B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

The term “digital transformation” has gained an unfair reputation for being meaningless jargon. When that happens, there are a few outcomes; the term becomes misunderstood, people ignore it altogether, and very few people benefit from it. That is unfortunate, because digital transformation is so much more than a buzzword; it represents a deep and dramatic change in the way companies do business.

Perhaps as an EDI professional you found yourself somewhere between curious and concerned by the recent IBM announcement that operating systems such as the iSeries and UNIX (most flavors) will no longer be supported when IBM rolls out its newest version of IBM Sterling B2B Integrator sometime next year.

Here are 5 things you can do to reduce the impact of that announcement.

If you think myths went out of fashion with the ancient Greeks, you would be wrong on that count. Myths are alive and well, even in today’s enterprise. Modern myths just do not involve gods or fantastic creatures such as chimeras.

The term “digital transformation” refers to the use of technology to radically improve the performance or reach of a business. Some industry experts complain it is a vague term, and the definition does not shed more light on what “digital transformation” really means.

On Thursday, October 5, 2017, IBM announced that with the next major version release of IBM’s Sterling B2B Integrator and Sterling File Gateway it will remove support for the following operating systems: iSeries, HP-UX, and Solaris. The next major release of B2B Integrator and Sterling File Gateway is scheduled for the middle of 2018, schedule subject to change. The version number for the next major release is still to be determined. This major release will only support Windows and Linux operating systems. Those clients that purchase the next major release new or upgrade to the next major release version, will need to run on Windows or Linux operating systems.