AWS, IBM boost mainframe-cloud interoperability
Dive Brief
The partnership aims to support enterprises’ hybrid cloud strategies, identifying core patterns of connection between AWS and IBM mainframes.
Published May 5, 2026
Dive Brief:
- AWS is expanding application modernization options in collaboration with IBM as enterprises pursue hybrid cloud strategies with interoperability between AWS cloud computing services and IBM Z mainframes, AWS said in a blog post.
- Alongside IBM’s Think 2026 conference, AWS identified five patterns supporting enterprises taking a hybrid cloud approach, including real-time business data exchange between core mainframe applications and AWS following IBM’s $11 billion acquisition of Confluent, a data streaming platform. Enterprises can also synchronize mainframe data with AWS, enabling cloud-based analytics and AI model access across trusted mainframe data, the blog said.
- “A hybrid strategy that includes IBM Z and AWS allows for rapid AI-[led] innovation that makes it easier to access applications and data without significant changes, and optimizes...
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