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Kato’s Professional Services team builds API integrations on IBM i for you, using RPG API Express. If your organization needs an integration delivered — connecting to a shipping carrier, payment gateway, CRM, cloud service, or any other API — but doesn’t have the bandwidth, RPG expertise, or time to build it in-house, Professional Services handles the development. Kato has implemented hundreds of integrations across REST and SOAP environments for IBM i customers. Over 70 customers have used Professional Services to extend their team, meet deadlines, and get integrations into production.
Professional Services handles API integrations of all sizes — from focused single-API integrations to broader web service environments involving multiple connected systems. Projects include connecting IBM i to shipping carriers, payment processors, CRM platforms, cloud services, EDI partners, address validation services, and custom API endpoints. Kato builds to production quality — not proof-of-concept code — and the more than 40% of Professional Services customers who return for additional projects reflects that the work holds up in production over time.
The process starts with a conversation about your integration requirements — what you need to connect, what data needs to flow, and what your timeline looks like. From there, Kato scopes the project and develops the integration using RPG API Express. You’re kept updated throughout, and the delivered code is yours to maintain and extend. Because Kato’s team are RPG developers who work in your environment, the code follows RPG patterns your team can understand and modify rather than being a black box.
For RPG developers who are stretched thin or working on a project outside their API experience, Professional Services provides targeted reinforcement — extra development capacity on a specific project without the overhead of hiring. The team builds to the same RPG standards your developers use, so the delivered code integrates naturally with your existing codebase. Development speeds increase significantly when Kato’s team is involved, particularly for complex integrations that would take an individual developer significantly longer to research and build from scratch.
Professional Services is a direct solution to the problem of API projects that keep getting pushed because the internal team doesn’t have capacity. Kato’s team can take a project from requirements to production-ready code on a defined timeline, giving managers a clear path to delivery rather than an indefinite wait for internal bandwidth to open up. Over 70 customers have used this model to hit deadlines and accelerate time to market on integration projects.
Professional Services builds using RPG API Express, so the delivered integration will use RXS. Whether a separate license is required depends on your situation — contact Kato to discuss how licensing applies to your specific project and environment. The team can walk you through what’s needed before the project starts so there are no surprises.
That’s the normal outcome. Kato builds integrations in production-ready RPGLE using RPG API Express subprocedures that are fully documented. Your RPG developers can read, understand, and modify the delivered code. Kato also provides documentation alongside the code. If you later need updates, additional features, or a new integration built, Professional Services is available again — over 40% of customers return for additional projects, which reflects that the handoff works and the code is maintainable.