RE: Moving from Green screen app to GUI because of push back from younger employees?

If you need a widespread and quick GUI, you'll certainly need outside help.



-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Meade [mailto:kmeade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 9:42 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Moving from Green screen app to GUI because of push back from younger employees?

Thanks to all that have responded so far.

Seems that we are not alone in the push to a GUI due to the 'younger generation'.

We currently do have a number of PHP apps for 'one off' applications but the move to include 'heavier processing apps' to a web based app had been discussed in the past but pushed off because of the internal belief (to the affected depts.) that a 5250 screen allowed for faster data entry.

But that's a fight for those in those depts., Not IT.

Initially we would only move to a GUI for specific depts. or applications.
Such as our customer service/call center group.

We do have some internal resources that can build web apps, but wondering if looking at a company that allows a 'template' over our current screens that we can modify wouldn't give us the best bang for our buck and get us up and running quicker. Will need to investigate the different software out there versus us building from scratch.


Thanks,

Ken Meade

Director of Information Technology | kmeade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
603.444.3570 |

1309 Mt. Eustis Road, Littleton, NH 03561

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