ABL Takes a Fresh Approach to Modernization with RolePlay
March 12, 2013 Alex Woodie
ADVANCED BusinessLink (ABL) is close to shipping a potentially disruptive new modernization tool called RolePlay. The new software, which is in restricted availability, helps eliminate the menu-based system common to IBM i-based ERP systems, and present information to users according to the role they play within the organization. It’s a novel approach to the modernization dilemma, and it could help IBM i ISVs compete more effectively with the role-based ERP systems from SAP and Oracle, and Microsoft. There are many aspects of an IBM i business system that set it apart from the so-called “mainstream” X86 systems that |