IBM z/OS Connect
Create truly RESTful APIs to and from your IBM Z mainframe
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Overview:
Bring the power of APIs to your mainframe
IBM® z/OS® Connect allows you to quickly create and run Open Standard APIs to interact with z/OS applications and data. It enables you to bring the power of APIs to your mainframe, integrating with AI-ready interfaces to unlock the value of your IBM Z® within a hybrid cloud strategy.
Create consumable OpenAPI interfaces in minutes and leverage AI to discover, understand and consume z/OS services and data. This enables LLMs to access business data and programs on z/OS, allowing you to respond accurately to your business-related prompts.
Monitoring
Use unified API monitoring and auditing with OpenTelemetry support for modern observability platforms.
AI
Enable Model Context Protocol for AI agents to discover, understand and consume z/OS services and data.
Security
Achieve enterprise-grade API security with fine-grained, operation-level authorization for core business services.
Scalability
Dynamically scale API workloads without reconfiguration or downtime risk, based on real-time demand.
Features:
Agile API design and deployment
Quickly create OpenAPI APIs with robust mapping and isolated API flows. Easily rebuild and deploy flows for safe, fast changes that align with enterprise standards.
Simplified developer experience
An easy-to-use interface supports both cloud and z/OS developers. No deep mainframe knowledge is required, enabling decentralized, scalable and automated API management.
Flexible deployment options
Deploy by using z/OS Started Task, CICS JVM Server or as an OCI container on platforms such Kubernetes or Red Hat® OpenShift®.
zIIP-eligible processing
Built on Java™, over 99% of processing can be offloaded to zIIP on z/OS, helping reduce general CPU usage and operational cost.
Benefits:
Scale
Handle a large volume of API requests daily from z/OS Connect to support fast-growing fintech startups.
Speed
Reduce API development time from months to under a day with z/OS Connect.
Time to value
Modernize core banking apps on Z with APIs in half the time and at a fraction of the cost.
Simplification
Reduce integration time, effort and cost when connecting regulatory APIs to core systems on Z.
Expanding Z
Increase website conversions by using APIs to deliver instant quote experiences.
ROI
Accelerate account creation from days to seconds, driving thousands of new accounts and deposits through APIs.
Specifications:
Hardware requirements
IBM z/OS Connect runs on any hardware that supports the chosen operating system.
Software requirements
z/OS Connect Server Image: An OCI-compliant container platform of your choice, for example, Red Hat OpenShift 4.9 or later.
z/OS Connect Server started task:
- z/OS 2.4 or later
- IBM z/OS Connect 3.0.55 or later
- IBM 64-bit SDK for z/OS 8
Pricing Notes:
- All Prices are Inclusive of GST
- Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.
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