Future of AS/400
Even though there are lot of many new emerging technologies, experts feel that instead of moving out of AS/400, the cost would be less to use their existing AS/400
solution, since AS/400 also supports new technologies like cloud, AI etc.
There was a rumour spread around the world that AS/400 would be dead by 2000. But till today, the AS/400 is in use by many organizations because of its robustness, security and all its other features.
Since AS/400 meets the business requirements, it will continue to exist in the years to come. The survey conducted by All400S LLC, shows the way the future of AS/400 would go
As per the survey, 12% of the companies plan to migrate, but without any future timeline, 11% of the companies are still discussing about it, 36% are planning to migrate only because it is old technology or becaue of lack of resources. The remaining 49% of companies still want to continue with AS/400.
IBM Power is the technology of the future, which opens the doors to all the options offered by the digital network with the help of Power Cloud.
- In short: AS/400 systems will continue to be crucial in providing application support with strong performance There will be requirements for the skilled AS/400 resources which is a challenge now.

Courtesy: COMARCH