IBM has released new System z software, a platform for developing, deploying and running various applications and business data. The company plans to release about 30 new software technology enhancements this year that reportedly extend the advantages of using System z.
The company has already announced 12 of the 30 software products and enhancements.
The company claimed that the new release is aimed at helping customers simplify their environment and reduce costs by migrating scattered applications and data onto a lower cost, more scalable and manageable platform.
The company further said that the market adoption of System z as a platform for new applications is demonstrated by the growth in ISV interest in the IBM mainframe. Over the last year, more than 150 new ISVs have adopted the platform and more than 1,000 new vendor applications were added.
ISVs recently deploying applications on System z include SAP, Chordiant, Temenos, i-flex, ACI, and Norkom.
Greg Green, senior vice president of core banking at Temenos, said: Temenos sees the System z market as a major growth opportunity. Temenos Core Banking, targeted at large domestic retail operations with a SOA roadmap looking to gradually replace key ‘banking enterprise services’, running on WebSphere on zOS fully exploits the specialty engine architecture of System z.
