ADVANCED BusinessLink Announces the First Native IBM® System i Service-Oriented Architecture

ADVANCED BusinessLink, a leading developer of web enablement, SOA and mobility solutions, today announced Strategi SOA™, a groundbreaking native SOA framework for the IBM System i platform, purpose built for RPG or COBOL languages developers.

Other SOA tools extract or screen scrape data to export as a web service elsewhere but Strategi SOA implements a pure, native SOA for use within legacy applications by legacy developers.

Strategi SOA Features:

* Eliminates Greens Screens – Resulting applications inherently support multiple interfaces such as HTML, Flash, WML, etc., unhooking legacy applications from a green screen presentation.
* Breaks-up Monolithic Applications – Incrementally break-up monolithic applications into service-oriented architecture components, changing legacy applications from within
* Manages Application Components Independently – Unique template architecture separates applications, web programming and presentation, so each can be developed and managed independently.
* Integrates Development Teams – Any standard language and development environment can be used for both back-end and front-end development, providing a way for contemporary and legacy development teams to work together on common projects.

Some System i technology managers might assume that the concepts and benefits of SOA are primarily for Java architects or relevant only when designing new applications. For companies who have made large investments in legacy applications and skills, the development team’s ability to build and deliver contemporary applications can be limited.

Some companies will meet their contemporary needs by hiring a small Java development to build the contemporary applications, but this approach only creates more problems. They now have two development teams building silos of information, which creates a huge integration problem and doesn’t allow the teams to work jointly on new development projects.

Another choice they might select is to adopt a 4GL and toolset, but the downside is that they’ve now put their entire development skills into the basket of one vendor.

Or, they can use a SOA natively on the AS/400 and incrementally, things get better. Strategi SOA has the potential to alleviate the pressures to meet the contemporary application needs of the business. It enables legacy developers to incrementally build services in a pure SOA on the System i and reuse these components in contemporary applications, completely eliminating integration issues.

Strategi SOA is a framework that enables RPG or COBOL developers to build components that are automatically exposed as secure web services or presented natively through contemporary interfaces such as web, wireless, PDS or kiosk, providing a way to unhook legacy applications from a green screen presentation. Even with no prior web development experience, after a few days of training, developers will be able to build state-of-the-art web applications that leverage the power of back-end business systems.

“Even for traditional RPG shops, moving decisively to a SOA can be a short-term reality, and with it comes the potential to fundamentally reposition the System i platform as the primary source of contemporary applications," said Chris Lategan, chief executive officer. “Strategi SOA provides a way to gradually evolve RPG applications from within to create something dramatically different.”

To learn more about Strategi SOA, visit http://www.businesslink.com/product/strategi/soa.

About ADVANCED BusinessLink

Since 1987, ADVANCED BusinessLink has been pioneering the development of web-enablement, SOA and mobility solutions with their award-winning middleware software products. ADVANCED BusinessLink’s deep understanding of emerging communication technologies coupled with their core expertise in the IBM® System i platform has enabled organizations to leverage their legacy investments and skills to evolve their technology to keep pace with industry best-practices. The company operates globally with headquarters based in Kirkland, Washington USA, and major offices in Sydney, Paris, London and Kuala Lumpur. To learn more about ADVANCED BusinessLink’s solutions, visit www.businesslink.com.

Strategi SOA is a trademark of ADVANCED BusinessLink in the United States and/or other countries. Other company product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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