Why IBM Z
IBM Z® software and hardware delivers the security, resiliency, and cloud native experience you need for hybrid cloud. Plus, flexible software pricing offers simpler, adaptable deployment options tailored to your IBM Z® environment.
Develop cloud natively
Red Hat® OpenShift® and IBM Cloud Paks on IBM Z® enable more innovation without limitation. Use enterprise-ready, containerized software so your workloads and data can run anywhere.
Build apps faster
Accelerate development with built-in developer tools and processes.
Integrate data
Unify and simplify data collection, organization and analysis.
Transform digitally
Integrate apps, data and cloud services.
Make Dev work with Ops
Deliver at speed
Bring your own IDE to develop, debug, and build applications with IDz and problem determination tools.
Shift-left testing
Run app integration testing earlier to accelerate development lifecycles.
Develop hybrid apps
Build and test z/OS® components in an environment optimized for OpenShift.
Modernize apps for hybrid cloud
Analyze mainframe applications quickly
Discover app insights and create RESTful APIs.
Integrate your cloud
Integrate z/OS with a modern cloud development platform.
Expose and integrate
Exploit existing assets via RESTful APIs to and from IBM Z.
Ease IT operations with AI and automation
Full-stack monitoring
Simplify the monitoring and management of IBM Z environments with a single tool set.
Speed problem solving
Get actionable insights to accelerate problem identification, isolation, and resolution.
Free up your Ops team
Automate management of system elements across Z hardware and software.
Extract real-time insights from data
Embed AI
Readily deploy AI within your critical applications for real-time insight.
Gain insights from data at the source
Optimize the open source runtimes for data insights.
Speed complex queries
Analyze enterprise data securely in real time.
Speed transactions and application serving
Leading mixed language application server
Deliver exceptional performance and connectivity for mission-critical transactions.
Hierarchical database management software
Gain performance, security and savings with hierarchical database management software.
Store and harness mission critical data
Speed transactions and analytics with enterprise data server technology.
Business value and ROI
Learn why IBM Z customers are expected to gain over USD 190M in revenue impact, USD 3M in operations cost savings, a 44% reduction in unplanned outages, and 2x more agility in new feature development.
Hear from customers
Siam Commercial Bank
“Tailored Fit Pricing is helping us optimize the cost to run the platform so we can utilize it to its maximum potential.”
Wüstenrot
“Our new web and mobile apps are directly linked to the mainframe via RESTful APIs, so our employees always have access to the very latest data.”
BNP Paribas
“… control, autonomy, quality, speed and efficiency will continue to grow, adding business value.”
Cloud native and IT infrastructure
Accelerate hybrid cloud and modernize apps with OpenShift, Cloud Paks and more.
Modernize for cloud
4 ways to transform your mainframe applications for a hybrid cloud world.
DevOps Acceleration
This early adoption program offers assessments, training, deployment and adoption services.
New to Z
See how developers can build skills and their career on this mission-critical enterprise platform.
Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence
Try app modernization in this zero-cost, no-installation trial.
z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition
Create scalable RESTful APIs for mobile and cloud securely from your applications on the mainframe.
More trials
Try the latest IBM Z capabilities today at zero cost, and with no installation required.
TechU virtual conference
Attend the premier technical training event for IBM Systems products and solutions.
OpenShift webinar
See what’s possible when you use this container and Kubernetes application platform with IBM Z.
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