Organizations reliant on IBM i environments face a critical junction. Their legacy applications are the bedrock of operations, containing decades of customized business logic. However, maintaining this code has become a significant financial and strategic burden. Years of accumulated technical debt, coupled with a widening skills gap in RPG, COBOL, and Synon, make evolution difficult. The retirement of experienced developers and a scarcity of new talent create a cycle of rising costs and missed opportunities.
With so much at stake, many organizations are now evaluating IBM i modernization with AI as the most effective way to overcome these challenges and prepare for the future.
Fresche’s X-Modernize AI, a core component of our modernization factory, addresses these challenges head-on. This is not an incremental improvement; it is a complete reimagining of automated transformation. Our third-generation X-Modernize AI represents the ultimate evolution in RPG and Synon to Java conversion. We combine over two decades of proven mastery with breakthrough AI technology to deliver the future of modernization. This solution provides a fully automated, AI-powered path to convert legacy code into a modern, cloud-ready architecture that is easier to maintain, customize, and hire for—all while preserving your irreplaceable business logic.
With Fresche, you can modernize your IBM i environment more efficiently than ever, saving time and money while mitigating the risks of “big bang” projects. Our innovative Modernization-as-a-Service (MaaS) model enables you to leverage this AI and automation efficiency in a modular, phased approach without disrupting your business.
Why IBM i Modernization with AI is Essential Now
The pressure to innovate has never been greater, yet legacy systems can act as an anchor, slowing progress. The primary obstacles are clear: the prohibitive cost of maintaining old code, a shrinking pool of developers with RPG and Synon skills, and the immense risk associated with large, all-or-nothing modernization projects. X-Modernize AI was engineered to dismantle these barriers, making IBM i application modernization accessible, predictable, and strategic.
What is X-Modernize AI?
X-Modernize AI is a purpose-built solution that leverages specialized artificial intelligence to deliver reliable and maintainable IBM i modernization at scale. It automates the most complex aspects of transformation, ensuring speed without sacrificing quality.
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From RPG/Synon to Modern Java
At its core, X-Modernize AI performs automated RPG to Java conversion, transforming monolithic legacy code into a modern, object-oriented Java architecture. This gives you a portable, standards-based codebase that unlocks a larger talent pool and simplifies future development, integration, and maintenance.
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Cloud-Ready Architecture and Modern UX
The code generated by X-Modernize AI is designed for today’s IT ecosystems. It provides out-of-the-box capabilities for web, mobile, and API integration, making IBM i cloud migration a starting point, not a distant goal. We deliver deep technical transformations alongside modern UI updates, turning green screens into sleek, mobile-friendly web interfaces that improve user adoption and productivity.
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LLM-Agnostic, Agentic Framework for Reliability
Our solution uses a sophisticated, LLM-agnostic agentic framework. This means we deploy multiple specialized AI agents, each using the best Large Language Model (LLM) for a specific task. This multi-agent approach ensures our AI delivers reliable, maintainable, and consistent modernization results across your entire application portfolio.
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Fresche’s AI Difference in Legacy Code Conversion
Generative AI, when used in isolation, can create a massive amount of technical debt at incredible speed. A standalone tool might show promise on a single program, but it quickly breaks down at scale, producing inconsistencies, hallucinations, and duplicated logic.
X-Modernize AI takes a fundamentally different, holistic approach.
Built on our market-leading X-Analysis AI tool, it performs a deep forensic analysis of your entire legacy system first. It builds an intelligent, contextual understanding of every component, dependency, and data model before generating a single line of new code. This rich insight from X-Analysis AI empowers our specialized AI agents to generate modern Java that is not only functionally equivalent but also clean, consistent, and architecturally sound.
This unique combination of deep application intelligence and agentic AI bridges the gap between speed and accuracy. It gives you the confidence that your modernization project will be both intelligent and sustainable. Furthermore, our coexistence technology allows modernized applications to run seamlessly alongside existing systems, de-risking cutovers and enabling a phased rollout.
💡 But what about IBM’s Project Bob? Project Bob focuses on discovery and prioritization before automation begins, while X-Modernize AI drives the modernization itself. To learn where each fits in your IBM i strategy, check out our guide on where Project Bob fits in your IBM i modernization strategy.
Modernization-as-a-Service (MaaS) for Predictable Outcomes
At the heart of our value proposition is MaaS. This model minimizes risk and maximizes ROI by enabling a phased, modular modernization journey that delivers quick wins.
The process begins with delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), allowing you to see tangible results quickly. Subsequent phases are then carefully planned to ensure risk is managed while your organization reaps the benefits of modernized applications. The subscription-based MaaS model eliminates large upfront investments, offering pay-as-you-go flexibility and transparent ROI tracking.
By combining automation with Fresche’s deep IBM i and modern language expertise, you benefit from predictable outcomes, shorter timelines, and reduced costs. The service also covers holistic needs like DDS to DDL conversion for database modernization, UI enhancements, and facilitating IBM i cloud migration to PowerVS or hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Business Outcomes of the AI-Powered Modernization Factory
By embracing Fresche’s AI-powered modernization factory model, your organization can:
- Modernize legacy applications over 25% faster.
- Preserve and enhance core business logic without compromise.
- Eliminate technical debt and resolve scalability issues.
- Improve user experience across web, mobile, and cloud platforms.
- Tap into a larger developer talent pool with a modern Java-based environment.
- Gain agentic AI efficiency with multiple agents analyzing and generating new code.
- Transition to a flexible architecture that supports future business agility.
- Avoid vendor lock-in with full ownership of and access to your source code.
A Modernization Journey Without Compromise
Modernization is more than a technology upgrade—it’s about building a foundation for innovation without losing the invaluable business knowledge embedded in your systems. With over 30 years of proven success in IBM i modernization and billions of lines of code converted, Fresche brings unmatched expertise to every project.
With X-Modernize AI, we deliver the speed and precision of automation backed by decades of domain leadership. This is a modernization journey without compromise, offering a complete, A-to-Z strategy for your entire IBM i environment. Our AI-powered modernization factory is the one-stop solution to future-proof your applications, enhance agility, and position your business to thrive.
