Modernization on your terms: future-proof your analytics without the friction

Progress waits for no one. In the enterprise landscape, we are experiencing this velocity at an unprecedented speed, almost entirely driven by the rapid maturity of artificial intelligence, conversational analytics, and real-time predictive data science. Yet, for many organizations operating on older versions of analytics software, the word "modernization" has become a source of corporate anxiety. It is frequently positioned as a synonym for risky, expensive rip-and-replace overhauls or forced system rewrites that threaten to break the very transactional logic running the business.

At ibi, we approach modernization differently. True transformation should build bridges, not burn down your architecture.

For organizations running legacy versions of ibi^™ WebFOCUS®, the roadmap to the future is not about abandoning the decades of institutional intelligence you have meticulously encoded. It is a pragmatic, non-disruptive evolution. Upgrading to the latest standard, WebFOCUS® 9.3.7, is the definitive method to protect your existing intellectual property while seamlessly advancing your enterprise-wide analytics strategy.

Protecting the core: your business logic is your advantage

Over years of operational execution, your teams have built, refined, and perfected complex business procedures, governed semantic layers, and pixel-perfect layouts. These custom files represent a massive, invaluable repository of corporate knowledge.

If your organization has hesitated to move past older releases due to the fear of breaking mission-critical applications, it is time to reframe the upgrade conversation. Moving to a modern environment with ibi does not mean starting from scratch. Instead, it means lifting the ceiling off what your current data can achieve.

By updating your WebFOCUS environment, you preserve the deep data connectivity, high-volume processing capacity, and core reports your stakeholders trust implicitly. Simultaneously, you grant those exact same workflows access to a stable, secure, and fully supported modern architecture optimized for 2026 performance and strategic agility.

The strategy shift: what a modernized environment unlocks

Modernizing your platform version is the mechanical catalyst that permits you to modernize your broader data strategy. When you align your environment with WebFOCUS 9.3.7, you transition your analytics from a historical, reactive rearview mirror into an active engine for automated discovery, enterprise-wide distribution, and predictive insight.

Upgrading to the current release delivers immediate, tangible strategic capabilities directly to your business users, developers, and administrators.

• Next-Generation AI and Data Science: Version 9.3.7 embeds advanced Natural Language Query (NLQ) powered by the integrated phi-4 SLM right into the user workflow, translating plain English queries into accurate visualizations. Simultaneously, WebFOCUS DSML Services democratizes machine learning, allowing analysts to natively deploy no-code predictive models for time-series forecasting and anomaly detection.

• Enhanced Assembly in WebFOCUS Designer: Content creators gain access to an overhauled layout engine that simplifies page assembly, supports flexible responsive grids, and includes customizable autoprompt styling using CSS themes. New instant visual toggles allow users to flip smoothly between intricate data tables and automated chart recommendations without interrupting their train of thought.

• On-the-Go Analytics: Modern WebFOCUS deployments are incredibly responsive. Users can access interactive dashboards and operational reports directly from tablet and mobile web browsers, giving field personnel and remote executives accurate, on-the-go insights.

• Modern Distribution via ReportCaster: Enterprise delivery becomes significantly more collaborative. ReportCaster now supports direct automated distribution to modern collaboration channels like Microsoft Teams and Slack, alongside advanced sequence control for report schedules, Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) printers, and custom execution calendars uploaded via CSV files.

• Custom White-Labeling: For organizations embedding analytics into core applications or customer portals, you can completely restyle the WebFOCUS Hub, sign-in pages, and system banners to deliver a fully native visual experience that matches your corporate branding.

• Included WebFOCUS Container Edition: For customers who have the unified ibi WebFOCUS Data & Analytics Platform, the WebFOCUS Container Edition is now included for you to deploy in the cloud of your choice. It allows individual components to scale independently to accommodate thousands of concurrent users, optimizing your infrastructure footprint and ensuring maximum uptime.

Frictionless execution: the WebFOCUS Upgrade Program

A modernized strategy requires deployment flexibility. Contrary to popular market hype, you do not have to migrate every transactional record to a public cloud to be a modernized enterprise–though if that’s your goal, ibi can help you go cloud-native. Whether your long-term strategy relies on the rock-solid compliance of on-premises servers, the agile control of a hybrid setup, or the elastic scale of a managed cloud environment, WebFOCUS 9.3.7 meets you exactly where your infrastructure stands today.

To make this environment transition as smooth as possible, we have established the WebFOCUS Upgrade Program. And, while no complex software migration is completely seamless, this program is designed to minimize friction and eliminate the guesswork.

Through our framework, the program assists you in analyzing your current environment, outlines your optimal upgrade path. Receive guidance from ibi experts to help ensure a highly successful migration that guards your custom configurations and brings your platform into a fully modernized and supported state.

You have spent years constructing an unrivaled foundation of data trust. Upgrading your environment is not a mandate to start over. It is the pragmatic choice to give your trusted foundation the future it deserves.