The recently announced IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack is designed to help you jumpstart application modernization by taking a more standardized approach to IT automation on IBM Z that can enable faster innovation, greater productivity and lower costs. In addition to the suite of essential development and deployment tools you also gain access to a core suite of programming languages, Python, Node.js, Go and Java, are included at a no charge.
Choose the one that best fits your applications' needs and take advantage of a cloud native approach for application modernization or new application development.
Most applications running on IBM Z are business-critical where your business logic is tightly coupled with your data. As you look to digitally transform your business, these applications remain of great value, but need enhancements. This can be done using Open Enterprise Languages which might be more familiar to your newly hired enterprise-wide developers.
With the Open Enterprise Languages, you can;
- Extend the capabilities of these applications, but also develop new microservices natively
on z/OS
- Leverage the open-source community
- Access a vast pool of developers worldwide
Let’s explore little deeper.
Those business-critical applications that are running on IBM Z have been developed with traditional programming languages like COBOL, PL/I using IBM middleware such as CICS, IMS and Db2. These can be optimized taking advantage of Z architecture and extended with APIs.
You can take advantage of the latest Open Enterprise languages on IBM Z to:
- Extend the capability of those applications. For example, extend the capabilities of a COBOL application with modules written in Node.js, Python, Go or Java
- You also have a choice of using APIs or interlanguage calls to seamlessly work between the applications, such as leveraging 31/64-bit interoperability to enable 31-bit COBOL programs to work with 64-bit Java programs
- You can also develop new microservices natively on IBM Z by using the latest Open Enterprise languages
In summary, IBM Z can play a critical role in your digital transformation journey and with IBM Open Enterprise languages, you can take advantage of the enormously popular and fast-growing languages on IBM Z to do so much with your critical assets all designed to significantly reduce response time and increase throughput.
In addition, your enhanced applications would gain data and transaction gravity by interoperating with core middleware. Not forgetting, as these programming languages are already used by many developers worldwide you can easily attract new talent to your business.
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