Accelerate Development. Improve Productivity. Modernise Faster.
Today’s IT teams are under increasing pressure to deliver more with less. Business demands continue to grow, experienced developers are becoming harder to find, and application modernisation remains a priority for many organisations.
IBM Bob helps organisations address these challenges by providing AI-powered assistance designed to support software development teams throughout the application lifecycle.
Whether you are maintaining critical IBM Power applications, modernising legacy systems, or developing new services, IBM Bob can help your teams work smarter, deliver faster, and improve overall productivity.
What is IBM Bob?
IBM Bob is an AI-powered assistant that helps developers accelerate software development and modernisation activities. By leveraging generative AI capabilities, IBM Bob can assist with code creation, documentation, analysis, and development workflows, helping teams spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time delivering value to the business.
Built with enterprise environments in mind, IBM Bob supports organisations looking to increase efficiency while maintaining the security, governance, and reliability required for mission-critical systems.
Key Benefits
IBM Bob core will help organisations immediately see benefit from day 1 however, IBM Bob has additional skills, modes and workflows which can be unlocked within their associated premium pack. For example the Java modernisation can help migration Java versions, whereas the premium pack for i has pre-built workflows for extracting business logic or modernising the database to mention just a few.
Improve Developer Productivity
Enable developers to complete tasks more efficiently by reducing time spent on repetitive coding, documentation, and analysis activities.
Accelerate Application Modernisation
Support modernisation initiatives by helping teams understand existing applications, identify opportunities for improvement, and accelerate transformation projects.
Capture and Preserve Knowledge
Many organisations rely on long-serving developers who hold significant application knowledge. IBM BOB can help generate documentation and improve knowledge sharing across teams
Reduce Development Bottlenecks
Help development teams respond more quickly to business requirements by accelerating coding, testing, and development processes.
Improve Code Quality and Consistency
Support development standards and best practices while helping teams maintain consistency across applications and projects.
Extend IBM Bob with Premium add-ons available to compliment your application environments
Premium Package for Java Modernisation – designed for analysing and migration Java applications
Premium Package for i: Extended capabilities for IBM i application development, modernisation and performance
Premium Package for Z: Extended capabilities for IBM Z application development
Why Work with Meridian IT?
As an IBM Platinum Partner and Global Managed Services Provider, Meridian IT has extensive experience supporting IBM Power environments and helping organisations modernise their application landscape.
Our Development Team have decades of experience and understands both the technology and the business challenges facing IBM Power customers. We can help you evaluate where IBM Bob can deliver the greatest value and how it can be successfully integrated into your development processes within your business. Meridian have already carried out various use case assessments with customers to understand their needs.
As early adopters of IBM Bob, Meridian already works closely with IBM and holds IBM Bob accreditations within the company.
From advisory services and proof of concepts through to implementation and ongoing support, Meridian IT can help you maximise the benefits of IBM Bob.
Use Cases
Application Understanding
Quickly analyse existing applications and generate meaningful explanations that help teams understand complex code bases.
Documentation Generation
Automatically create technical documentation, helping reduce manual effort while improving knowledge retention.
Discover What’s Possible with IBM Bob
If you’re looking to improve developer productivity, accelerate application modernisation, integration or maximise the value of your IBM Power environment, we’d love to discuss how IBM Bob can help. To speak to an IBM Bob Specialist today, get in touch via our contact form.
