Android vs. IBM i

Android is a great solution for our users for communicating through calls and texts, however, we have a slower response time through web browsers than with other products used in the past. These issues are minimal and overall we are happy with Android products. We are unable however to use Apple Pay and other comparable apps that are popular at this time.

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IBM i is well suited for the Banking Industry, Manufacturing Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry and many more. Most major ERP solutions run on IBM i these days due to its proven capabilities of handling large transactions. A lot of banks have been relying on the IBM i platform for running its core banking solution as the technology offers capabilities to safeguard their data.

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• Affordable and available on many types of devices.
• Development and release is very convenient than other mobile platform.
• Cost to enter is low especially when considering the hardware side.

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• Database Management
• Security
• Logging

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• More optimized for devices.
• Offer updates for all of the phones.
• It consumes a lot of memory.

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• Needed more CASE tools like RDi on IBM i to be developed.
• The webSphere-related hosting procedure needs to improvised for quick turnaround or setup.
• Just like XML-into, JSON based parser will be helpful to deal with modern data sets.

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It is very easy to use and the customer user interface is very smooth and logical. Rarely do applications crash and need reinstallation. The app store is secure enough to prevent malicious software from being advertised and potentially downloaded. Rebooting devices does not have to be a regular occurrence so this allows for high availability.

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I've neither had super great nor super terrible support for Android. Since there are so many options within Android, their support team hasn't been able to always answer the questions that I have had. There has been more good than bad with their support so that is why I gave it a 7 instead of an even split 5.

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These two operating systems are both great and can totally do everything that we need in our school. The reason we go with Android is that it is cheaper and we have a greater variety of apps available to us. iOS can be a little pricey and it also doesn't allow us to do the customization that we want.

Incentivized

IBM i platform is single shop solution for multiple business requirements. Its database architecture and security options made it dependable among multiple business domain entities. IBM i is IBM's well-told and well-known system. IBM i is popular in companies in the manufacturing and supply chain business. Thanks to IBM that it kept IBM i (AS400) ever-evolving so far.

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• We have an Android mobile app and our customers have downloaded more than 5.000 instances in less than two months.
• With the app our customers don't need to go to our offices to get a support or service.

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• Low cost on IBM i server maintenance.
• Easy to move on cloud based system.
• Data migration is easy between applications as well as servers.

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