IBM i and PHP
for Enterprise Applications
The HarrisData Case Study
Lane Nelson
President
HarrisData

Agenda
About HarrisData
Why PHP?
Successes

HarrisData Solutions
Suppliers Customers
SRM CRM
ERP
MES WMS
HRIS
Employees

PHP is the perfect fit for HarrisData applications
WHY PHP?

Why PHP?
Competing Technologies
In 1999…
Evaluated
• Java
• RPG through CGI
• Lotus
• IBM Net.Data
• Screen-scraping/WebFacing
Selected IBM Net.Data
• There was no viable PHP option!

Why PHP?
Fits Ideal Architecture
Powerful development language
Procedural or OO
IBM DB2 and IBM i extensions
Professional IDE
Improves productivity
Improves quality
Market Acceptance

Why PHP?
Ideal application architecture
Server-centric
Reliable
Secure
Flexible
Customizable

Ideal Architecture
Presentation
Browser
HTML/XML
Application
App Server
Business
Logic
Programs Programs Programs
SQL
Database
RDBMS

IBM i Infrastructure
Platforms IBM Power
Operating Systems IBM i
Databases DB2
Application Servers Apache
Development WDSc / Zend
Environments
Clients Internet Browser

Why PHP?
Modernize IBM i applications
The HarrisData Roadmap

The HarrisData Roadmap
Application
5250
RPG

The HarrisData Roadmap
Presentation
5250
Application
RPG
Database
DB2

The HarrisData Roadmap
Presentation
5250
Application
RPG/ILE
Business
Logic
RPG/ILE RPG/ILE RPG/ILE
Programs Programs Programs
Database
DB2

The HarrisData Roadmap
Presentation
Browser 5250
Application
HTTP/PHP RPG/ILE
Business
Logic
RPG/ILE RPG/ILE RPG/ILE
Programs Programs Programs
Database
DB2

The HarrisData Roadmap
Presentation
Browser 5250
Application
HTTP/PHP RPG/ILE
Business
Logic
ILE ILE ILE
Programs Programs Programs
Database
DB2

How PHP is transforming HarrisData
SUCCESSES

The HarrisData Customer Zone

Web Marketing

Modernized Applications
Traditional ‘green-screen’ applications
modernized to browser-based equivalents
- only better!

Questions?