Here are the secrets to building a smart automation strategy that drives bottom-line results. Many organizations across industries rely on IBM i to run core, mission-critical business applications. While the stability and reliability of this legacy system remain constant, a lot has changed in the past decade. IBM no longer operates in silos, nor does it need to run on-premises. Today’s IBM i also works with open-source languages, databases, and development tools; runs in the cloud; and can be accessed from Windows, web, mobile, IoT, and web service interfaces. To keep up with the growing competition, businesses running IBM must transform quickly through modernization and automation. Until recently, technology and business leaders struggled to decide which workflows and processes to automate first and what tools were available to make the needed changes. The good news is that with Rocket Intelligent Legacy Automation (ILA), businesses can build data-driven end-to-end strategies that drive ongoing business results.
Rocket ILA is a suite of automation solutions that include Rocket Process Insights, Rocket Process Automation, and Rocket Process Integration. If you are an IBM i user, here are the top 10 reasons why you need ILA in your modernization journey.
1. Shines a light on end-to-end workflow
ILA tracks how your organization engages with the data and business logic of your IBM i applications. It provides a 360-degree view of your legacy applications, allowing you to build a heatmap of workflows that are used most and data that are accessed most frequently. These insights help you to identify prime opportunities for workflow automation.
2. Prioritizes projects that drive real value for the business
With greater visibility of your workflow and processes, you can identify hot spots for automation and modernization improvements that will drive real value for the business. This helps put improvements in the correct order to deliver maximum value for your organization.
3. Reduces the possibility of cost overrun
A well-thought-out, data-driven assessment of your workflows can help determine the time and effort required for your project and minimize the likelihood of cost overrun.
4. Eases the creation of automation robots and APIs
The fastest way to a quick ROI is to start with RPA. Data-informed workflows and processes make the creation of automation robots and APIs even more effortless.
5. Builds a modern and intuitive user experience
With end-to-end visibility of the workflows, IT can identify navigations that slow down users and build a more intuitive and practical user interface (UI) that optimizes the user experience (UX).
6. Improves business alignment
ILA improves business alignment by building APIs that integrate legacy applications with other critical business applications. This “un-silos” legacy applications and create an interactive and symbiotic system that untethers business operations and customer engagement from the constraints of IT infrastructure.
7. Centralizes control of how robots and APIs are developed and deployed
ILA also allows IT to centrally manage the development and deployment of the robots and APIs built with a DevOps-lite tool. This further automates processes, enforces policies and controls, and improves developer productivity. optimizes the user experience (UX).
8. Helps gain stakeholder buy-in
The ability to prioritize projects with data-driven justifications enables you to set the project up for success and gain approval from vital business stakeholders.
9. Boosts productivity
Productivity is always paramount. ILA focuses the right tools and people on the right task. With an automated process, workflow discovery, and script-building, you can create a well-oiled machine that runs efficiently.
10. Increases job satisfaction
By automating process discovery that drives decisions and priorities, developers can focus on developing great features and functionality for everyone—internally and externally. You free up their time because they no longer need to worry about process discovery, testing builds, or scripts. This allows them to focus on more exciting work, thereby increasing their satisfaction.
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