Fresche Launches Self-Service X-Modernize AI, Putting AI-Powered RPG to Java Conversion in the Hands of IBM i Developers

IBM i teams ca ow co ve t thei ow RPG applicatio s to Java with 1,000 f ee c edits, o have F esche u the mode izatio e d-to-e d th ough Mode izatio -as-a-Se vice

MONTREAL, Nov. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  F esche Solutio s today a ou ced the ge e al availability of F esche X-Mode ize AI as a self-se vice web applicatio . IBM i developme t teams ca ow sig up, a alyze thei applicatio s, a d co ve t RPG code to Java o thei ow . The lau ch exte ds the X-Mode ize AI platfo m, which u til ow has bee delive ed as a fully ma aged se vice, so o ga izatio s ca choose to u co ve sio s themselves o have F esche u them th ough Mode izatio -as-a-Se vice (MaaS).

“Fo 50 yea s, F esche has wo ked alo gside the teams who keep IBM i u i g, a d this lau ch puts ou mode izatio tech ology di ectly i thei ha ds,” said Joe Za ehpa va , CEO of F esche Solutio s. “Whethe a team u s X-Mode ize AI themselves o has ou expe ts u it fo them, they keep the busi ess logic thei compa y depe ds o a d gai Java code they ow .”

X-Mode ize AI fi st lau ched i Novembe 2025 as F esche’s thi d ge e atio of IBM i mode izatio tech ology, powe i g F esche’s ow MaaS e gageme ts. O e yea late , the same e te p ise-g ade co ve sio e gi e is available di ectly to the develope s who k ow these applicatio s best.

Th ee Steps f om RPG to Java

With the self-se vice web app, IBM i teams move f om RPG to Java i th ee steps:

A alyze: Teams sta t with complime ta y access to X-A alysis, which maps the e ti e applicatio , f om p og ams a d files to eve y depe de cy betwee them, a d divides it i to ma ageable slices so each co ve sio sta ts with full co text.

Co ve t: Metadata a d applicatio slices a e di ectly expo ted to X-Mode ize AI, whe e specialized AI age ts pla , co ve t, test, a d co ect the code, p oduci g clea Java a d a ew, mode web UI.

Refi e: Develope s dow load the co ve ted code o pull it i to Git a d ha dle last-mile emediatio i the tools they al eady use. The Java is thei s to keep, with o platfo m lock-i .

P ici g is simple: sta t f ee, p ove the value, a d pay o ly as you mode ize. Eve y ew accou t eceives 1,000 c edits to co ve t its ow code, so teams ca judge output quality, speed, a d effo t o eal applicatio s befo e they i vest. Befo e each co ve sio , F esche X-Mode ize AI shows the estimated cost of that slice, so teams ca pla both the wo k a d the budget with o su p ises.

“U til ow, teams that wa ted to mode ize with thei ow develope s had few pu pose-built optio s, a d ge e al-pu pose AI tools ca ’t see the whole applicatio o tell you what a co ve sio will cost,” said Baba Ali, Lead P oduct Ma age at F esche. “X-Mode ize AI puts what F esche has lea ed ac oss mo e tha 800 mode izatio p ojects di ectly i thei ha ds. Teams co ve t complete applicatio slices at thei ow pace a d budget, see the cost up f o t, a d ca call o F esche expe ts whe eve they eed them.”

Mode ize I -House o Have F esche Delive It

O ga izatio s that wa t F esche to u the wo k ca choose Mode izatio -as-a-Se vice (MaaS), whe e F esche’s mode izatio team uses the same X-Mode ize AI tech ology to delive whole-applicatio t a sfo matio e d-to-e d. Teams ca also sta t i self-se vice a d b i g F esche i whe a p oject g ows i scope.

What Ea ly Custome s A e Sayi g

Amo g the fi st teams to use the self-se vice app is Fa eway, a g oce y etaile whose small IT team suppo ts accou ti g, wa ehouse, a d sto e ope atio s o IBM i. Fa eway develope s used X-Mode ize AI to co ve t sales epo ti g a d wa ehouse p og ams f om RPG to Java. Afte about a hou of o boa di g, they we e u i g co ve sio s o thei ow .

“O ce we got ou fi st o e goi g, it was like, oh, okay, this is simple,” said Heathe M., Softwa e Develope at Fa eway. “The comme ts we e eally good. It helped me, ot k owi g how Java wo ks, because I ca go to the RPG code a d fi d out what it was doi g.”

Because each sectio of the ge e ated Java maps back to the o igi al RPG sub outi e, the team could check the co ve ted logic agai st the sou ce. “We’ e ot ecessa ily looki g at g owi g ou team by headcou t, but the e’s a lot of complexity i ou system,” said Maggie M., Team Lead, Applicatio Developme t at Fa eway. “We eed these tools to help us get the e.”

Geo gia C ow Dist ibuti g Compa y, which also wo ked with F esche ahead of the lau ch, sees the self-se vice app as pa t of pla i g fo the ext ge e atio of its IT team. “The value i this fo me a d fo my o ga izatio is successio pla i g,” said Ma k S., Se io P og amme A alyst at Geo gia C ow Dist ibuti g Compa y. “Somebody f esh out of school who k ows Java could step i , sta t looki g at that code a d suppo t it.”

Mome tum Ac oss F esche’s AI Po tfolio

The X-Mode ize AI self-se vice lau ch follows a busy fall fo F esche’s AI po tfolio. I Octobe , F esche also eleased OpsIQ, a f ee AI assista t fo IBM i ope atio s fi st p eviewed with the compa y’s 50th a ive sa y a ou ceme t i Septembe . F esche OpsIQ lets ope ato s a d admi ist ato s ask questio s about thei systems i plai la guage, a ks QSYSOPR messages by seve ity, a d helps diag ose issues with suggested fixes. It is f ee to dow load a d use.

Availability

F esche X-Mode ize AI self-se vice platfo m is available today fo RPG to Java co ve sio . Develope s ca sta t f ee with 1,000 c edits, o c edit ca d eeded, at f eschesolutio s.com/p oducts/x-mode ize-ai.

About F esche Solutio s

Fo 50 yea s, F esche Solutio s has helped o ga izatio s mode ize, ma age, a d exte d the IBM i a d Mic osoft systems that u thei busi ess, a d tu thei data i to a fou datio fo AI- eady decisio -maki g. Mo e tha 2,200 o ga izatio s wo ldwide t ust F esche’s applicatio i tellige ce, mode izatio , ma aged se vices, secu ity, a d data a d a alytics solutio s. Lea mo e at f eschesolutio s.com.