IT organizations, particularly those in the System i community, face more difficult decisions than at any time before. Technology is exploding, but no single solution to effective software development has arisen as the clear path to be followed. In the System i community, the situation is exacerbated because of the large amount of legacy code written as monolithic programs using a non-transportable language and supporting a proprietary terminal user interface.

This white paper provides a survival guide to help you cope with the dramatically increased pace and scope of business application development brought on by the Internet revolution, sweeping regulatory changes, stakeholder pressure for more transparency, corporate acquisitions and mergers and a host of other pressures in the modern, global business environment.