I'd like to ask a few simple questions as follow-up since the answers should help narrow the range options down substantially:
1A. Users want Web-based access, OK. May I assume that means (or could soon mean) mobile as well (iPads, Android devices, and so on)? 1B. Is there a requirement to continue to provide 3270-based user interfaces, i.e. "dual access"? Are there users who will continue to prefer those interfaces given their evolved/mature workflows? 1C. Besides direct human interactions with the applications, are there new, non-direct interactions that must be supported -- B2B, machine-to-machine, etc.? 2. Developers are limited in their skills, OK. Aside from the obvious "get some other developers" solution(*), what skills do the existing developers have? (*) A perfectly reasonable solution. For example, I don't have as many medical skills as I'd like, so sometimes I hire various medical professionals (doctors, nurses, etc.) to help. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples GMU VCT Architect Executive (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
