IBM Z Software

Resilient, AI-Driven Transaction Processing at Enterprise Scale

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Power your business with AI at its core

Combine real-time intelligence with automation through AI agents. The result? Productivity rises, operations run smoother, costs decline, and teams upskill faster with resilient, AI‑enhanced mainframe innovation.

Empower developers, speed and innovation

Accelerate application modernization with end-to-end support that improves code understanding, preserves business logic, and reduces reliance on scarce expertise.

Achieve extreme resilience

Maintain business continuity with AI-powered observability, intelligent automation, and predictive system insight.

Supercharge decision-making

Gain instant, secure access to mission-critical data and get up to 1000x faster query performance.

Reduce compliance burden

Reduce compliance reporting from months to weeks through AI-powered security and compliance tooling and stay ahead with Quantum-safe cryptography.

Transform how you engage with the mainframe

See how IBM Z is revolutionizing mainframe experiences with intelligent, AI-powered innovation.

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Application Development Accelerate Application Development Lifecycle

By using an AI-powered IDE and fully automated CI/CD pipeline, you can boost developer productivity and accelerate application modernization.

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Operations Management Simplify operations & enhance resiliency

With AI-driven IT operations, you can unify insights and actions to simplify operations, reduce noise, and improve availability.

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Applications and Data Management Streamline access to applications and data

Through open standards-based integration and data synchronization, you gain deeper AI-driven insights for better decision-making.

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Security and Compliance Protect against threats and risk exposures

With proactive threat prevention and business continuity you can achieve a stronger security and risk strategy for uninterrupted operations.

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By the numbers

60%

Boost to developer productivity, delivering new business value faster.

8 nines

Availability across IBM z16 and z17 for nonstop business continuity with AI-powered observability.

1000x

Faster query performance and instant, secure access to mission-critical data.

1 week

versus 1 month compliance reporting through AI-powered security and compliance tooling.

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