Integrate into your hybrid cloud for agile applications
IBM® z/OS® Cloud Broker® is packaged in the IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack which enables application owners and IT architects, in both medium to large mainframe enterprises, to jumpstart application modernization and IT automation faster, with less cost and risk. This enables simplified access to mainframe applications and data, agile enterprise DevOps, and automated IT management. The IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack takes an open, hybrid-cloud approach — leveraging open standards to create APIs in minutes, offer a cloud-native development experience for z/OS apps, provide support for cloud-native development with z/OS optimized for Red Hat® OpenShift®, and automate IT management leveraging Red Hat Ansible®. IBM z/OS Cloud Broker integrates z/OS-based services and resources into your private cloud platform for a modern, cloud-native experience. This is the first software to provide access to z/OS services within private cloud platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift for consumption by the broader development community. It enables you to protect and leverage your IBM Z® investments through integration with your hybrid cloud environments and strategies. Your developers can quickly create, modernize, deploy, and manage applications within the security of your firewall.
Benefits
Cloud agility
Get self-service access to z/OS resources with no special skills required, driving innovation and value for your company.
Leverage existing IT investments
Integrate your existing IBM Z hardware/middleware resources. Protect the infrastructure investments running within your data center and the skills of the professionals supporting it.
Keep control of z/OS assets
You'll have 100% control over access and levels of use to all z/OS resources.
Key features of IBM z/OS Cloud Broker
- Integrate z/OS resources with Red Hat OpenShift platform
- Use z/OS resources without needing special skills
- Get the safety/security/control of on-premises private cloud
- Leverage experience and trust in existing IT investments