What is Z/Scope?
z/Scope is an enterprise-grade mainframe integration and automation platform used by organizations to enable better integration, automation, and modernization of IBM Z environments. It provides a comprehensive set of capabilities to access mainframe applications, data, jobs, transactions, and systems from a single, centralized interface.
Key capabilities and benefits of z/Scope include:
- Connectivity - Secure and managed connectivity to IBM z/OS, IBM Db2, IBM CICS, IBM IMS, and other mainframe subsystems.
- Integration - Built-in support for APIs, connectors, adapters, and protocols (REST, SOAP, MQ, FTP/SFTP, etc.) for flexible mainframe-distributed integration.
- Automation - Automation and scheduling of mainframe processes, jobs, programs, testing, dataset management, and more. Reduces need for manual processes.
- Modernization - Exposes mainframe assets to cloud, web, and distributed platforms to enable incremental mainframe modernization strategies.
- Management - Centralized dashboard for managing, monitoring, auditing mainframe resource usage, performance, and security.
- Productivity - Improves developer and operational productivity by enabling mainframe access without needing 3270 terminal emulation.
z/Scope is commonly used across banking, insurance, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, government, and transportation sectors to enable mainframe integration with modern distributed systems and bridge the divide between mainframe and distributed teams within an organization.
iTerm2, PuTTY, Tabby Terminal, ConEmu, Cmder, KiTTY, GNOME Terminal, Yakuake, Kitty terminal, Attachmate Reflection, Vista tn3270, x3270, WezTerm, Microfocus Extra!, Flynet Viewer Terminal Emulator are some alternatives to Z/Scope.