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2017SURVEY RESULTS

How Companies Are Approaching Green-Screen Modernization

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SURVEY SUMMARY

Candidates were invited via email and 87 executives have participated to date.

Management levels represented are predominantly senior decision makers: 8% hold the title CxO, 15% are VPs, 52% are Directors, and 25% are Managers.

Survey participants represent firms from a wide variety of industries.

100% of responders participated voluntarily; none were engaged using telemarketing.

Between March and April 2017, Gatepoint Research invited selected executives to participate in a survey themed “Strategies for Modernizing Character-based/Green-screen Applications.”

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Yes 89%

No 11%


QUESTION 01

Nearly all the respondents use green-screen applications.

Does your organization currently use older, character-based/green-screen applications?

89%YES

11%

NO


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QUESTION 02

IBM i (OS/400) is the most prevalent operating system for most respondents (83%).

What operating system(s) are associated with your character based/green-screen applications?

IBM I (OS/400)

Windows Linux

24%

16%

UNIX

17%

IBM z/OS

21%

83%


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QUESTION 03

Browsers and desktop applications are most needed by respondents to extend their green-screen apps. 47% would also need mobility devices.

With which of the following do you need to integrate and extend your proven character-based/green-screen applications?

BROWSERSe.g., Firefox, Chrome, Safari

DESKTOPe.g., Windows, Mac

MOBILE DEVICESe.g., iPad, iPhone, Android

CLOUD TECHNOLOGIESe.g., CRM, email

67%

64%

47%

18%


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QUESTION 04

Most respondents have multiple motivators for integrating and extending their green-screen applications. 60% need easier access to enterprise systems. 52% say they need more operational efficiency. User training/cost is another significant factor cited by nearly half of respondents.

What are your primary motivators for integrating and extending your proven character-based/green-screen applications?

Offer easy, intuitive device- and platform-

agnostic access to our enterprise systems 60%

Improve operational efficiency 52%

Reduce user training time and cost 47%

43%

17%

14%

Increase user satisfaction

Integrate 3270, 5250 or VT screen applications

with web or mobile initiatives

Decrease employee turnover


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QUESTION 05

Enhanced productivity and training (66%), improved experience for customers and partners (60%) and quicker time to market for new apps and software (37%) are what respondents report as the greatest benefits of integration and extension.

How will integrating and extending your proven character-based/green-screen applications benefit your business?

Enhance employee productivity and

training initiatives 66%

Improve customer/partner experience 60%

Increase speed to market of new

applications/software 37%

15%

22%Increase employee retention

Attract top talent


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QUESTION 06

What are the challenges you foresee with integrating and extending your proven character-based/green-screen applications?

Respondents see a significant challenge to integrating and extending their proven character-based/green-screen applications. 47% are concerned about re-architecting the system, and nearly as many cite the cost of rewriting green screens. It seems disruptive to 32% of respondents, and too complex to handle in-house for 29%.

We’d need to re-architect the entire system to completely integrate 47%

Our budget cannot support rewriting green

screens 46%

It’s invasive and disruptive 32%

It is too complex and we don’t have the skills

in-house29%


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QUESTION 07

More than half (57%) of the respondents are working toward exposing their existing application functions via web services.

What are some of your web or mobile development initiatives?

Exposing existing application functions

via web services 57%

Creating web user interfaces around our

IBM i applications

Adding mobile applications that

interface with the IBM i 33%

40%

16%

31%Automating SW deployments across

platforms

Replacing RPG programs with

programs in other languages


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QUESTION 08

It’s clear to 46% of respondents that meeting web and/or mobile development goals is not possible without integrating and extending their green-screen apps. 23% say “yes” they can, but a very significant 31% simply don’t know.

Will you be able to meet your web or mobile development goals if you do not integrate and extend your proven character-based/green-screen applications?

46%NO

23%

YES

31%DON’T KNOW


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PROFILE OF RESPONDERS

Three fourths of those surveyed hold executive level positions within their organizations.

Job Level

52% DIRECTOR

15% VP

8% CxO

25% MANAGER


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