P-053112: 30 Years on IBM i — Why Move to OCI Now?

This session was presented at INFOCUS 2026.

After more than 30 years running JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on IBM with a DB2 database, Little Rapids Corporation reached a pivotal crossroads and made the decision to move to cloud infrastructure. While the IBM platform had delivered decades of stability, the combination of highly specialized knowledge and an untested disaster recovery plan introduced increasing risk to the business. This session explores how Little Rapids made the strategic decision to modernize to a resilient, scalable foundation. Through a candid, real-world case study, Little Rapids shares its end-to-end journey migrating JDE from a self-managed on-premises environment to managed services supported cloud environment. The session will touch on what it took to identify all necessary updates required to make the change including converting IBM applications, updating third-party integrations (EDI, taxes, data analytics, credit card payments, scheduler) and transforming the database. The conversion took months of preparation and weeks of testing to insure a successful transition during an 8-hour downtime window in April 2026. Attendees will gain insight into the critical decisions, lessons learned, and practical execution steps that shaped the migration. This is not just a migration story, it is a blueprint for transitioning to a platform suited for growth and continuous transformation.

This session is eligible for the following CPE certification: NASBA

Speaker: Heather Phillips, Little Rapids Corporation