IBM i globalization

The IBM i operating system is designed to support the culture and languages of many countries around the world. As companies integrate e-commerce on a global scale into their fundamental business processes, their prospective customers, established customers, and active partners can take advantage of increased revenue and decreased expenses through software globalization.

Globalizing your e-business is no longer a luxury; it is a necessity. As the Internet transcends national and geographical boundaries, the concept of doing business within a single country is quickly giving way to the need to compete in an international marketplace.

Globalized software gives you the following advantages:

• Increased customer satisfaction that can increase sales
• Enhanced customer support communications
• Enhanced global information dissemination
• A better return on Information Technology (IT) investments

This information shows you how to:

• Create an application efficiently and at minimal expense.
• Retrofit existing applications for globalization and create new applications designed for globalization. Designing an application for globalization, however, is usually less expensive than retrofitting an existing application.
• Ensure that the application design does not interfere with the current or planned design of other internationalized applications.