Blogs

In the previous post we wrapped an IBM i business logic program into an easy to consume API with Mulesoft Anypoint platform and IBM i Connector. Took just under 15 minutes to build and works like a charm at the first try. Right... in real life there are...

One of the biggest IT challenges is the growing IT delivery gap and the ever-increasing pace of business changes. This is especially true for established companies saddled with a mix of older applications. In order to efficiently connect these systems to...

For companies running their ERPs and Line of business applications on IBM i or mainframe, the ability to rapidly connect the applications to an ever-increasing number of cloud and third-party services is critical for business success. IBM i (AS/400), iSeries...

From Mainframe to Microservices: Leveraging APIs to Accelerate Legacy Modernization It’s a well-known fact that business requirements and underlying software systems change at different speeds. Over time, most legacy systems become misaligned. Business and...

Modern enterprise architectures shift from all-encompassing ERPs to a network of smaller components that address specific business capabilities and communicate via common integration channels such as APIs. In some cases migrating to new system or best of...

In this short demo I show how to execute IBM i commands from Mule using IBM i (AS/400) Connector. https://youtu.be/Lx-LEvOCIqk

Overview Unlocking IBM i business logic and data is a priority for many companies. There is a number of IBM i (AS/400), iSeries tools and technologies that can be used to expose existing back-end programs as APIs. In this post, we will use the MuleSoft...

Overview The common IBM i (AS400, iSeries) use case is to share the application data with other systems. In this article, I will show how easy it is to build IBM i Data API with Mulesoft Anypoint. We will define our RAML API first then add the code to pull...

Overview Google “Digital Transformation” and you’ll get a lot of diagrams, white papers, and dire predictions for companies not fully embracing it. The common theme is businesses must innovate at ever-increasing speed. The limitations of the traditional IT...

I’ve read somewhere a long time ago that the secret to success is to always start visualizing it in a great many details before thinking about how to achieve it. Otherwise, we risk losing sight of the end goal and wasting time and resources fighting...