users want new applications now. Market and regulatory pressures require faster application updates and delivery into production. Your IBM i developers may be approaching retirement, and you see no sure way to fill their positions with experienced developers. In addition, you may be caught between maintaining your existing applications and the uncertainty of moving to something new.
IT managers hoping to find new IBM i talent are discovering that the pool of experienced RPG programmers and operators or administrators with intimate knowledge of the operating system and the applications that run on it is small. This begs the question: How will you manage the platform that supports such a big part of your business? This guide offers strategies and software suggestions to help you plan IT staffing and resources and smooth the transition after your AS/400 talent retires. Read on to learn:
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