Mainframe operating systems
A variety of sophisticated operating systems run on IBM mainframes – the secure, resilient and agile platform for integrating into your hybrid cloud strategy
Benefits
Build for cloud
Unleash the power of your developers to rapidly launch new services for hybrid multicloud.
Protect data
Keep data protected and encrypted across your enterprise and hybrid multicloud environment.
Stay resilient
Gain availability and flexibility to meet workload demands regardless of your capacity needs.
Mainframe operating systems
z/OS for security and flexibility
Get an OS ready to run mainframe apps and Linux containers with high availability, utilization, agility, and security.
Linux for open source agility
Enterprise Linux delivers security, efficiency and performance to your Linux and container workloads on premises and in hybrid clouds.
z/VSE for ease of management
Gain security and reliability for transactions and batch workloads. With connectors, z/VSE can be integrated into a hybrid IT environment and co-located in a Linux on Z environment.
z/TPF for transaction processing
Process high transaction volumes — such as credit cards and airline reservations — in near-real-time with an OS designed for the quality service of the mainframe.
OS solutions
z/VM hypervisor for virtualization at scale
Run thousands of Linux on Z virtual machines on one system – as well as z/OS, z/VSE and z/TPF — with reliability, performance, system management and security for your applications.
KVM for an open source hypervisor
This strategic open source component for the IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE platforms is offered through our Linux distribution partners to help simplify ordering.
Infrastructure services for IBM Z
Our technical consultants can help you design, build, and implement the foundation of a smart enterprise on highly available z/OS, z/VM, KVM and Linux infrastructure solutions.
