Case Studies

looksoftware has helped many iSeries customers and partners modernize, integrate and extend their iSeries applications over the past 10 years. Find out how many companies in your industry have reused their existing IT investments and achieved bottom line results, easily!

looksoftware Case Studies
Customer	Industry	Result
Arkona	Automotive	"Overall, we have been very impressed with looksoftware’s products, especially their ease of use, training and support and, of course, the excellent outcome of our modernization project."
Volvo	Automotive	Strategy to reuse existing investments cuts costs and improves dealer performance! "The enhanced dealer applications have improved the dealer service levels and have extended the life of applications by at least 5 years."
WBHO	Construction	Reuse extends application life by 20 years."Not only is the new user interface better, newlook provides a fast, easy-to-learn and intuitive development interface, and now our main challenge is to get the developers to think more about the graphics, so as to provide a greater user experience."
Infinity	Direct Marketing	"With the help of the new application, we have reduced our training times by 20%. Based on turnover rates in the call center industry, this can add up to a significant amount of savings"
ACS	Government	Over 6000 screens refaced and integrated in 4 months! "We would recommend anyone looking to enhance their existing applications to talk to looksoftware."
Komtek	Government	For 30 years, Komtek's has been developing and supporting System i based solutions for Government utilities. Their 5250 application was modernized to support a high performance, browser-based, modern user interface which has been successfully deployed and well received by their customers.
VicRoads	Government	"This project highlights the rapid ROI and low risk offered by composite applications. We’re reusing pre-existing functionality in a smart way, integrating the applications and driving the workflow through a modern user interface."
GAN Insurance	Insurance	GAN increases mobility and reduces communications costs. "We did not believe re-development was required or justified so we investigated web-enablement alternatives and selected newlook."
Metro	IT Services	newlook increases productivity by 30%! "newlook improves business process and reduces the complexity of the iSeries application on the web."
adidas	Manufacturing/Distribution	adidas is leading an important new trend started by Microsoft and SAP with their Duet product when they connected SAP back-end functionality to the Office front-end. "The more we use it to enhance, modernize and integrate our applications, the more we appreciate the power of the looksoftware suite of programs."
Alexandra	Manufacturing/Distribution	Streamlined and simplified procurement system developed using existing RPG code with looksoftware and ASP.net "Using looksoftware’s products we’ve been able to reuse our existing System i applications to drive the new web front-end and integrate with our back-end RPG code in real-time."
De Beers	Manufacturing/Distribution	Rapid UI rejuvenation of existing applications! "We chose newlook due to its rapid development features and ease-of-use."
Drake Extrusion	Manufacturing/Distribution	"Using the looksoftware suite of products has truly enabled us to extend the longevity of our ERP system and enhanced the way in which IT is able to deliver focused solutions."
Freight Fusion	Manufacturing/Distribution	"Transforming Genesis 1 with newlook has extended the life of our software for years to come and has made us far more competitive in this market!"
Fressnapf	Manufacturing/Distribution	Smart client and touch screens reduce Fressnapf's warehousing costs!
Rehau	Manufacturing/Distribution	"Rehau continues to use LANSA to develop and maintain their 5250 applications. newlook and LANSA together provide an excellent overall solution."
Stafford	Manufacturing/Distribution	"Overall, we have been very impressed with looksoftware’s products, training and support and, of course, the excellent outcome of our modernization project. We are working with looksoftware to provide online ordering facilities for other parts of the business, due mainly to the ease of use of their product range.”
Trioplast	Manufacturing/Distribution	Trioplast modernizes its iSeries application and improves user productivity! "We considered the options within the macro function as a large plus when we decided to use newlook."
Cargill Sugar	Resources	Cargill Sugar modernises iSeries applications the easy way! "This is fantastic, I see significant improvements for all iSeries users."
GCS	Retail	Grantfort Computer Systems gives retail solution the dynamic edge! "We needed a product that was easy to use and work with."
DataEast	Services	DataEast calls on newlook to modernize telecom solution! "After comparing the newlook product to the others it was clear that newlook was the easiest to learn and could provide fast, sophisticated results."
USP Hospitales	Services	"We needed tools that are easy to use and quick to implement to help us develop applications that provide our patients with the best service possible."
Bellamy	Software	"looksoftware has helped us retain a number of clients who were looking elsewhere and we have recently won three new clients who probably wouldn't even have considered us with our 5250 screens."
Capgemini	Software	"Capgemini chose looksoftware to modernize our banking solution because it was clear we could get a superior solution to market faster than the alternatives."
Cavu	Software	"Our customer K C Dat, benefited from the savings available from lookdirect which allows their 5250 logistics application to utilize the batch CPW capabilities of the System i Power 5+."
CMC Flex	Software	"newlook was very easy to learn and our current program staff could learn and maintain our packages without extensive training."
e-buzz	Software	"This is one of the most exciting phases in our company history. We have already rolled the new product out to 17 customers in the first year with an additional 200 customers achievable over the next 2 to 3 years."
KMR	Software	"The strong functionality of the looksoftware product suite will set us apart from our competitors. We have been very impressed with the timely and helpful assistance we have received since joining looksoftware’s partner program."
Link Computer Corporation	Software	"We concluded that looksoftware's products offer the fastest and easiest way to develop and implement real modernization results through reuse, instead of writing more code."
Siebensoft	Software	Integration the key to Siebensoft's future! "looksoftwares solutions have made us much more competitive and our product demonstrations are more effective."
Software Applications & Solutions	Software	"The System i marketplace has traditionally been a very difficult place in which to get attention for your product; but looksoftware is making such a big difference because its web-enabling and application integration strengths are so instantly evident."
SSUI	Software	Easy integration rejuvenates software business! "12 months after making the decision to partner with looksoftware, we're much more competitive, our business is growing and we are planning to move into new markets."
Sterling Commerce	Software	newlook helps boost Sterling Commerce sales! "Using the intuitive Designer tool is a snap for anyone even remotely familiar with modern IDEs."
Systémix	Software	"We are delighted to have found newlook and now be in the position to offer our customers and prospects the benefits of our robust solution combined with a modern, easy-to-use interface."
FRS Inc	Wholesale	"After seeing how quickly and easily lookdirect can modernize my applications and eliminate the requirement for 5250 OLTP, I recommend all System i customers with classic 5250 applications to test the looksoftware claim of 'getting you up and running in minutes'."
USA Wholesaler	Wholesale	Smart Client delivers 5-fold productivity gain for iSeries Order Entry!