Android vs. IBM i

Android is great if you are on a budget and can't purchase other operating systems for mobile devices. It is also great for installing third-party apps if you find one you like. Although there is a lot of customization options available, this may cause some users to become frustrated if they are unfamiliar with this system.

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IBM i platform is best suited for transaction-based and data warehousing applications. IBM i has proved its high availability and continuity for core banking applications. Since IBM i provides a single server solution for the back end to the front end, it is a simple and efficient system for a business to bring up their application live.

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• Custom apps.
• Great security.
• Multi-device compatibility.

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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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Documents are well documented and besides we will always find an answer from the community for most of the issues.

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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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• Excellent ROI when compared to other technologies that provide similar solutions
• Fortified System Security
• Lower Downtimes

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