IBM i experience since 1985
Practical expertise for applications that matter.
KDP Software helps organisations understand, maintain, modernise and protect the IBM i applications their businesses depend on.
- IBM midrange experience since 1985
- Independent and practical
- Software, implementation and support
Experience without the theatre
Understand what you have before deciding what to change.
KDP combines long-standing IBM i knowledge with focused tools and practical services that help organisations make controlled, evidence-based decisions.
Understand
Establish the condition, structure and business importance of existing applications before committing to major change.
Improve
Modernise applications in controlled stages while preserving proven business behaviour and managing technical risk.
Support
Provide implementation, training and continued assistance from people who understand IBM i applications and operations.
Four decades of platform experience
IBM i has evolved. So have the applications running on it.
Our experience reaches from IBM System/34 and System/36 through AS/400 and today’s IBM i platform. That history matters when established applications contain several generations of technology and business knowledge.
- System/34 and System/36 application experience
- AS/400 and IBM i application development
- RPG II, RPG III, RPG/400, RPGLE and modern RPG
- Application conversion and staged modernisation
- Change control, security, implementation and support
Protecting business knowledge
Established does not mean obsolete.
Many long-running IBM i applications continue to deliver substantial business value. The right objective is not change for its own sake—it is to reduce risk, improve maintainability and create room for future enhancement.
Focused IBM i capability
Software and expertise for controlled improvement.
Our capabilities cover application assessment, modernisation, software delivery and protection of the IBM i environment.
RPG Metrics
Measure RPG complexity, maintainability and modernisation readiness without sending application source outside your organisation.
Explore RPG MetricsIBM i Modernisation
Assess and improve established applications through controlled, testable stages focused on measurable business value.
Explore modernisationMDCMS
Manage IBM i application changes, approvals and deployments from development through test and production.
Explore MDCMSEnforcive
Strengthen IBM i access control, auditing, monitoring and compliance reporting with practical local support.
Explore EnforciveA practical approach
Keep what works. Improve what holds you back.
Not every organisation needs a wholesale rewrite, and not every established application needs to be replaced. We help clients identify the parts of an application estate that create genuine risk or restrict business change.
That may mean supporting an application as it stands, converting older RPG, improving database and application structure, introducing stronger deployment control or creating a measured long-term modernisation plan.
Long-term application knowledge
Comfortable with systems that have a history.
Real IBM i estates rarely contain one clean generation of technology. They evolve as business requirements, platforms and development approaches change.
Maintain
Continue supporting dependable applications where replacement would introduce cost and risk without sufficient business return.
Modernise
Convert legacy code and application structures in controlled stages while validating behaviour against the original system.
Enhance
Create a stronger technical foundation for future interfaces, services, automation and business-led improvements.
Start with a conversation
Talk to people who understand established IBM i applications.
Tell us what you are trying to understand, protect or improve, and we will help identify a practical next step.