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IBM outlines plan to simplify mainframe overhauls

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IBM unveiled IBM Z Atlas, a product that aims to simplify mainframe modernization using AI skills and agents, in a Tuesday announcement. The product will help teams plan for and automate infrastructure and application changes, IBM said. The company released a public preview waitlist for IBM Z Atlas Tuesday and plans to make the product generally available in Q1 2027.
IBM Z Atlas is intended to accelerate customer efforts to modernize IBM Z mainframes, using AI to map the tech stack and then evaluate, test and validate changes. As the product maps customer’s environments, it also aims to reduce manual patch management and knowledge sharing efforts, according to IBM.
“IBM Z Atlas is intended to generate contextual, traceable artifacts representing relevant system state, configurations, dependencies and changes,” IBM said in it’s statement of direction....

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