eBook: 3 Ways to connect your mainframe to digital

Make the mainframeA class of enterprise computer built for very high reliability, security, throughput, and large-scale transaction processing.Read full definition ↗ an integral part of your digital enterprise. By reusing the business processes and high value data of your custom enterprise applications, you can quickly add new digital channels, participate in hybrid-cloud environments, integrate with next-generation applications, deliver robust digital user experiences on any device and gain real-time insights into your business.

• Create reusable services from COBOLCommon Business-Oriented Language. A long-established business programming language that is still widely used for core transaction processing on IBM Z.Read full definition ↗ – Simplify application interoperability by creating and consuming APIs from your custom applications—letting your mainframe be just another part of a broader integration strategy.
• Unlock enterprise data wherever it resides – Meet a variety of demands for VSAMVirtual Storage Access MethodRead full definition ↗, IMS, Adabas, Db2IBM’s database platform; on IBM Z, Db2 for z/OS is commonly used for high-volume enterprise data and SQL workloads.Read full definition ↗ data and more—including secure self-service access from the desktop, real-time dashboard reporting and ETLExtract, Transform, LoadRead full definition ↗ to data lakes in the cloud.
• Deliver multi-channel experiences – Modernize the user experience with redesigned workflows and intuitive web interfaces while delivering multi-channel customer and employee experience across the web, mobile, call centers, autos and IoTInternet of ThingsRead full definition ↗.

Explore 3 ways to quickly connect IBM Z to digital. Cross the chasm between and new and the known with mainframe integration. Read the eBook now, with our compliments.