Modernize Your IBM i

User Experience

Boost Your Productivity with SilverDev

The Stakes of Modernization for IBM i Shops

Anticipate – Opt for a Lasting Solution

• Ensure the Reliabil ity of Your IBM i Over the Long Term

• In-depth Modernization of Your Applications

• Reduce Your TCO!

Improve Profitability - Let Your Users Focus on Your Core

Business

• Save Time for Your Users

• Upgrade With Flexible Applications

• Generate incomparable ROI!

Capitalize - Reduce Your Investment Costs

• Capitalize on Your IBM i Platform

• Capitalize on Your Legacy Applications

• Capitalize on Your Know-how

Create - Graphical Applications in Seconds!

• Graphical RPG IV Development

• SilverDev : Product Functions

Success Story - ES-Concept chooses SilverDev for

its Client: SIEM

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The Stakes of Modernization for IBM i Shops

Modernizing 5250 applications has

become a major concern for many

companies, but the solutions available

often represent a dilemma: is it best to

preserve the reliabil ity of existing hardware

and management processes or to opt for

a different solution that offers the flexibil ity

required to maintain the company’ s

competitive edge?

It is the whole issue of back-office productivity

that is in the balance here. Modernizing

applications is a crucial decision that should

be guided by profitabil ity: the Added Value of

a solution is measured by the ROI that it can

generate.

"SilverDev : Offer your users the flexibil ity

of a lasting and innovative solution"

So Why Choose at All?

SilverDev is designed to provide a real alternative to the

modernization solutions for your IBM i, while bringing

performance and competitiveness to companies.

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AnticipateOpt for a Lasting Solution

Having been developed to preserve the major qualities of the IBM i platform, the SilverDev solution

is guaranteed not to become obsolete in just three years!

You can’t see the point of investing in a “temporary” solution? Well,

neither can we! SilverDev is designed to last: it is a unique solution that

combines the reliability of System i with your most essential

management requirements.

Ensure the Reliabil ity of Your IBM i Over the Long Term

• Centralized Applications

SilverDev makes fastidious application development

unnecessary: it keeps IBM i’ s centralization concept,

ensuring the stabil ity required for your management

system.

• RPG IV ILE

RPG ILE is a robust, modern and productive language.

It is highly scalable and now integrates new functions

such as modular programming, free format, new

integrated functions, as well as being open to

languages like C, xml and Java… A true guarantee of

reliabil ity and stabil ity for your “business” management

rules.

• Instant Communication

Thanks to its own TCP/IP server optimized for

application execution*, SilverDev makes the most of

the essential speed potential of the 5250.

* 30ms/request on average, which is 20 times faster than a web browser!

Bernard LAVOIE

ROBOVER (Canada)

We are using SilverDev since

2006. It has completely

changed the way we build

applications. We can now make

real Windows applications, in

RPG, with all the advantages of

the IBM i. Silverdev is easy to

install, easy to learn, and makes

fast running applications on the

iSeries, without any deployment

to the workstations. Try it.

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AnticipateOpt for a Lasting Solution

Choosing SilverDev represents

savings of at least 50% over

1 0 years on Client/Server

or Webfacing

solutions!

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In-depth Modernization of Your Applications

SilverDev does not just apply a

surface graphic layer to the 5250.

It designs the graphic interface and

navigation of your applications:

modernization is thorough, providing real

Added Value to your Information System.

Reduce Your TCO!

Bringing real Added Value to the

modernization of your IBM i while preserving the

uncontested advantages of the platform: this is

the unique combination that makes SilverDev

the only lasting modernization solution.

Why waste your time on a solution that has to

be updated every two years: SilverDev finally

allows long-term anticipation, while reducing

your TCO considerably.

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Improve Profitabil ity

Windows interface

"Click, drag, drop"

Event navigation

Rich graphic components

Intuitive and quick to learn

Incomparable rapidity of the

SilverDev TCP/IP server

Let Your Users Focus on Your Core Business

The time spent on your management

applications is the cornerstone of user

productivity. By optimizing not only their

interface, but also the navigation system,

SilverDev revolutionizes the ergonomics of your

applications thoroughly. No more waster time

for your users! They wil l have instant access to

information and wil l at last be able to

concentrate on the most essential tasks: your

core business.

Far beyond merely modernizing the graphic interface, SilverDev

reduces the usage time of IBM i applications at all levels and increases

user productivity significantly.

Save Time for Your Users

"SilverDev is unique in the IBM i world in that development starts from

the point of view of the user"

- Alex Woodie pour IT Jungle

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Improve Profitabil ity

Upgrade With Flexible Applications

Forget the monolithic framework of the 5250.

Your applications can now be adapted to your

most specific needs with incomparable

flexibil ity on the IBM i platform.

Open the doorway to new possibil ities to

upgrade your management processing along

with your activities.

Jean-Yves LE PATEZOUR

LP Consultant

Program in just a few clicks

Design function-rich

applications

Optimize maintenance time

This new option replaces fifteen 5250 screens, 4

menu options and all the business rules were

retrieved from existing sources. The 1 0 regular users

of these options, who now have PCs with two

screens are delighted.

Generate incomparable ROI!

Save up to 3 days' workper user every year! *

* Calculation based on server response time savings and navigation time optimization

By optimizing development requirements as well as application use

requirements, SilverDev innovates by generating ROI throughout your Back-

Office.

Improve Profitabil ityLet Your Users Focus on Your Core Business

management portfolio attains its highest

possible level of performance, boosting your

competitive advantage.

Reduce Your Investment Costs

Capitalize on Your Existing Systems

SilverDev extends the possibilities of your application portfolio. Discover

a flexible solution that releases the power of System i without its

downsides: a unique alternative, that offers your information system

high Added Value while boosting its performance.

SilverDev has enabled us to offer two types of service:

the production of user-friendly and effective data and

statistics extraction tools and the modernization of

existing management applications that now enjoy the

ergonomics of a graphic version, without losing the

users’ input reflexes, thereby optimizing productivity.

SilverDev combines ease and flexibility of production

with the robustness and security of system i, and has

won over all our entire team of programmers of all

ages, as well as our clients.

Marie-Line Manchon

WMG France

No need to turn towards expensive, time-

consuming solutions to bring about change.

With SilverDev, the whole of your

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Capitalize CapitalizeReduce Your Investment Costs

IBM i Platform

Renowned for its reliabil ity and stabil ity, IBM i is undoubtedly the ideal system for business

management. SilverDev does not question this. On the contrary, by conserving application

centralization on your IBM i, SilverDev releases its performance potential.

Legacy Applications

Your data, which represent genuine intangible value for the company, are preserved and

protected. Your “business” applications are thus optimized in their "screens" part (DSPF) without

involving fastidious rewriting of your management rules, which are the foundations of your

Information System.

Know-how

Capitalize on the knowledge of your current teams! By keeping RPG as the programming language,

SilverDev not only avoids having to re-train your teams in new languages, but also avoids having to

“translate” all your applications.

Known for its robustness and its "management" specialization, RPG is undoubtedly the language that

reduces maintenance time the most. Why waste time on unnecessary work?

CreateGraphical Applications in Seconds!

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SilverDev is both simple and powerful, enabling the design of user

graphic interfaces with traditional Windows components. With

SilverDev, you can offer your users all the comforts of Windows

applications without losing the uncontested advantages of System i.

Graphical RPG IV Development

Drag & drop

Execution

RPG IV language

Interfaces are created with an intuitive, easy-to-

use graphic tool

The programming language is RPG IV either with PDM, or with the SilverDev IDE

Simpler than a DSPF: programming logic is based on events. You just "react" to events (mouse click, etc.)

More flexible than a DSPF: interface component properties can be modified dynamically (color, font,

position, etc.)

Applications are available to users immediately

Simpler than a client/server system: applications are not deployed on user workstations

More stable and secure than a client/server system: applications run on System i

Faster than a web browser: the interface is optimised for management applications

More user-friendly than green screens: SilverDev uses the Windows

interface

Simpler than green screens: screens are design using the mouse

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• Optimised TCP/IP server

• Centralization on System i

• Automatic conversion of character sets

(EBCDIC/ASCII )

• Automatic caching of windows and pictures

• Remote, browserless connection (LAN/WAN)

• Management of application access rights

• Event-driven RPG IV programming

• Graphic IDE (source editor, compilation, debugging...)

• Context-specific help

• Windows ergonomics and user-friendliness

• « Sub-file » component

• Numeric field component supporting « Edit Code »

• « Tree structure » component (Tree View)

• Standard Windows components: button, combo box,

radio button, tick box, l ist box, status bar, etc.

• Date, tab sheet, graph, picture components

• « TrayIcon », « Timer » components

• Standard Windows dialogue box components

• Skin component

• Drop-down menus, pop ups, etc.

• MDI windows

• Drag and drop

• File transfer functions (upload and download)

• Launch of applications on the PC from the RPG

• Print module included in the product

• Export to Excel & PDF, sending of e-mails

• TWAIN scanner management

• Access to third party DBMS (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server,

etc.)

SilverDev: Product Functions

CreateGraphical Applications in Seconds!

Success StoryES-Concept Chooses SilverDev for its Client: SIEM

ES-Concept (Switzerland)Software publisher and

application developer

SIEM (France)

Production, treatment and

distribution of drinking water

“After more than two years’ use, it is difficult to remember the exact

circumstances of this project’s implementation: it all went so smoothly

and without a hitch . ”

Those Involved

• A single person carried out the study, analysis and development of the 467 display files in

just 70 days.

• A representative committee of users tested and validated the new application during

the course of its development.

The Project

User requirements

• Elimination of the “green screens” that had

been part of the company since 1 992

• Work harmonization with PC tools and

functions

• Desire to improve the graphic interface

• Simplification of exchanges between

iSeries and PC

Technical requirements

• New modeling product approach, while

keeping the famil iar development languages

• Possibil ity of improving the existing application

via a simplified interface with the PC universe

The Objectives• To replace existing display files with SilverDev screens, while preserving the philosophy of the

application software to avoid causing operational difficulties on software that had been used

for 6 years already

• To integrate the graphic functions that had previously been difficult to run

How ?

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Results

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The Strong Points of SilverDev: Testimonials

Adaptabil ity

"Thanks to the flexibility offered by SilverDev,

development was adapted as progress was made

to enable delivery of a tool to match user

requirements and our activity. "

Scalabil ity

“Improvements have been made regularly

since its implementation and other changes

are in the pipeline. The scalability of SilverDev

enables constant progress, without calling the

fundamentals into question. ”

“By adjusting to our needs, SilverDev enabled us to optimize

the quality and rapidity of our work. It is a product with

multiple possibilities, fulfilling both our constant needs and our

many, various requirements. ”

Administrative Director

Managing Director

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Success StoryES-Concept Chooses SilverDev for its Client: SIEM

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In the heart of Europe, located between Lyon

and Geneva, Experia is specialized in software

publishing for the IBM system i environment.

The company was founded in 1 991 and

develops Software Engineering tools and

proposes language training courses and client

project assistance solutions.

Among the various solutions proposed by

Experia, the GEODE computer-aided software

environment or the LOREA application

enrichment tool have been major contributors

to the company’ s reputation.

Experia , Specialized in IBM i for More Than 20 Years

Robover

Canada

Datasphere

Switzerland

Pepsico

France

IDT

French Polynesia

ONEA

Burkina Faso

They rely on SilverDev

NIKKO Bank

Luxembourg

Orangina-Schweppes

France

Infitex

France

Logiam

France

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How to insta l l and set up

Si lverDev on your system

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How to create a first program

with the wizard

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How to create a first

program by hand

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FRANCE

www.silverdev.com

info@silverdev.com

We were not interested in setting about an extensive revamping

project, involving major investments and taking up large amounts of our

hardware resources. [. . . ]

In just one and half months, SilverDev enabled us to provide our

technical zone managers with a contract management application

that had been enriched graphically, was visually appealing and

functional, and took into account our existing IT systems and without

painstaking deployment on client workstations.

Raymond MONGAI

Igloo Post-Mix (Orangina-Schweppes / Pepsico)