IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Center

Accelerate transformation in your IBM Z environment with expert resources, guidance, and capabilities

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Explore the Modernization zone, Business value drivers and deep dive into the modernization use cases.
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Leverage a growing ecosystem of services, technology partners, and open source options to accelerate modernization.
Take advantage of cloud architectures to embrace a hybrid cloud approach
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Browse our resources including analyst papers, blogs, videos and more
Take part in user research studies on the future design of the modernization center

Announcement

IBM Unveils watsonx Generative AI Capabilities to Accelerate Mainframe Application Modernization

IBM is designing this product to refactor, transform, and validate COBOL code to help speed time-to-value and augment skills for critical application modernization on IBM Z. The product will be enabled by a 20 billion parameter large language model (LLM) for code. This product will be generally available in Q4 2023, and is being designed to help accelerate COBOL application modernization. Preview during TechXchange, IBM’s premier technical learning event in Las Vegas, Sept 11-13.

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Blog

Myths and Truths in Today’s Hybrid Cloud World

Exploring the crucial role of IBM Z in IBM’s hybrid cloud environment.

“The IBM Z platform plays a central role in our hybrid cloud strategy, and at IBM, we are massive users of the platform today. This is not just because we manufacture and sell IBM Z, but because it is simply the best platform for the job. We run nearly 600 applications with at least one component on IBM Z, including more than 65% of all financially significant applications.”

- Kathryn Guarini, IBM Chief Information Officer

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Analyst article

Connect and extend: Mainframe modernization hits its stride

Instead of completely replacing mainframe systems, businesses have begun looking for ways to extend the functionality of mainframe systems by linking them to emerging technologies

“Rather than rip and replace legacy core systems, businesses are increasingly looking to link them to emerging technologies using innovative new connectors so that each family of systems can do what it does best”

- Mike Bechtel, Chief futurist | Deloitte Consulting LLP

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Report

Application modernization on the mainframe

Explore the results from a recent IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) survey. Technology and business leaders say the mainframe not only remains an important part of their organizations’ IT platforms, it also plays a central motivating role in accelerating their digital transformations.

Executives assert that mainframe and cloud are not either-or propositions. Together they help secure operations, reduce latency, and drive legacy processes to levels of dynamic innovation previously only possible for born in the cloud insurgents.

“71% of executives say mainframe-based applications are central to their business strategy.⁵”

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Customer Case Study

M&T Bank

M&T recognized the need to enable real-time information flow between their core banking systems and hybrid cloud applications. Leveraging Z DIH, M&T embarked on an application modernization journey to deliver more accurate business outcomes and a better user experience.

“With Z DIH, M&T is able to reimagine the ways our core banking platforms can share information and events with our consumers—whether for data analysis or application consumption—and become a full-fledged member of our digital ecosystem transformation.”

- Russell Plew, Technology Senior Manager, M&T Bank

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Customer Case Study

BNP Paribas

To improve quality and efficiency, BNP Paribas is overhauling the software development environment for its core systems. Working with IBM to deploy a modern Integrated Development Environment (IDE) backed by open source tools, BNP Paribas is transforming the development environment on the IBM Z platform, saving money and boosting quality.

“The IBM Z platform offers exceptional performance and resilience – our infrastructure has never, ever failed. We wanted to protect and sustain that value by providing new capabilities to developers.”

- Abdelhakim Loumassine, Head of the Mainframe Division, BNP Paribas

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Document

Accelerate Mainframe Application Modernization with Hybrid Cloud

This IBM Redbooks® publication provides an overview of the IBM® strategy to help you modernize applications faster

Demo

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Running a debug session with your Virtual Server Instance

Customer Case Study

Unleashing innovation

Garanti BBVA builds next-generation banking services

Course

Earn Badges: Learning Journey for Architects

Self-paced, no-charge course to learn hands-on how to architect IBM Z applications for hybrid cloud.

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Architect zone

Dive deeper into reference architecture, tech demos and resources to help you design the right solution.

Data Scientist zone

Dive into resources, demos, and tools to help you deploy machine learning and deep learning models.

Developer zone

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Executive zone

Explore value-based use cases, success stories and resources to help achieve your modernization goals.

What can be achieved

64%

More application code releases²

>6:1

Ratio of benefits to cost³

30%

More efficient management⁴

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Footnotes

¹ Deloitte: Mainframe modernization with APIs
^{2, 3, 4} IDC Business Value White Paper, co-sponsored by IBM and Broadcom, The Business Value of the Transformative Mainframe, August 2019
⁵From IBV study “Application modernization on the mainframe” IT application development, maintenance, and operations performance survey data. IBM Institute for Business Value Performance Data and Benchmarking Program. 2021