Subject: Intelligent Automation September 2025 Newsletter

For intelligent automaters

September 2025

In this issue...

  • Featured: The Amazon Effect: Why Legacy Modernization is Following the Same Automation Playbook - CM First

  • Watch: Latest Advances in Code Analysis and Transformation with CM evolveIT 11.7 - CM First

  • Article: How People Are Using ChatGPT - OpenAI

  • Watch: How AI Is Upending Politics, Tech, the Media, and More -Wired

  • Listen: How to measure the ROI of AI - AI In Business Podcast

  • CA 2E/Plex Conference: Watch AI Day at the 14th CA 2E Plex Worldwide Developer Conference

  • Webinar - NexGen Pair Programming: AI Collaboration on IBM i and IBM z Systems - CM First Group

  • Intelligence: Intelligent automation news on the greater web

Featured

The Amazon Effect: Why Legacy Modernization is Following the Same Automation Playbook


Amazon quietly crossed a historic threshold this year: one million robots now work alongside one million humans in their fulfillment centers, achieving perfect automation-human parity. But here's why this matters beyond logistics. Amazon's 12-year journey from manual warehouse operations to intelligent automation reveals the exact playbook that's making legacy application modernization inevitable across every industry.


The pattern is remarkably consistent: start by automating repetitive tasks (Amazon's shelf-moving robots parallel CI/CD pipelines), evolve to complex intelligent operations (predictive restocking mirrors AI-powered monitoring), then achieve optimal human-automation balance where each handles what they do best.


Organizations still managing legacy systems manually face the same existential threat as pre-automation warehouses; they're becoming too slow, expensive, and error-prone to compete against automated alternatives. Amazon spent over a decade perfecting this automation formula, but they've essentially published the blueprint for digital transformation success.


Read our full article →

Announcing CM evolveIT 11.7


Available for Streaming: Join us for informative, hands-on sessions focused on the new CM evolveIT 11.7 release. 


Tailored for future-minded developers, these sessions showcase groundbreaking enhancements aimed at revolutionizing your code analysis and transformation workflows. Expect hands-on demonstrations that you can take to your development workflows right away.

Watch one of these two webinars now...

Mainframe

Latest Advances in Mainframe COBOL Code Analysis and Transformation

Learn about cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools that promise streamlined analysis and transformation processes, automated tools that convert legacy COBOL code to Java, and advanced code slicing.


Watch Now

IBM i

Latest Advances in IBM i Code Analysis and Transformation

Learn how to cut your analysis costs by up to 80% with new capabilities. We'll demo new CA 2E (Synon) and CA Plex superpowers, AI and Code slicing innovations, and improved support for DB2 and COBOL and more.


Watch Now

Heads Up

How People Are Using ChatGPT


OpenAI's latest report reveals fascinating insights into how people are leveraging ChatGPT across professional and personal contexts. The most popular applications include enhancing writing tasks, generating creative content, and solving technical problems through code generation. Professionals in education, healthcare, and business are increasingly incorporating the AI assistant to streamline workflows and improve productivity.


Perhaps most interesting is the emergence of collaborative use cases, where teams use ChatGPT as a brainstorming partner or to facilitate knowledge sharing across departments. As adoption continues to grow, we're seeing innovative applications that weren't initially anticipated by the developers.


Read the full article at OpenAI →

Watch

How AI Is Upending Politics, Tech, the Media, and More


AI is becoming a transformative force across society, as revealed in Wired's recent AI Power Summit. Industry leaders and government officials discussed how artificial intelligence is reshaping everything from political campaigns to media consumption patterns. The technology is enabling more personalized political messaging while simultaneously challenging traditional media business models.


Executives highlighted both the enormous potential and serious concerns around AI's rapid evolution, emphasizing the need for thoughtful governance frameworks. As AI tools become increasingly embedded in our daily lives, understanding their far-reaching implications for information flow, democratic processes, and technology development has never been more critical.


Jump to the full video at Wired (1:33:48) →

Listen

How to measure the ROI of AI


Measuring the ROI of AI initiatives requires a strategic focus on specific business outcomes, not just generic tech metrics. The key is to first identify the core problem AI is designed to solve and then establish clear baseline metrics before implementation.


Sure, measuring how much more productive you are is usually the easiest win. But don't forget to also look at the qualitative stuff, like how much better decisions are or if customers are happier. The best companies actually set up ways to track impact across everything—saving money, making money, and even reducing risks.


By keeping a close eye on these numbers, you can show stakeholders how valuable AI is, tweak your game plan, and roll out winning AI projects across the entire company.


Listen now at the AI in Business Podcast →

 CA Plex/2E Worldwide Developer Conference 

Watch: AI Day at the CA 2E CA Plex Conference


Watch keynote addresses from IBM and Microsoft that cover the powerful role AI plays in modern application development, with a focus on IBM i. These streamable keynotes were delivered by experts with deep experience leveraging the mighty power of AI for developers ready to dive headfirst into the future! Watch these streamable keynotes any time.


Video Vault

Next-Gen Pair Programming: AI Collaboration on IBM i and IBM z Systems


Join us for a cutting-edge webinar that merges the art of pair programming with the innovation of AI for IBM i and IBM z systems. This session is dedicated to COBOL developers working on IBM's midrange and mainframe platforms and offers a deep dive into how AI can amplify coding collaboration and efficiency.


In this webinar:

  • Discuss the integration of AI-driven pair programming in IBM i and IBM z COBOL development.

  • Address the unique challenges of maintaining and evolving COBOL applications with AI support.

  • Showcase a live demonstration of AI tools tailored to IBM i and IBM z developers.

  • Share actionable strategies for embedding AI into the pair programming workflow on both platforms.

Whether you're involved in IBM i or IBM z development, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge to leverage AI for better code quality, faster problem-solving, and more productive pair programming sessions. Take the first step towards a smarter, AI-assisted development future.


Watch →

Are you tired of time-consuming manual testing software applications? Fortra's Automate Plus RPA is here to help. Join us for a webinar where we review the features of this powerful tool and show you how it can revolutionize your software testing processes, making it better, more accurate, and quicker to get results.


Watch →

Frightened about the prospect of your legacy IBM i and z application developers leaving? We have a solution that can put your fears to rest. In this webinar, we demonstrate how you can “refactor” your legacy app developed in COBOL, RPG, or CA 2E (Synon) directly to maintainable runtime-free Java and JS.


Watch →

 Broadcom Support 


Many enterprises struggle with obtaining Broadcom support for their CA 2E (Synon, COOL:2E) or CA Plex systems


If you're working with an older unsupported release, upgrading your IBM OS, or otherwise under the shadow of lapsed maintenance, we can get you back on Broadcom support based on your unique situation. We specialize in all sizes of customers.


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