Recover operating knowledge
Identify program source, libraries, jobs, schedules, data dependencies and the operators who handle exceptions. Establish the actual release and service arrangements.
IBM i Application Support & Modernization
Decades of business logic. A better connection to what comes next.
The application on IBM i may know your pricing, stock and production rules better than any document. AIONDATA helps you understand those dependencies and scope support, integration and modernization around them.
Keep the work moving
Start with the part
your business relies on.
IBM i application owners, operations leaders and teams inheriting RPG or CL workloads.
The problem is often not the platform itself. It is a program only one person understands, a batch process that cannot be interrupted or a modern application waiting for access to an established workflow.
Connect a bounded process
Assess an interface around the required business operation. Preserve application validation and identity rather than treating a database connection as the complete solution.
Modernize in stages
Separate a user journey or external handoff when the boundary is understood. Review regression evidence and recovery before replacing a critical program.
What useful progress looks like
Give customer service an answer without disturbing fulfillment.
Staff re-key an order reference into several screens to explain a delivery delay.
Illustrative engagement. Scope and acceptance criteria are agreed for your environment.
- Identify the authoritative order and dispatch records.
- Expose an approved, permissioned inquiry path.
- Compare responses with the existing operational screens.
The acceptance checkThe agreed inquiries return matching status and timestamps, and unauthorized users cannot access the protected records.
Choose the change that earns its place
Keep, improve
or move forward.
Where AI could help
An assistant could explain the retrieved order status with references. Start with read-only inquiries and keep program execution or business changes behind narrow, tested operations.
AI is an optional improvement, assessed against a specific task and measurable outcome.
When to retain and improve
Keep proven programs when ownership, tooling and operating support are sufficient and an interface can solve the immediate problem.
When to consider modernization
Consider staged change when a business capability cannot evolve, source ownership is inadequate or release/hardware dependencies require a transition.
A concrete first engagement
Know what you have.
Know what comes next.
An application and batch-dependency assessment focused on one business process, its source ownership and its connection to external systems.
A paid assessment with scope, access and fee agreed before work starts. You receive findings, an ownership map, prioritized options and a proposed next phase.
Discuss an assessmentUseful details to bring
- IBM i release and application languages
- Program source, job schedules and operators
- The business inquiry or transaction to connect
Missing details are part of the assessment. Please start with what you know about the system and the business problem.
Tell us where the work gets stuck
Bring the problem.
We’ll work through the options.
A recurring error, an integration that needs attention or an application without an owner. Tell us what is happening and what needs to work next.
We confirm delivery fit and responsibilities for your version, module and environment before proposing work. Ongoing care specifies covered systems, working hours, response targets and escalation.
Independent engineering does not extend manufacturer support or replace vendor licensing. Please do not include credentials or customer records.
info@aiondata.ioDiscuss IBM i / AS/400
You do not need all the technical details to start.
Before we begin
Questions worth asking.
Can we keep the core application?
Often the first scope is an interface, inquiry or operating improvement around it. The decision depends on the actual programs and supported environment.
Is this hardware maintenance?
This page concerns application and integration engineering. Hardware, operating-system support and vendor entitlements need separately identified owners.
AIONDATA provides independent engineering services. Product names identify the systems discussed and do not imply vendor endorsement.