Meet IBM® z/OS® Connect
IBM z/OS Connect provides a simple and intuitive way to bring the power of APIs to your mainframe. Unlock the value of your IBM Z subsystems with truly RESTful APIs and create consumable APIs in minutes to make Z applications and data central to your hybrid cloud strategy. Call APIs from Z applications to enhance them with the power of cloud native functions.
Benefits of IBM z/OS Connect
Quick and easy
Remove dependencies on platform-level skills and create OpenAPI-defined APIs in minutes.
Secure
Secure your APIs and leverage improved security schemes with OpenAPI.
Manage and control
A single, consistent, approach to monitoring and auditing all IBM Z APIs across the platform.
Scale
Enable development teams to independently deploy and scale API integrations.
z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition features
- RESTful APIs to and from your Z assets
- Call APIs from Z
- Designed for DevOps
- Enterprise ready
- Monitor end-to-end API requests
- Active 3rd party ecosystem
API toolkit images
API definition
API mapping: Point-and-click interface
Mappings and response code rules
Swagger user interface testing deployed APIs.
Which option is right for you?
Evaluation
Try out z/OS Connect EE in your environment today for free.
Limited
API enable your first few Z applications.
Unlimited
Bring the value of your entire mainframe to the cloud.