{"id":5738,"date":"2026-03-04T09:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.softwareag.com\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:27:08","slug":"mainframe-optimization-maximize-your-ibm-z-without-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.softwareag.com\/en\/blog\/mainframe-optimization\/mainframe-optimization-maximize-your-ibm-z-without-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainframe optimization:\u00a0 Maximize the potential of your IBM Z without risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Your COBOL applications are essential to your business. But as your enterprise grows, these applications place increasing strain on your General Processor. By efficiently distributing the demand of these workloads across your mainframe\u2019s processing resources, you can reclaim capacity to scale for growth, add new workloads &amp; embrace new innovations without disrupting what works. Take advantage of your mainframe\u2019s full potential to drive your business forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-burden-of-success\"><strong>The burden of success<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your COBOL applications are the backbone of your business. They process millions of transactions, handle your most critical data, and keep your operations running smoothly around the clock. These are the hardest working applications in your organization. Night after night, weekend after weekend, your COBOL batch jobs run on your mainframe\u2019s General Processor (GP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While these workloads are essential to your operations, they can consume significant processing resources. As your business grows and transaction processing volumes increase, the demand for GP capacity grows as well. Without utilizing the capabilities of your mainframe more efficiently, you will not be able to take advantage of the innovative potential your IBM Z platform places at your fingertips. Traditional solutions like application rewrites or platform migrations come with enormous risks and unacceptable disruption to your business operations. There&#8217;s a better way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n<section\n  class=\"o-ajax-form\"\n  data-marketo-ajax-form\n  data-marketo-form-id=\"1278\"\n  data-marketo-host=\"https:\/\/discover.softwareag.com\"\n  data-marketo-munchkin-id=\"096-VEV-482\"\n>\n      <div class=\"o-ajax-form__shell\" data-marketo-ajax-shell>\n      <div id=\"mktoFormContainer_1278\" class=\"o-ajax-form__form-container\">\n        <form id=\"mktoForm_1278\" class=\"mktoForm\"><\/form>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"o-ajax-form__status\" data-marketo-ajax-status aria-live=\"polite\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <template data-marketo-success-template><p><strong>Thanks.<\/strong> Your form was submitted successfully.<\/p><\/template>\n    <template data-marketo-error-template><p>Please review the highlighted fields and try again.<\/p><\/template>\n  \n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mainframe-optimization-your-path-to-nbsp-efficient-workload-placement-nbsp\"><strong>Mainframe Optimization: Your path to&nbsp;efficient workload placement<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a smarter approach to maximizing the efficiency, and resource utilization of your IBM Z mainframe that doesn&#8217;t require risky migrations or time-consuming application rewrites: mainframe optimization. By optimizing where your workloads are executed on your mainframe, you can reclaim valuable capacity for innovative projects like AI initiatives, advanced analytics, and modern application development. The most effective way to reclaim capacity on your general processor is&nbsp;to leverage modern compilers to create zIIP-eligible Java workloads and strategically redistribute high-volume workloads to IBM zIIP processors. This is precisely the process that JOPAZ seamlessly enables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-jopaz-works\">How JOPAZ works<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>JOPAZ works by compiling your existing COBOL code into Java bytecode at runtime, which executes on the Java Virtual Machines running on IBM zIIP specialty engines. This approach allows you to redistribute high-utilization batch workloads from the General Processor to zIIP, which optimizes workload placement across your mainframe\u2019s available processing resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In measurements taken by our customers using JOPAZ in production environments, we have reduced COBOL batch workloads running on the general processor by over 80% on average. The only prerequisite for this level of workload reduction is a corresponding zIIP processor capacity, which many IBM Z systems already include or can easily accommodate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-mainframe-optimization-can-do-for-your-business\">What mainframe optimization can do for your business<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reclaim capacity for innovation:<\/strong> When you leverage zIIP, you reclaim valuable general processor capacity. This free capacity becomes available for new workloads and initiatives, such as AI applications, advanced analytics, modern application development, and other innovations that drive your business forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Optimize resource utilization: <\/strong>By efficiently redistributing workloads across your mainframe\u2019s available processors (GP and zIIP), you maximize the value of your existing IBM Z investment and create space for growth. Zero business disruption:\u202fYour COBOL applications remains untouched. Your developers continue working with their preferred languages and development tools. You\u2019ll maintain the same reliability, security, and performance that make the mainframe so valuable. There\u2019s no learning curve, no retraining, and no operational changes required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keep what works:<\/strong> Rather than migrating your data to a new, unproven environment, you can continue to embrace your reliable, time-tested IBM Z mainframe and keep your mission-critical data and applications exactly where they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-work-with-a-partner-as-reliable-as-your-mainframe\">Work with a partner as reliable as your mainframe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You run some of your business\u2019s most critical applications on your mainframe. That\u2019s why it matters who you choose to optimize it with. With decades of mainframe expertise and deep experience in zIIP technology, Software AG helps you optimize workload placement and reclaim capacity for innovation while keeping your applications exactly where they belong: on your secure, proven, reliable mainframe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your mainframe has untapped potential. Ready to see what optimizing your mainframe with smart COBOL workload distribution can achieve for your business? Let\u2019s explore how JOPAZ can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softwareag.com\/jopaz\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"1302\">maximize your mainframe investment<\/a> and create capacity for AI, analytics, and modern innovations\u2014all while preserving everything that makes your COBOL applications so valuable to your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n  <section\n    class=\"o-related-posts alignwide\"\n    aria-label=\"Related Posts\"\n    style=\"--related-posts-columns: 3;\"\n  >\n    <div class=\"o-related-posts__inner\">\n      <div class=\"o-related-posts__header\">\n        <h6 class=\"o-related-posts__eyebrow\">Related Posts<\/h6>\n        <h2 class=\"o-related-posts__heading\">Latest related content<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"o-related-posts__grid\">\n                                                <a\n            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