Case Study: Sydved achieves DevOps goals and optimizes IBM i application development with ARCAD Software

Sydved achieves DevOps Goals and optimizes IBM i Application Development with ARCAD Solutions

Sydved, a Swedish forestry and timber company, relied on a large, customized RPG code base on IBM i to run its 24x7 mission‑critical ERP functions and integrate with the national forest information hub (SDC/Biometria). Facing high cost-of-failure, complex role‑based access needs, and a multi-year project to adapt to the new VIOL3 ERP, Sydved selected ARCAD Software — deploying ARCAD’s DevOps solution for IBM i — to establish a robust, automated DevOps framework and remove manual bottlenecks.

ARCAD Software worked with Sydved (and partners PDB/Orango) to implement a tailored DevOps toolchain: a central ARCAD repository, automated versioning, dependency‑based builds and tests, auditable deployments with automatic rollback, and integrations to JIRA and Git/GitHub. The result was faster, higher‑quality delivery (deploying to Test LPARs in minutes rather than weeks), measurable “shift‑left” defect reduction, eliminated downtime from faulty deliveries, and a significant ROI while future‑proofing Sydved’s IBM i applications.

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Örjan Vorrei

Chief Information Officer