An ALPHA announcement for Open Source IntERPrise has been launched by a team of international IBM i community developers. IntERPrise is a Native, data centric, multi-tier, ILE and DB2 database.
Leaders the project are Marinus van Sandwyk, TEMBO Technology Lab (Pty) Ltd, South Africa and Chris Hird, Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd, Canada.
Says Hird, “We have seen several Open Source projects getting underway, mostly PASE based, and very few for the ILE environment.
From the beginning, we decided to create a formal architecture with set conventions and clear directives.
We believe building this ILE Open Source project in this way, will provide a solid base, that will be easily adapted by others wishing to use it.”
Van Sandwyk continues,
“IntERPrise is an industrial strength BASE ERP consisting out of CORE financials (debtors, creditors, GL and cashbook). These modules are the foundation of both the AgriLogic and InfoLogic applications. This application has effectively competed and won bids against all the major ERP’s over the past 30 years. The base design is tried and tested, but here we are developing an entirely new application. There isn’t a single line of code or named data element from the original application that is present in the new solution.”
As the Alpha announcement takes place, the team is seeking members to join the seven-person Steering Committee. Members of the IBM i community are also encouraged to participate to help the group understand real-world environment needs.
Who might be interested in this project? It is clear from the recent Help Systems survey results that more that 70% of respondents have custom or bespoke solutions build around a core solution. Most of the architectural and coding standards that were adopted to achieve this were established in the 1980s and 1990s. Overall it is usually the financials that frustrates the ‘bean counters”, due to their need for fancy executive dashboards, and the ease of querying the database. The IntERPrise database, with its fresh approach clean code, will remove these impediments, whilst providing a native platform for cognitive computing.
The objective is for a full working model to be ready and available at the Spring Common 2019.
Connect with Hird or Van Sandwyk to participate with development, held define project needs, or request a demo.
Chris Hird -
Marinus van Sandwyk -
More than ever, there is a demand for IT to deliver innovation. Your IBM i has been an essential part of your business operations for years. However, your organization may struggle to maintain the current system and implement new projects. The thousands of customers we've worked with and surveyed state that expectations regarding the digital footprint and vision of the company are not aligned with the current IT environment.
TRY the one package that solves all your document design and printing challenges on all your platforms. Produce bar code labels, electronic forms, ad hoc reports, and RFID tags – without programming! MarkMagic is the only document design and print solution that combines report writing, WYSIWYG label and forms design, and conditional printing in one integrated product. Make sure your data survives when catastrophe hits. Request your trial now! Request Now.
Forms of ransomware has been around for over 30 years, and with more and more organizations suffering attacks each year, it continues to endure. What has made ransomware such a durable threat and what is the best way to combat it? In order to prevent ransomware, organizations must first understand how it works.
Disaster protection is vital to every business. Yet, it often consists of patched together procedures that are prone to error. From automatic backups to data encryption to media management, Robot automates the routine (yet often complex) tasks of iSeries backup and recovery, saving you time and money and making the process safer and more reliable. Automate your backups with the Robot Backup and Recovery Solution. Key features include:
Business users want new applications now. Market and regulatory pressures require faster application updates and delivery into production. Your IBM i developers may be approaching retirement, and you see no sure way to fill their positions with experienced developers. In addition, you may be caught between maintaining your existing applications and the uncertainty of moving to something new.
IT managers hoping to find new IBM i talent are discovering that the pool of experienced RPG programmers and operators or administrators with intimate knowledge of the operating system and the applications that run on it is small. This begs the question: How will you manage the platform that supports such a big part of your business? This guide offers strategies and software suggestions to help you plan IT staffing and resources and smooth the transition after your AS/400 talent retires. Read on to learn:
LATEST COMMENTS
MC Press Online