PHL Soft
Modernise your IBM i applications,
without rewriting your code
Web-enable your screens, publish your documents, query your data, open up your system. Simple tools, proven for over 20 years on IBM i (AS/400).
Lightweight by design, high-performing from the P05 software tier upwards.
Our conviction
Your IBM i is not the problem
Your IBM i applications have been running your business for decades. They are reliable, they fit the way you work, and nothing knows your business rules better than they do. What has aged is not the platform: it is the user interface, the way documents are distributed, access to data and the ability to talk to the rest of your information system.
That is exactly what our tools address. They install on your IBM i, build on your existing programs and data, and require no rewrite, no change of platform and no multi-year project.
01
Modernise the interface
Your 5250 screens become graphical web applications, used in a browser, with no training and no emulator. Your RPG programs stay where they are.
PHL Web · PHL Revamp · PHL 5250
02
Make the most of your data
Your spool files become documents ready to share, your DB2 files become data anyone can query. Business users get their documents and figures without going through IT.
PHL Print · PHL Spool · PHL Query
03
Extend its reach
Your IBM i opens up to the rest of your information system through web services, and your applications follow your teams into the field, on mobile as well as at the desk.
PHL Exchange · PHL Mobile · PHL Mirror
20+ years
building tools for IBM i
300+
installations in production
9
complementary products
0
lines of business code to rewrite
Our products
Nine tools, one platform
Each product installs on its own and works with the others. They all run on your IBM i, with your data and your business logic in one place.
PHL Web
Turn your 5250 screens into graphical web applications, with buttons, drop-down lists, tabs and Excel export. Your RPG programs stay in control of the dialogue.
PHL Revamp
Automatic web-enablement of your existing applications, at run time. No changes to your source code.
PHL 5250
PHL 5250 is a 5250 emulator that runs in your web browser. It gives access to your IBM i applications exactly as they are, with no screen transformation.
PHL Print
Produce and distribute your documents: layout, automatic e-mailing, delivery wherever your recipients expect them. Without touching your print programs.
PHL Spool
Your spool files converted to PDF with a graphic background, indexed by keyword, archived and easy to retrieve. Document management for your IBM i output.
PHL Query
Give your business teams self-service, controlled access to your DB2 database: queries, filters, reports and exports, with no write access and no development.
PHL Exchange
Expose your IBM i processes as web services, consume your partners’ services, industrialise your data flows. Your information system finally speaks one language.
PHL Mobile
Your IBM i applications on smartphones and tablets, for teams on the shop floor, in the warehouse or on the road. Data is captured where the work happens.
PHL Mirror
The AI agent that captures all your spool files in a few clicks and applies your brand guidelines to turn your printouts and screens into modern documents and interfaces.
Your needs
Do any of these sound familiar?
01
“Our green screens put off new hires”
Newcomers no longer want to learn an emulator, and your applications look outdated even though they get the job done. Keep the programs, change the interface.
02
“Our documents no longer look like our company”
Invoices, delivery notes, statements: your spool files already exist; what’s missing is the layout, automatic distribution and archiving. No reason to touch your print programs.
03
“Our business teams want real-time figures”
Every data extract means a request to IT and ends up in a spreadsheet. Your data is there; what’s missing is direct, controlled access with no risk to production.
04
“Our IBM i doesn’t talk to the rest of our systems”
E-commerce site, CRM, transport software, a customer asking for an API: every new exchange ends up as a flat file and an overnight batch. It’s time to expose your processes properly.
05
“Our teams need to work offline”
Shop floor, warehouse, delivery round, building site: data is written on paper and re-keyed in the evening. Your applications need to follow your teams, on whatever device they have in hand.
Why PHL Soft
What makes the difference on an IBM i project
Your existing assets are preserved
Your programs, files and business rules stay as they are. No rewrite, no data migration.
Up and running in a few hours
Our tools install directly on the IBM i, with no extra server to manage and no downtime.
Your developers stay in control
Your RPG teams design and evolve the web screens themselves. No front-end skills to hire, no dependence on an outside contractor.
An answer to business needs
Clear interfaces, documents distributed automatically, accessible data: users see the change, not just the IT department.
Support that knows IBM i
You talk to IBM i developers, not a call centre. The same team builds the software and supports it.
Backed by the Armonie group
Behind the products stands a group dedicated 100% to IBM i: training with NOTOS, expertise and application maintenance, sovereign AI with CARL.AI.