Maximize your investment in IBM Z®
Your IBM Z delivers exceptional performance and reliability for your applications built on Adabas & Natural. Protect that investment—and the decades of priceless information in those applications—with new Software AG innovations.
Be agile & efficient
Develop new innovations quickly using DevOps and the NaturalONE Eclipse®-based environment. Offload workload to zIIP™ to save resources.
Keep valuable assets secure
Use encryption and enterprise key management to guard against unauthorized access, and track and audit activity on Adabas databases.
Embrace digital
You don’t have to give up your mainframe applications to embrace digital or the cloud. Unlock your data and use API integration to extend your core applications and data.
Software AG & IBM
Software AG is a proud partner of IBM and a leader in digital transformation. See how we address mainframe modernization for hybrid cloud for IBM z16™.
Explore products for IBM z/OS®
NaturalONE
All from one environment, you can code, test, and maintain applications. Expose Natural objects as services. Create RIAs and web interfaces. Manage the complete DevOps lifecycle.
Learn moreAdabas Encryption for z/OS
Choose the extent of Adabas data you encrypt—from an entire database to specific data sets—using powerful and secure hardware-based native encryption on IBM Z.
Learn moreAdabas & Natural for zIIP
Move database, batch, and online workloads from the GPP to zIIP specialty engines to free up CPU and save on software costs.
Learn moreAdabas Data Integration
Give decision-makers, applications, and analytical systems access to real-time Adabas data—without overtaxing mainframe resources.
Learn moreTake Adabas & Natural on IBM Z into your future
Enjoy greater mainframe speed, agility, security, and connectivity when you extend your Adabas & Natural applications on IBM Z. Leverage your valuable data and unique business logic while bringing new capabilities and cost-effective approaches to a new generation of talent.
Develop faster
Bring a continuous-deployment mindset to your organization’s most business-critical software. Developers of all ages will enjoy Eclipse®, DevOps, and continuous development/integration.
Secure your data
Deliver industry-leading security against unauthorized agents through encryption and enterprise key management, while maintaining high database performance. Maintain security and compliance by tracking and auditing all activity on your Adabas databases, and safely archiving indexed audit data.
Connect with APIs
Use APIs to make your Natural and COBOL applications as “integration-friendly” as any other asset on-premises or in the cloud.
Provide real-time access to Adabas data
Give decision-makers and analytics systems (on-premises or in the cloud) access to real-time Adabas data—without overtaxing mainframe resources.
Improve your UX & customer experience
Make a better connection with the people who use your applications every day. Don’t just eliminate green screens when modernizing your mainframe. Actually, create a better user experience by improving processes. With redesigned workflows, intuitive web interfaces, and modern apps, your end users will see productivity gains that directly impact your business.
IBM supported platforms
Leveraging the computing power and resources of the IBM Z platform, IBM z/OS plays an important role in providing a secure, scalable environment for the underlying transformation process that organizations are embarking on to deliver swift innovation. See which Software AG products are tested and compatible with IBM operating systems and subsystems.
CALSTRS
In only a few months, the California State Teachers Retirement System in the U.S. saved $600,000+ by moving Natural batch to zIIP.
Israeli Ministry of Labor
In times of crisis, there is a need for speed. With webMethods EntireX, the Ministry replaced mainframe applications and paper forms with an interface open to anyone through the Internet.
Delaware Courts: Unlocking the mainframe brings order to the courts
In a state with more legal entities than people, the courts need to streamline. Their verdict? Use reliable legacy systems they can trust, and make them accessible through an integration platform.
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IBM Supported Platforms
Here are the IBM supported platforms by Software AG, along with product testing information relative to the IBM mainframe operating systems & related IBM subsystems.
Adabas Encryption for z/OS®
Protect your data and stay fully compliant with growing security regulations. Encrypt your entire database, or specific files, using the powerful and secure encryption capabilities on IBM Z.
Three drivers for modernizing apps on IBM Z®
Modernizing IBM Z apps addresses cloud integration, new business capabilities, and data analytics by enabling APIs to connect core mainframe systems with digital platforms.
Software AG brings Adabas & Natural to new IBM® z16™ Single Frame and Rack Mount Models
Software AG’s Adabas & Natural now run on IBM z16 single frame and rack mount models, supporting hybrid cloud, security, and sustainability for z/OS and Linux on IBM zSystems.