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What’s the Best Way to Do Mainframe Backup and Archive to the Cloud?
TL;DR: Mainframe data can be backed up and archived directly to cloud object storage (Amazon...
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What’s the Best Way to Do Mainframe Backup and Archive to the Cloud?
TL;DR: Mainframe data can be backed up and archived directly to...
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Enabling Skills Transformation with PropelZ™
See how PropelZ helps cloud-native teams manage mainframe data integration using...
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Customer-Driven Innovation: How Enterprise Needs Shape PropelZ™ Development
See how VirtualZ shapes PropelZ development around real enterprise needs, turning...
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Automatic Metadata Discovery with PropelZ™
Learn how PropelZ uses JDBC metadata discovery to eliminate manual COBOL...
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Start at the Source: VSAM and Sequential File Input Connectors
PropelZ VSAM and Sequential File Input Connectors read native z/OS datasets...
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Complete the Circle: VSAM and Sequential File Output Connectors
PropelZ VSAM and Sequential File Output Connectors write processed data back...
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Reach Any Server: The PropelZ™ FTP/SFTP Input and Output Connector
Use the PropelZ FTP/SFTP connector to read and write files between...
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Speak the Network’s Native Language: The PropelZ™ SMB Connector
Use the PropelZ SMB connector to read and write files between...
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You Don’t Have a Storage Problem. You Have a Strategy Problem.
A Modern Approach to Mainframe Storage that Starts with Your Data,...
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Any Input to Any Output: The Architecture Behind Universal Data Movement
How PropelZ™’s modular architecture enables “any data source to any target...
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Million-File Migrations: How PropelZ™ Multiplexer Handles Enterprise Scale
“We need to migrate our virtual tape library to AWS S3....
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Rethinking Mainframe Data Movement for the Cloud Era
As organizations push toward cloud, AI, and real-time analytics, the biggest...
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PropelZ™ 2.0 Is Here
Built from the Real World, Ready for What’s Next Enterprise data...
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Modern Data Access for Hybrid Enterprises: Progress and VirtualZ Unlock Legacy Systems
Trusted Leadership Meets Breakthrough Data Access Innovation Enterprise modernization rarely fails...
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VSAM to PostgreSQL: 460K Records in 25 Seconds
460,000 VSAM Records. 25 Seconds. Into PostgreSQL. With PropelZ™. A global...
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Accessing What Matters in 2026
Secure Data Strategies for Modern Enterprises In 2026, data is no...
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Mainframe Modernization in 2026
What Customers Need Now Mainframe modernization in 2026 looks very different...
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Storage Modernization in 2026
Faster Access, Lower Cost — Zero Disruption Enterprise storage strategy is...
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