“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” said Charles Darwin…



IBM Application Delivery Foundation for z/OS (ADFz) has consistently delivered value and responded to the change in the market over the years and this quarter we delivered what enterprises require for their DevOps transformations. Recently, IBM announced ADFz V3.3, for detailed information you can read the following announcement.

IBM Application Delivery Foundation for z/OS, V3.3 delivers capabilities that provide:

• More freedom of choice for developers, with the addition of Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces support as a value-add capability in IBM Developer for z/OS Enterprise Edition

• IBM Developer for z/OS and IBM Debug for z/OS support for Eclipse® Photon 4.8 as part of the IBM Explorer for z/OS Aqua 3.2 release

• Client-requested enhancements

The specific levels of software that are included:

• IBM Developer for z/OS Enterprise Edition (IDzEE) V15
• IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz) V15
• IBM Debug for z/OS V15
• IBM Dependency Based Build (DBB) V1.1, including Z Open Automation Utilities V1.1
• IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS (FA) V14.1.12
• IBM File Manager for z/OS (FM) V14.1.12
• IBM Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS (APA) V14.2.4
• IBM Explorer for z/OS V3.2.0.13

Highlights include:

• IBM Developer for z/OS V15.0 and IBM Dependency Based Build V1.1.0.
  DevOps tools that are designed to simplify and speed the application development process on IBM z/OS.

• IBM Developer for z/OS V15.0.
  A development toolset designed to help modernize the application development process for modifying or creating applications on z/OS. Developers can build COBOL, PL/I, HLASM, Java, and C/C++ z/OS programs using an Eclipse® integrated development environment to simplify coding, debugging, interaction with source control management, unit testing, obtaining code coverage analysis, and more. A what's new blog will be published very soon.

• IBM Dependency Based Build V1.1.0.
  A framework to simplify the code-building process on IBM z/OS. Development teams have the freedom to choose a modern Software Configuration Management (SCM) tool such as Git™ and continuous integration tools such as Jenkins® to build traditional z/OS applications written in COBOL or PL/I.  Dependency Based Build V1.1.0 includes Z Open Automation Utilities V1.1.0, which supports enhancements of Ansible Collections, playbooks, and use cases to improve automation capabilities on z/OS. A what's new blog will be published very soon.

• IBM Debug for z/OS
  Provides advanced debugging of composite applications for your z/OS environments. A what's new blog will be published soon.

• IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS
  Simplifies the process of diagnosing z/OS application abends. Learn more about IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS enhancements here.

• IBM File Manager for z/OS
  Provides a comprehensive set of tools for efficiently manipulating z/OS datasets and files. Learn more about IBM File Manager for z/OS enhancements here.

• IBM Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS (APA)
  Helps identify z/OS application performance and response time problems, and assists in reducing system resource consumption. Learn more about IBM Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS enhancements here.

From our enterprise to yours, we hope you have a good rest of the year. And as always, we want to hear from you. We encourage you to submit your suggestions for future product enhancements future.

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