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ARMONK, N.Y., July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM z/OS V2.5, the next-generation operating system (OS) for IBM Z, designed to accelerate client adoption of hybrid cloud and AI and drive application modernization projects.
According to an IBM Institute for Business Value study Application modernization on the mainframe released today, 71% of executives surveyed say mainframe-based applications are central to their business strategy; and in three years, the percentage of organizations leveraging mainframe assets in a hybrid cloud environment is expected to increase by more than 2x.
IBM z/OS V2.5 helps drive value for our clients by delivering new capabilities across AI enablement, application modernization, resiliency, enhanced security and an improved developer experience.
Mainframe operating system to get more AI, hybrid cloud cred, expanded coprocessor support Share
IBM has teased a significant update to its z/OS mainframe operating system.
A preview of z/OS 2.5 appeared on Monday and represents business-as-usual for Big Blue, which announced previous point releases for the OS in late February 2019 and 2017.
As with almost everything IBM does these days, the focus is hybrid cloud, application modernization, and AI. Big Blue said the new release will therefore “continue to drive performance and ease of use for z/OS Container Extensions (zCX).”
Transparent Cloud Tiering and Object Access Method cloud-tier support will be among enhancements that improve the operating system’s ability to use cloud storage. “z/OS usage of Cloud storage would be designed to reduce capital and operating expenses with data transfer to hybrid cloud storage environments for simplified data archiving and data protection on IBM Z,” the preview document sta