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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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Editor’s picks

Enabling Skills Transformation with PropelZ™

See how PropelZ helps cloud-native teams manage mainframe data integration using familiar...

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Customer-Driven Innovation: How Enterprise Needs Shape PropelZ™ Development

See how VirtualZ shapes PropelZ development around real enterprise needs, turning customer...

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Automatic Metadata Discovery with PropelZ™

Learn how PropelZ uses JDBC metadata discovery to eliminate manual COBOL copybooks,...

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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 directly...

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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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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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