Futurize Your IBM i Systems. Move to the Cloud with Confidence.
Your mission-critical applications deserve more than a lift-and-shift. Profound Logic migrates your IBM i workloads to the cloud the right way, preserving your business logic, reducing infrastructure costs, and positioning your organization to lead rather than follow.
The Problem
Your IBM i Systems Are Holding You Back, But It's Not the System's Fault
Your IBM i applications are reliable and battle-tested. The problem is what staying on-premises is costing you: expensive hardware refresh cycles, rigid vendor lock-in, and a shrinking pool of RPG/COBOL talent as veteran developers retire. Meanwhile, competitors are scaling on demand and deploying AI faster than your infrastructure allows. Every year you delay migration is another year spent maintaining technical debt instead of building competitive advantage.
The question isn’t whether to move to the cloud. It’s how to do it without disrupting the operations you depend on.
Your Options
Not All Cloud Migration Paths Are Created Equal
When migrating IBM i workloads, you have a few options, each with real tradeoffs.
Rip and Replace
A complete rewrite in a cloud-native language. High risk, high cost, and critical business logic is often lost. Most attempts run over time, over budget, and end up working differently than before.
Rehost (Lift and Shift)
Moving your IBM i workload to a cloud-hosted IBM i environment. This cuts your hardware burden but not your platform dependency. Scalability, cost optimization, and modern integrations stay out of reach.
Code Transformation + Cloud Migration
This is the Profound Logic approach.
Converting RPG or COBOL applications to modern, open-source languages, then deploying them natively in the cloud. This frees your applications from platform dependency, enabling true scalability, modern integrations, and long-term flexibility, while preserving business logic and letting you migrate at your own pace.
The Profound Logic Solution
Cloud Migration That Preserves What Matters
& Unlocks What's Next
Profound Logic’s Cloud Migration Services are built on one foundational principle: your business logic is an asset, not a liability. Our expert team combines deep IBM i knowledge with proven cloud migration methodology to move your workloads to AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, or Google Cloud, without rewriting your business from scratch.
How We Do It
Step 01
Profound Discovery & Roadmap
We analyze your existing environment, document business logic, identify dependencies, and assess risk to define a cloud migration strategy aligned with your business goals.
Step 02
Automated Code Transformation
Our conversion technology translates RPG or COBOL applications into modern, portable code. It’s a proven, systematic process, not manual rewriting, that maintains functional integrity while reducing time and risk.
Step 03
Coexistence for Phased Migration
Migrate workload by workload, module by module, at your own pace. Our coexistence capabilities let futurized components and legacy systems run side by side. No big-bang cutover, no disruption.
Step 04
Cloud-Native Deployment
Transformed applications deploy to your cloud of choice, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, giving you true scalability, pay-as-you-go pricing, and access to modern services like AI, analytics, IoT, and API integration.
Step 05
Ongoing Support & Optimization
We provide training, knowledge transfer, and ongoing optimization to keep your cloud environment performing and evolving with your business.
Business Outcomes
The Business Outcomes You Can Expect
Eliminate costly hardware refresh cycles and reduce infrastructure overhead
Shift from capital expenditure to predictable operational cost models
Access cloud-native AI, analytics, and integration capabilities
Scale resources on demand — up or down — without hardware constraints
Attract and retain modern developer talent with open-source technology stacks
Protect long-term investment with portable, platform-independent applications
Schedule Your Cloud Migration Consultation
Our cloud migration experts are ready to assess your IBM i environment and build a roadmap tailored to your business — no generic templates, no guesswork.
Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to common questions about our services
Will my business logic survive the migration?
Yes — protecting your business logic is central to everything we do. Our automated conversion technology is specifically designed to maintain the functional integrity of your RPG and COBOL applications throughout the transformation process. We also conduct rigorous pre- and post-migration testing to verify equivalence before anything goes live.
Do we have to migrate everything at once?
Absolutely not. Our coexistence technology is purpose-built for phased migration. Legacy and futurized components can run simultaneously, which means you can migrate at the pace that works for your operations, your team, and your budget — without a high-risk, all-or-nothing cutover.
Which cloud platforms do you support?
We support migration to AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud, as well as hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. During the Profound 360° Discovery phase, we work with your team to identify the platform — or combination of platforms — that best aligns with your business goals, security requirements, and long-term strategy.
How long does a cloud migration project take?
Migration timelines vary based on the complexity and size of your application portfolio, your desired pace of change, and your organization’s readiness. Our phased approach allows us to begin delivering value early in the engagement — you don’t have to wait for full migration completion to start seeing results.
What makes Profound Logic different from other cloud migration providers?
Most cloud migration providers are cloud specialists. We’re IBM i specialists who know cloud. That distinction matters enormously. We understand the depth and nuance of your legacy applications — the business rules, the integration dependencies, the institutional knowledge baked into decades of code. That expertise, combined with our automated transformation tools and coexistence methodology, means lower risk, faster timelines, and cloud-ready applications that actually work the way your business needs them to.