Don’t Let Legacy Talent Shortage Threaten Your Business-Critical IBM i Systems

Your IBM i Systems Are Mission-Critical. Your Talent Pool Is Disappearing.

Every day, another experienced RPG or COBOL developer retires, taking decades of invaluable system knowledge with them. Meanwhile, finding qualified replacements becomes increasingly difficult and expensive. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone, and you’re running out of time.

The harsh reality: Your business depends on IBM i systems that fewer and fewer people know how to maintain, enhance, or troubleshoot.

The Legacy Talent Crisis Is Real And Accelerating

The Numbers Don't Lie

Shrinking Talent Pool:

Experienced RPG/COBOL developers are retiring faster than new ones enter

Rising Costs:

Specialized legacy skills command premium rates, when you can find them

Knowledge Drain:

Critical business logic and system understanding walking out the door

Recruitment Challenges:

Younger developers gravitate toward modern languages and frameworks

What This Means For Your Organization

Delayed Critical Fixes:

Slower response times for critical system updates

Expertise Vulnerability Risk:

Increased operational risk from knowledge gaps

Scarce Talent Premium:

Higher costs for specialized talent

Innovation Bottleneck Constraint:

Reduced ability to innovate or integrate with new technologies

Transform Your Challenge Into Your Competitive Advantage

Instead of fighting an unwinnable battle for scarce legacy talent, futurize your applications and open access to the vast pool of developers skilled in today’s most popular technologies.

Profound Logic’s Transformation Services: Your Path Forward

Automated Code Conversion

Transform your RPG and COBOL applications into modern languages like Node.js and Python, preserving your valuable business logic while making your systems maintainable by today's developers.

Preserve While You Progress

Our unique coexistence technology lets you futurize incrementally, maintaining business continuity while gradually reducing dependence on legacy skills.

Modern UI Frameworks

Replace green screens with contemporary web interfaces using popular frameworks like React and Angular, technologies that attract and retain top development talent.

Future-Proof Architecture

Create applications that integrate seamlessly with cloud services, AI, and emerging technologies, ensuring your systems remain relevant and your team stays engaged.

Real Results: From Legacy Dependency To Talent Abundance

Before Futurization:

Struggling to find qualified RPG developers

Paying premium rates for specialized skills

Delayed projects due to resource constraints

Growing knowledge gaps as experts retire

After Futurization:

Access to vast pool of Node.js/Python developers

Competitive hiring rates for modern skills

Faster development cycles and innovation

Knowledge preserved and distributed across team

Why IT Leaders Choose Profound Logic

Proven Methodology:

25+ years of IBM i futurization expertise

Risk Mitigation:

Incremental transformation with built-in coexistence

Business Logic Preservation:

Your valuable processes and rules remain intact

Flexible Implementation:

Futurize at your pace, on your timeline

Comprehensive Support:

From analysis to deployment and beyond

Don't Let Legacy Talent Shortage Put You At Risk

Questions? We Have Answers.

Measurable Business Impact

"How long does futurization take?"

Our phased approach lets you see results in weeks, not years. Start with high-impact areas and expand at your comfortable pace.

"What about our business logic?"

Your valuable business rules and processes are automatically preserved during conversion, nothing is lost, everything is enhanced.

"Can we maintain operations during transformation?"

Absolutely. Our coexistence technology ensures zero disruption to your business while futurization happens incrementally.

Start Your Search For Legacy Talent Today

If you want to search for the best, most suitable talent for your business, or maintain the efficiency and competency of your legacy talent; consider our following solutions!

Profound AppEvo

If you want to transform your applications into fast, futurized versions for the current AI-powered landscape, Profound AppEvo may be the solution for you.

Profound AppEvo is an AI-fueled application transformation tool, which allows you to:

Database Futurization Options

Multiple UI paths

Talent Risk Mitigation

Skills Futurization

And more! All within our stress-tested methodology, built on several years of IBM i experience.

Profound AI

With limited legacy talent in your organization, repetitive tasks can hamper growth and development, costing you time and money. Profound Logic’s solution to AI, provides a break from that.

Reduce repetitive tasks with your own AI assistant, aligned to your business goals and needs. The level of control you’ll access will include:

No-Code AI Development

Seamless Data Integration

Accelerated Decision Making with data-powered insights

AI-driven customer behavior analysis…

…and more!

Profound API

The reduced size of your legacy talent team, or newly acquired talent with experience in newer languages, may need help with API development. Profound Logic can help with Profound API, a powerful API creation toolkit with low-code capabilities and native IBM i integration. You’ll have access to several benefits, including, but not limited to:

Multi-Database Support

Instant Documentation

Visual tools and templates to ease API creation and management

- Zero middleware for IBM i integration