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, battle-tested, and packed with decades of institutional knowledge. The problem isn’t the platform — it’s what staying on aging, on-premises infrastructure is costing you.
Hardware refresh cycles are expensive and relentless. Proprietary infrastructure locks you into rigid, costly vendor relationships. And as your veteran RPG and COBOL developers approach retirement, the specialized talent required to maintain on-premises IBM i environments is vanishing fast.
Meanwhile, your competitors are scaling on demand, deploying AI and analytics capabilities, and moving with a speed your current infrastructure simply can’t match. Every year you delay cloud migration is another year you’re paying to maintain technical debt instead of investing in competitive advantage.
The question isn’t whether to move to the cloud. It’s how to do it without disrupting the operations your business depends on.
Your Options
Not All Cloud Migration Paths Are Created Equal
When it comes to migrating your IBM i workloads, you have a few paths forward — and each comes with significant tradeoffs.
Rip and Replace
A complete rewrite of your legacy applications in a cloud-native language. High risk. Massive cost. And you almost certainly lose critical business logic in the process. Most organizations that attempt this approach run over time, over budget, and walk away with applications that don’t quite work the way they used to.
Rehost (Lift and Shift)
Moving your IBM i workload to a cloud-hosted IBM i environment. This reduces your hardware burden but doesn’t unlock the full potential of the cloud — you’re still dependent on IBM i infrastructure, just somewhere else. Scalability, cost optimization, and modern technology integrations remain out of reach.
Code Transformation + Cloud Migration
This is the Profound Logic approach.
Converting your RPG or COBOL applications to modern, open-source languages — then deploying them natively in the cloud. This approach frees your applications from platform dependency entirely, enabling true cloud scalability, modern integrations, and long-term flexibility. Done right, it preserves your business logic and allows you to migrate incrementally, 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
Before a single line of code moves, we conduct a thorough analysis of your existing environment. We document your business logic, identify dependencies, assess risk, and define a cloud migration strategy aligned with your business goals — not just your IT roadmap.
Step 02
Automated Code Transformation
Our automated conversion technology translates your RPG or COBOL applications into modern, portable code. This isn’t manual rewriting — it’s a proven, systematic process that maintains functional integrity while dramatically reducing time and risk.
Step 03
Coexistence for Phased Migration
You don’t have to migrate everything at once. Our unique coexistence capabilities allow futurized components and legacy systems to run side by side, so you can migrate workload by workload, module by module — at a pace your business can absorb. No big-bang cutover. No disruption.
Step 04
Cloud-Native Deployment
Once transformed, your applications are deployed in your cloud environment of choice — AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. You get true cloud scalability, pay-as-you-go cost models, and full access to modern services including AI, analytics, IoT, and API integration.
Step 05
Ongoing Support & Optimization
We don’t hand off and walk away. Our team provides training, knowledge transfer, and ongoing optimization services to make sure your cloud environment continues to perform and evolve 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.