IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Apache Kafka
See it in action!
Pax Edition
Simplify the connection to Kafka

Use the Kafka APIs to directly call your Kafka broker from COBOL or C/C++ source code on z/OS.

Modernize your applications

Extend your z/OS native COBOL and/or C/C++ applications to consume and publish Kafka events to the Kafka broker.

Ease data transformation

Use the data transformation utility to transform between COBOL copybooks and the event format in JSON.

IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Apache Kafka
See it in action!
  • Pax Edition
    Simplify the connection to Kafka

    Use the Kafka APIs to directly call your Kafka broker from COBOL or C/C++ source code on z/OS.

    Modernize your applications

    Extend your z/OS native COBOL and/or C/C++ applications to consume and publish Kafka events to the Kafka broker.

    Ease data transformation

    Use the data transformation utility to transform between COBOL copybooks and the event format in JSON.

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