Strategi webSERVICES

Automatic Web Services to and from legacy applications

With Strategi webSERVICES, you can easily provide and consume Web Services in legacy languages.

The pressure to integrate with the Web is increasing and for companies that have made large investments in legacy skills and technologies, bridging this gap has been difficult. Development teams today leverage a wide range of tools and skills and companies are unable to easily build applications that involve both legacy and modern languages. The result is that their development teams are driven by language knowledge, not business knowledge.

Strategi webSERVICES enables companies to create industry-standard interfaces for their extensive collection of legacy code using the tools of their choice, providing a way for modern and legacy language development teams to jointly work on application projects.

It also provides a way for legacy applications to consume web services coming from a .NET, XML, Java or public provider such as Google or Amazon by simplifying and restructuring complex web services in a way that"s natural for iSeries developers.

Using Strategi webSERVICES, the iSeries is linked to other development platforms in a more robust manner than ever before by its ability to function in a multi-application, multi-platform environment.

USES:

• Make programmatic requests of Google search
• Request address verification for a customer to ensure data is both correct and formatted appropriately
• Programmatically send SMS messages from any OS/400 application (even green screen applications)
• Enable supply chain parts to make programmatic requests of your inventory levels
• Enable a Java or .NET web portal to make a request of daily sales figures for presentation in the portal
• Visual Studio programmers can access RPG pricing routines

Features:

• Enables legacy programs to consume web services coming from a .NET, XML, Java or public provider such as Google or Amazon
• External applications can access RPG or COBOL programs as Web Services
• Simplifies and restructures complex Web Services in a way that"s natural for iSeries developers
• Enables developers the ability to build producer and consumer Web Services in the development tool of their choice
• Provides Visual Studio, Eclipse and Dreamweaver developers a drag and drop environment for using iSeries application logic

Benefits:

• Minimizes the Web Services learning curve, providing a quicker time to market
• Allows modern and legacy language development teams to jointly work on application projects
• Eliminates critical dependence on user interface and maintains work flow in the underlying legacy application
• Eliminates the cost and effort required to maintain both a Web Services and traditional user interface in parallel
• Preserves investment in legacy applications and skills and reapplies investment to a new, browser-based audience