Profound Logic

🕷️ The scariest thing in IT? Being told "that's just how it's always been done." Your IBM i applications aren't stuck in the past because they can't evolve. They're stuck because the traditional path forward looks terrifying: complete rewrites, business disruption, blown…

Your IBM i system isn't haunted by ghosts, but it might be haunted by something worse. Legacy applications trapped in decades-old code. Business logic buried where no one can find it. And the experts who built it all? Retiring faster than you can replace them. The real horror…

CFOs often ask, “What’s our annual spend on maintaining legacy systems?” But the real question isn’t what you’re spending. It’s what those systems are silently costing your business. Research shows 60–80% of IT budgets go toward maintaining existing systems, leaving only a…

With IBM i 7.6, SDA is officially gone, ending decades of traditional green screen development. For IBM i teams, this change raises a critical question: how do you continue building and maintaining your applications without SDA? The answer? Profound AppDev. Featuring Profound…

Don't let your competitors summon the AI advantage while you watch from the shadows. Custom AI isn't reserved for Fortune 500 companies with unlimited budgets. It's for businesses ready to transform their legacy data into competitive intelligence. The companies pulling ahead…

The executives leading today's most successful IBM i organizations aren't asking if they should implement AI. They're determining how quickly they can deploy it to outpace competitors. The myth that AI requires abandoning IBM i infrastructure is being shattered. Organizations…

"I believe IBM i is an incredibly reliable, stable platform, and that it makes sense to use futurization tools instead of essentially throwing the baby out with the bathwater." 💡 Mike Andritsis, IT Director at Baker College, faced a familiar challenge: End-users saw green…

Margaret logs into her IBM i terminal for the last time after 37 years. By Friday, she’s retired. Taking with her decades of pricing logic, customer nuance, and institutional expertise that no documentation can truly replace. Now multiply Margaret by 11,400. That's the number…

Most "modernization" projects stall because they start with a platform, not people. There's a better path: People-first futurization. ✅ Honor decades of RPG expertise and business logic ✅ Ship small wins - one screen, program, or workflow at a time ✅ Run old and new…

See the future of IBM i in action. Profound AI transforms innovation into experience, bridging your legacy and your next era of intelligence. Check out our interactive Profound AI demos and: ✅ Chat with AI agents powered by live IBM i data ✅ Watch document summarization in…

Some apps are friendly ghosts. Others? Resource vampires. 🧛‍♂️ Of the 6 Rs, Retire is how you stake runaway costs and reclaim focus. Use it with the other Rs (Refactor, Replace, Rewrite, Re-architect, Retain) to complete your transformation spellbook: 🚫 Stop feeding systems…

Your IBM i holds 30+ years of critical business logic, but do you really know what’s inside? 🔍 Many organizations sit on a goldmine of process knowledge trapped in legacy code, with no clear map of what they have, what it’s worth, or where to start transforming it. Profound…

💡 What If You Could Transform Without Disruption? With Profound AppEvo + Coexistence technology, you don’t have to choose between standing still or a full system overhaul. You can evolve your IBM i applications—strategically, gradually, and confidently. This isn’t just…

The agentic coding revolution is here, and IBM i developers have a secret advantage. While the industry chases the latest frameworks, IBM i developers have been mastering something far more valuable: deep business domain knowledge. AI agents can write code. But they can't…

Stop thinking of it as “keep RPG or rewrite everything.” Many IBM i teams feel trapped: green screens that frustrate users, or total rewrites that risk mission-critical logic. Profound AppDev offers a different way. You can futurize on your terms. Evolve your application stack…

For years, government agencies have struggled to do more with less, shrinking budgets, rising caseloads, and mounting administrative backlogs. The result? - Slower service delivery - Overwhelmed caseworkers - Vulnerable citizens waiting too long for critical support But what…

Seen this before? Finance director exports IBM i data to CSV, uploads to ChatGPT, gets instant insights. Impressive... until you realize that file contains PII, payment data, and proprietary business logic, now sitting outside your security perimeter with zero audit trail.…

AI-powered supply chains aren’t just for tech giants. Too many IBM i shops think they must choose, keep what works or rip-and-replace for AI. The better path? Enhance what you already have. Your IBM i holds decades of data and proven logic, exactly what AI needs to power: 🚑…

Don’t let your IBM i get haunted by “black-box AI.” 👻 AI doesn’t have to be scary. But for many IBM i shops, bringing it into core systems securely and strategically has felt like a bit of a nightmare. That ends now. Profound AI gives you the power to: 🧠 Summon the right…

The $5.7 Trillion Blind Spot: What’s the REAL cost of your legacy applications? Our latest analysis shows 60–80% of IT budgets disappear into maintenance, not innovation. 💥 Talent Time Bomb: Most RPG programmers retire by 2030; COBOL grads <2,000 last year. 🔻 Productivity…