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IBM Explorer for z/OS Aqua offers an integration platform and a single common way to obtain a compatible and integrated set of Eclipse tools to allow system programmers and developers to be productive. Platforms and plug-ins based on IBM Explorer for z/OS Aqua have been built and tested to install side by side taking the guesswork out of choosing which plug-in will install into which platform. Hover over a platform to learn which plug-ins can be installed into which platforms. Click any offering to learn more and see additional download options.
IBM Explorer for z/OS Aqua is an Eclipse-based integration platform for z/OS users. Built using a continuous integration and delivery pipeline, z/OS Explorer Aqua offers an extensible and compatible suite of tools and capabilities to enhance z/OS DevOps tools user experience.
IBM Application Delivery Foundation for z Systems provides a core set of tools to create and maintain applications for z/OS environments. It offers capabilities to initiate a DevOps software delivery practice for application development of z/OS workloads.
IBM DevOps solutions offer an integrated, unified and comprehensive set of capabilities that is essential to the modernization of mainframe development & delivery practices. It accelerates the pace of innovation for enterprise organizations while ensuring the stability of core business systems.
IBM compilers provide optimization technology that exploits resources across multiple platform including IBM z Systems™, allowing programs to perform using fewer resources. They boost developer productivity by exploiting hardware advances without requiring special coding or source code changes. The language toolkits provide support for modern programming languages like Swift and Node.js offering high performance and highly scalable development environment for enterprise organizations.
zSoftware Trends Working in today’s mainframe IT business can be fast paced and challenging. You may find the demands of your line of business teams while maintaining Service Level Agreements is consuming your team. On top of that, you may be faced with leveraging the latest IT trends including: adopting Agile Development practices moving to...
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In a recent article, Chris Walker introduced the IBM Service Management Suite for z/OS and how its products can be used to achieve operational excellence (see link). Today, I’d like to take a closer look at IBM System Automation for z/OS, which is part of the Service Management Suite for z/OS. In this blog, I...
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Before I was fortunate enough to be hired by IBM I used to be an IBM customer. One thing that frustrated me was being shown something by a proud IBMer that after giving feedback about a possible improvement or refinement the IBMer would write something down and say, “we’ll consider that for content in our next release”, which was...
In this release of the open beta, we’ve added support for a z/OS application to call an API that is protected by OAuth 2.0 on a request endpoint. OAuth 2.0 is an authorization framework that enables a third-party application to request an HTTP service with limited access permission, either on behalf of a resource owner,...
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“Hey Bob – your job totally crashed and burned last night – I got called 8pm just as Thor 2 was starting – had to drive into the office to fix it. You owe me big time !!!!” Colleagues of mine who work in IT departments often brag of being able to earn extra dollars...
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IBM Explorer for z/OS Aqua V3.1.1.2 for Eclipse Neon V4.6 is now ‘live’ and available for download! Here are the highlights of this release: 1. Product updates IBM Explorer for z/OS V3.1.1.2 (updated from V3.1.1.1) IBM CICS Explorer V5.4.0.4 (updated from V5.4.0.3) IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V3.0.2.1 (updated from V3.0.2) IMS Enterprise Suite Explorer...
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IBM has just delivered z14, the next generation of the IBM Mainframe, designed for trusted digital experiences, which helps clients to maintain Service Level Agreements in a world of change. Some key pain points I often learn from clients are: • How can we reduce the cost of operations? • How can we provide fast,...
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