Inside IBM’s Efforts To Modernize The ISV Army

May 15, 2023 Alex Woodie

“You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.” IBM executives must feel a bit like the eminently quotable Don Rumsfeld, former Secretary of the Department of Defense, as they marshal their assets in the battle for application supremacy. While some of Big Blue’s partners have honed their IBM i applications into modern weapons, others are fielding old equipment more suitable for a previous war.

It’s no state secret that Big Blue has a legacy problem on its hands in the IBM i world. When the …