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IBM i API Testing: 8 Best Practices for Reliable RPG Integrations

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Building an API is an important step toward modernizing IBM i applications. But creating an endpoint that successfully returns data is only the beginning. As organizations connect IBM i with eCommerce platforms, cloud applications, customer portals, mobile devices, and automated workflows, those integrations become part of critical business operations. An API failure can have consequences […]

IBM i Webhooks vs. APIs: Choosing the Right Integration Approach for 2027

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Modern businesses expect information to move quickly between applications. An order is shipped, and the customer expects an update. Inventory changes, and the eCommerce platform needs accurate availability. A payment is processed, and the accounting system needs confirmation. For organizations running IBM i, these requirements create an important integration question: Should your applications use REST […]

IBM i API Performance Optimization: 8 Best Practices for Faster, More Reliable Integrations

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IBM i applications are known for their reliability, stability, and ability to support mission-critical business operations. But as organizations connect IBM i with cloud platforms, eCommerce applications, mobile devices, automation tools, and AI-powered systems, integration performance becomes increasingly important. An API that works perfectly for a handful of requests may behave differently when hundreds or […]

7 Signs Your IBM i Integrations Are Creating Technical Debt (and How to Fix Them)

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IBM i has earned its reputation as a dependable platform for mission-critical business applications. Across manufacturing, distribution, retail, logistics, and other industries, organizations continue to rely on IBM i for order processing, inventory management, financial transactions, and essential business operations. But while the core applications may remain reliable, the integrations surrounding them can become increasingly […]

Kato Integrations at IBM TechXchange 2026: Connecting IBM i to What’s Next

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The future of enterprise technology is increasingly connected, and IBM i continues to play an important role in that evolution. As businesses adopt artificial intelligence, cloud applications, automation, and modern development tools, one challenge remains consistent: connecting new technologies with the trusted systems that already run critical business operations. For organizations running IBM i, that […]

IBM i API Governance: How to Manage APIs as Your Integration Strategy Grows

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Building your first IBM i API is one challenge. Managing 10, 50, or potentially hundreds of APIs is another. As organizations modernize IBM i, APIs increasingly connect RPG applications and business data with cloud platforms, customer portals, mobile applications, eCommerce systems, analytics tools, automation platforms, and AI. That connectivity creates tremendous flexibility. It can also […]

IBM i Integration Architecture for 2027: Building a More Connected, Flexible Enterprise

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IBM i continues to run some of the most important applications inside modern businesses. Orders, inventory, pricing, manufacturing, customer information, financial transactions, and decades of business logic may all depend on the platform. But the environment surrounding IBM i has changed. Organizations now need those applications to communicate with cloud platforms, mobile applications, customer portals, […]

Kato Integrations is a sponsor at inPOWER 2026

Kato Integrations sponsoring and exhibiting at inPOWER 2026, September 14–17 at The Ingleside Hotel in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, highlighting IBM i APIs, cloud solutions, and professional services.

Kato Integrations is heading to Wisconsin! We’re proud to be a sponsor and exhibitor at inPOWER 2026, taking place September 14–17, 2026, at The Ingleside Hotel in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. inPOWER brings together the Infor and IBM i community for several days of education, networking, and practical conversations around the technologies businesses rely on every day. […]

IBM i Modernization Roadmap for 2027: 8 Priorities to Start Planning Now

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As organizations begin planning technology priorities for 2027, IBM i modernization is likely to remain high on the agenda. But modernization does not have to mean replacing IBM i. For many organizations, the better question is: How can we make the IBM i applications we already trust easier to integrate, maintain, secure, automate, and extend? […]

IBM i DevOps: How Modern Development Practices Can Accelerate RPG Modernization

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IBM i applications may be known for stability, but the way organizations develop, test, and deploy those applications does not have to remain unchanged. Development teams today are expected to deliver enhancements faster, respond to changing business requirements, integrate with more applications, and maintain increasingly complex environments. For IBM i teams, that makes DevOps an […]