The real problem · 1
Cost pressure
Hardware, licensing and staffing costs keep rising while budgets shrink.
Legacy wisdom meets future code
Modernize IBM i
without losing what works.
We help organizations stabilize their core IBM i / AS400 systems and plan modernization with minimal disruption and maximum insight. Direct, hands-on work with JK personally: thirty years of IBM i and RPG, plus the modern stacks.
30+
years of IBM i and RPG in mission-critical production systems
1
accountable partner. No hand-offs, no outsourcing.
0
big-bang rewrites. We move piece by piece, and the core keeps running.
Who this is for
IBM i still runs the business. Keep it that way, on your terms.
CIOs and senior IT leaders whose IBM i systems still run the business, but are getting harder to staff, more expensive to operate and more isolated from modern platforms.
You don't want a rewrite fantasy or an outsourcing dependency. You want options you can control.
The real problem · 2
Talent risk
Finding and keeping IBM i expertise gets harder every year.
The real problem · 3
Innovation drag
Modern initiatives slow down because the core can't move.
The biggest risk isn't change. It's waiting until change is forced.
How we help
A staged path, not a rewrite.
Preserve the business logic that works, reduce IBM i dependency where it hurts most, enable modern stacks without breaking operations, and move incrementally. No "all or nothing" decisions.
Stabilize
- Assess the estate: programs, data, dependencies
- Document what nobody remembers writing
- Fix the outages waiting to happen
Expose
- Wrap proven logic in clean APIs
- Open the data to modern tools
- Nothing rewritten yet, nothing broken
Migrate
- Move one piece at a time, RPG to Python
- Old and new run side by side until the numbers match
- Your team learns as it goes
Extend
- Modern applications on the modern core
- Cloud where it pays, hybrid where it must
- Agents that take over the routine work
IBM i keeps running the business through every stage
The goal is not technology for its own sake, but lower long-term cost, lower risk, and a system your team can maintain.
Where agents come in
Thirty years of RPG, now with agents that do the heavy lifting.
We use frontier AI to speed up the slow parts of modernization. A human who has read RPG for three decades reviews everything before it ships.
Convert
AI-assisted RPG to Python
Agents draft the conversion module by module. JK reviews every one, so the result is fast to produce and maintainable by your team afterwards.
Document
A map of code nobody remembers writing
Agents read your RPG, CL and DDS and produce living documentation: what each program does, what it touches, and what depends on it.
Prove
Tests that show nothing broke
Generated test suites run the old and the new side by side on your own data. A migrated piece goes live when the numbers match, not before.
Services
What we do for IBM i shops.
- IBM i modernization and staged migrationAssessment, roadmap, then incremental execution that protects continuity.
- AS/400 RPG/ILE to Python conversionAI-assisted, fast and maintainable, reviewed by a human who knows both sides.
- Custom Python applicationsTailored to industrial needs and tied to your core workflows.
- Cloud migration and infrastructureAWS, Azure or hybrid: cloud where it pays, on-premises where it must.
- AI integration with practical ROISpecialized models, secure agents, private retrieval over your own data, and optional local language models.
- Team leadership and skill upliftMentoring your developers into modern stacks, so the knowledge stays in house.
- Legacy-modern hybrid architecturesFor when evolution needs to be gradual.
- Architecture guidance and reviewA second pair of experienced eyes before the big decisions.
Engagement model
Direct partnership. Implementation support as needed.
One accountable partner from assessment to go-live. No hand-offs, no outsourcing.
- Assessment and modernization roadmap
- Incremental migration plan
- Team enablement and mentoring
- Architecture guidance and review
Industries served
Where IBM i still does the heavy lifting.
ManufacturingDistribution and logisticsFinancial servicesHealthcareRetail and wholesale
If your industry isn't listed but your business runs on RPG, the conversation is the same.
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Tell us how you'd like to connect and we will follow up promptly.
- Direct response from Solanko
- Phone, Zoom or email, your choice
- Practical next steps for your environment
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