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IBM Z® software trials include pre-configured environments and guided scenarios that demonstrate the real-world value and usage of z/OS® applications.

Over 20 different IBM Z products are included, and scenarios are designed to engage users of all experience levels.

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Try IBM Z software at no charge and with no installation. Your hands-on trial is available within 2 hours for 3 days (including weekends).

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Other free trials Browse trials that extend beyond the 3-day trial Machine Learning for IBM z/OS

Try this lightweight Online Scoring Community Edition trial to experience IBM Machine Learning for z/OS, enabling in-transaction scoring for deep learning models.

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IBM COBOL for Linux® on x86

Try COBOL for Linux on x86 as a stand-alone trial, or as part of CICS TX 3-day trial to run CICS COBOL applications in Red Hat OpenShift environments.

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IBM Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS

Explore this 30-day trial and experience optimizing COBOL performance without recompilation, source code migration or performance tuning and accelerate application modernization.

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IBM Rational Business Developer

Explore the IBM Rational Business Developer V9.7 Multilingual Multiplatform trial to experience an Eclipse-based IDE that simplifies the development of Web 2.0, mobile, SOA and traditional applications using the EGL.

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CICS Transaction Gateway

Explore three quick start scenarios to experience high performance, security-rich scalable connectivity. It provides readily deployable CICS TG containers based on Red Hat® Universal Base Image, which can be deployed across cloud platforms.

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IBM Communications Server for Data Center Deployment

Experience this 90-day trial that offers SNA services and interfaces for transactional applications across Windows, AIX and Linux platforms, providing an evaluation license for proof of concept purposes, excluding production use.

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TXSeries® for Multiplatforms

Try TXSeries for multiplatforms for 90 days—enabling distributed transaction processing across multiple languages in data centers, facilitating scalable deployment of critical applications in hybrid cloud environments with unrestricted functions.

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Resources IBM Redbooks for IBM Z software

Explore publications that explain the configuration, implementation and use of IBM Z software products.

IBM Z software community

Stay up to date with new product announcements, releases, technical discussions, blogs and events.

IBM Developer community

Use tips, code patterns, demos and tutorials to help you do more with IBM Z.

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Get hands-on experience with the capabilities and benefits of IBM Z software at no cost. Schedule a no-cost 30-minute meeting with an IBM Z and LinuxONE representative.

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