Modernization Without Madness: The Practical Guide to IBM i Application Transformation

A comprehensive roadmap for transforming legacy applications into modern, maintainable systems without disrupting business operations. Through real customer case studies and hands-on examples, learn how to strategically modernize RPG applications using incremental approaches, modern tooling, and web technologies. Discover proven patterns for breaking down monolithic applications, implementing APIs, and introducing modern UI frameworks while maintaining the reliability that IBM i is known for.

Koen Decorte

CEO, CD Invest

Koen Decorte is CEO of CD Invest, a Belgian ISV specialized in modernizing IBM i applications. Koen started his career in computer linguistics and in 1994 changed his focus to the internet, AS/400/IBM i and open source applications. He donated his own POP3 client written in RPG to the open source EASY400 community. Today CD Invest is proud of its state of the art applications and modernization projects. Koen and his team recently developed a web based 3D furniture configurator on IBM i for JORI, a high-end furniture manufacturer. This application won the BeNeLux Power 2016 Excellence Award. Another of his clients, Deknudt Frames, won the 2017 BeNeLux Power Excellence Award with their webshop application.

Koen is IBM Fresh Face 2017 and IBM Champion 2018.