IBM AS/400: The Challenges of Running ERP on a 20-Year Old Computer System

October 12, 2009
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   Monday October 12, 2009 | Spotlight on ERP | Vol.2 Issue 52
IBM AS/400: The Challenges of Running ERP on a 20-year-old Computer System

TEC recently conducted an enterprise resource planning (ERP) selection project for a company using AS/400 computer systems—the venerable old workhorses first introduced by IBM in 1988. We were struck—as you will be too—at how "vintage" the user environment is compared with today's modern systems. In today's feature blog post, read about the difficulties in running a modern ERP system on a 20-year-old computer—one that still uses monitors with green-black screens.

Today's second feature blog post offers you a handy road map for successful software selection that comes from a rather off-beat perspective. You'll see what we mean when you read it.

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Read the feature blog post: AS/400 Users' "Phantom Limb" Pains

Read the blog post: How to Select an ERP System When You're Dead

Read the white paper: The High Cost of Change for ERP: What Does It Take to Keep Up-to-date?

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