Case Study: UK-Based Leading Leasing Company achieves 25% faster time-to-market and 80%+ test effectiveness with Hexaware's AS400 iSeries Web Access & Selenium automation

AS400 Automation through iSeries Web Access for a Leading Leasing Company

UK-Based Leading Leasing Company, a major vehicle leasing provider across Europe, needed to issue timely, customized responses from a system that generated about 20,000 quotes per month. They faced rising quality and productivity risks in their AS400 (iSeries) application, frequent release cycles that lengthened test execution, and a requirement to automate AS400 testing using an open-source tool. Hexaware was engaged to provide Digital Assurance services using iSeries Access for Web (IBM iAccess) and an automation approach built on Hexaware’s Selenium framework.

Hexaware implemented a web-hosted iSeries solution (IBM WebSphere Host Publisher and iSeries Access for Web), validated AS400 screens across browsers, identified automation objects, and developed reusable Selenium scripts and nightly builds. The engagement delivered measurable impact: faster ROI within three test cycles, a 25% improvement in time-to-market, test effectiveness above 80%, reduced test maintenance effort, and eliminated commercial automation tool investment by leveraging Selenium — enabling higher test coverage and more frequent, reliable releases.