IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z

Meet watsonx Code Assistant for Z

IBM watsonx™ Code Assistant for Z accelerates the mainframe application development and modernization with Generative AI and automation. It supports developers in every phase of lifecycle – from application discovery and analysis to automated refactoring, code explanation, generation, optimization, and transforming to newer languages and testing. The outcome? Lower modernization risks, enhanced developer productivity and skill set and faster time to value.

National Organization for Social Insurance (NOSI) case study

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Why watsonx Code Assistant for Z

Full application lifecycle support

AI and automation tooling to support end to end application modernization lifecycle with auto discovery, refactor, transform and test.

Fine-tuned generative AI

Leverage a fine-tuned LLM model for mainframe languages and use cases, improving understanding, code quality and accuracy.

Incremental approach

Minimize costs and risks with incremental modernization, dynamic refactoring, with flexibility to leverage your choice of language (COBOL/Java), with interoperability

Deployment Flexibility

Deploy where you want —on-prem, hybrid cloud—to meet your unique business needs.

Capabilities

Understand

Explain

Refactor

Optimize

Transform

Validate

Understand application landscape

Achieve a clear understanding of your mainframe applications and visualize their relationships and dependencies. Reduce developer’s time reviewing millions of lines of code, dependencies, or outdated documentation.

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Use cases

COBOL Modernization

Whether you want to understand, manage, modernize or build COBOL applications from scratch, watsonx Code Assistant for Z assists you right in your IDE.

Transform COBOL to Java

Expand your mainframe developer talent pool. Transform COBOL applications with confidence using generative AI and automated unit testing.

Modernize PL/I applications

Deep analysis of PL/I application landscape, code explanation and auto-refactoring to speed-up modernization.

JCL understanding

Gain insights of JCL jobs with graphs to map the dependencies, datasets, executed procedures, and programs. Generate natural language explanations of JCL steps.

Resources

Tutorial

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Case study

NOSI uses IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z to explore, document and understand their existing COBOL applications and integration points with ease.

Webinar

Forrester Insights: How Generative AI is changing Application modernization game.

Product Updates

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Ready to accelerate mainframe application modernization, powered by Generative AI? See what watsonx Code Assistant for Z can do when you schedule a live demo or speak with one of our product specialists.

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