IBM Concert for Z

Simplify IT operations management for mainframe with AI-powered efficiency 

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Built-in expertise for mainframe resilience

IBM Concert® for Z is an AI-powered mainframe resilience platform that helps organizations simplify operations and proactively manage risks by unifying siloed data into actionable insights thereby ensuring uptime, trust and customer confidence.

Features

Features

Anomaly detection: Use machine learning to spot issues early by identifying deviations from normal system behavior.

Topology mapping: View transaction-level links between applications and infrastructure for full-stack visibility.

Event correlation: Group and prioritize alerts across Z systems to cut noise and speed up response times.

AI-powered expert advice: Get precise remediation recommendations with generative AI and built-in IBM Z expertise, ensuring faster resolution of complex issues.

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Maintenance risk insights: Visualize risks, prerequisites and relationships to clearly define a software upgrade roadmap.

Automated change actions: Auto-initiate risk-based change tickets to kickoff installation with IBM Z focal or automation Agents to speed remediation.

AI-based mitigation strategies: Monitor running products, track features and utilize mitigation strategies generated by watsonx.ai® to reduce risks.

Impact analysis: Identify APAR dependencies and apply critical updates faster to minimize disruption.

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Natural language investigation: Interact conversationally with the Concert for Z agent to investigate anomalies without complex manual queries.

Accelerated root cause analysis: Quickly identify and analyze performance deviations through AI-assisted insights to speed up diagnosis.

Holistic Visibility: Provides unified operational visibility by integrating IBM Z Workload Scheduler and IBM Z System Automation into a single  interface

CICS transaction and region health monitoring: Gain detailed visibility into transaction behavior and region health to proactively detect and address issues.

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Discover how Concert for Z turns disconnected signals into actionable insights—helping teams act faster, simplifying mainframe operations.

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