Why There’s No Time to Wait
For storage professionals managing hybrid-cloud environments, 2025 is a pivotal year. The demand for scalable, cost-effective, and secure storage solutions is higher than ever, yet many organizations remain tied to outdated DASD (Direct Access Storage Device) and physical tape storage systems.
The clock is ticking. If you’re still relying on legacy storage infrastructure, you’re already falling behind. VirtualZ is here to help you catch up — and get ahead — with proven, easy-to-deploy solutions that deliver instant, scalable, and cost-effective storage modernization without disruption or costly overhauls.
2025 Objectives for Storage Professionals
- Cost Optimization:Reduce the high costs of maintaining legacy DASD and physical tape storage.
- Scalability and Flexibility:Enable on-demand storage scaling to handle growing data volumes.
- Cloud Integration:Seamlessly integrate mainframe storage with cloud platforms like AWS S3, Azure Blob, and Google Cloud Storage.
- Faster Data Access:Eliminate delays in retrieving archived data from physical tape systems.
- Security and Compliance:Ensure secure, policy-driven access to mainframe storage in hybrid cloud environments.
- Operational Efficiency:Streamline workflows and reduce the complexity of tape-to-cloud migrations.
Why Wait? VirtualZ Delivers Results Today
VirtualZ’s solutions — Lozen™, PropelZ™, and Zaac™ — are designed to address the unique challenges of storage professionals on the IBM Z platform. With no rip-and-replace, no disruption, and no custom coding, our out-of-the-box solutions integrate seamlessly with your existing infrastructure.
Zaac: Instant, On-Demand Storage
- Virtualize Tape and Disk Storage:Make cloud storage act like native IBM Z storage, eliminating reliance on expensive DASD and physical tape.
- Scalable Storage Solutions:Integrate with Amazon S3, Azure Blob, and Google Cloud Storage, scaling up or down based on demand.
- Optimize Costs:Pay only for the storage you use.
- Secure and Compliant:Encrypt data and integrate with mainframe security frameworks to ensure compliance.
What Experts Are Saying:
“Perhaps most challenging to conventional thinking is the company’s Zaac solution, which allows mainframe applications to use cloud storage as if it were native DASD. This brings the kind of flexible storage options that distributed systems have enjoyed for years to the mainframe world, but without compromising on the platform’s renowned security and reliability characteristics.”
— Dale Vile, Co-Founder, Freeform Dynamics
PropelZ: Simplifying Tape-to-Cloud Migration
- Automate Tape-to-Cloud Migration:Eliminate manual processes and custom scripting, reducing costs and complexity.
- Enable Instant Data Access:Retrieve archived data in real time, eliminating delays associated with physical tape systems.
- Deploy Quickly:Set up in just a few hours, not weeks or months.
What Customers Are Saying:
“PropelZ is a very straightforward install — you create the ZFS, upload it, untar it, and it’s ready to go. It doesn’t take much time at all, just a couple of hours to get the product laid down and installed in a testing environment.”
— Jerry Edgington, Senior Solutions and Innovation Consultant, Mainline Information Systems
Key Benefits of VirtualZ for Storage Professionals
- Lower Costs:Reduce DASD and tape storage costs by replacing legacy infrastructure with cost-effective cloud storage.
- Instant Scalability:Scale storage on-demand without over-provisioning or investing in new mainframe hardware.
- Faster Data Access:Enable real-time access to archived data, eliminating the long wait times associated with physical tape retrieval.
- Seamless Cloud Integration:Move mainframe storage to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud without disrupting operations.
- Secure & Compliant:Ensure encrypted, policy-driven access to mainframe storage in hybrid cloud environments.
The Time to Act Is Now
The future of mainframe storage is here, and it’s cloud-based, scalable, and cost-effective. With VirtualZ, you can achieve your 2025 objectives seamlessly, securely, and without complexity.
- Eliminate legacy storage constraints.
- Accelerate tape-to-cloud migration.
- Improve scalability and reduce costs.
Don’t Wait — Transform Your Mainframe Storage Today
The future won’t wait, and neither should you. VirtualZ is here to help you meet your 2025 goals — faster, smarter, and more efficiently than ever before.
- Watch demos of Lozen, PropelZ, and Zaac.
- Try Lozen, PropelZ, and Zaac.
- Read A New Era in Mainframe Storage white paper.
- Review all VirtualZ Solutions, Thought Leadership papers, and Solution Briefs.
- Explore our YouTube channel, podcasts, and blog.
- Still have questions? Contact us.