Connect Mainframe Data to MongoDB Without ETL or Complexity
As enterprises embrace modern database solutions like MongoDB, they face a critical challenge: how to integrate legacy mainframe data with modern, scalable, and flexible NoSQL databases. Many organizations still rely on IBM Z mainframes for mission-critical workloads but struggle to bridge the gap between structured mainframe data and the schema-flexible nature of MongoDB. With VirtualZ’s Lozen™ and PropelZ™ solutions, enterprises can seamlessly connect mainframe data to MongoDB — without replication, ETL complexity, or performance bottlenecks. Read on for more details and also check out the webinar.
Why Connect Mainframe Data to MongoDB?
MongoDB is a leading NoSQL database that provides flexibility, scalability, and high-performance analytics. However, most mainframe data remains locked in legacy formats such as VSAM, DB2, IMS, and flat files, making integration difficult.
By bringing real-time mainframe data into MongoDB, enterprises can:
- Enhance AI & Analytics: Enable advanced AI/ML applications with real-time access to historical and transactional mainframe data.
- Improve Operational Efficiency: Store, retrieve, and analyze mainframe data alongside modern applications in MongoDB.
- Enable Cloud-Native Development: Build and scale microservices and cloud applications without being constrained by mainframe data silos.
- Strengthen Security & Compliance: Centralize real-time event logs, transactions, and user data for compliance and security monitoring.
How VirtualZ Enables Seamless Mainframe-to-MongoDB Integration
Lozen: Real-Time, Secure Access to Mainframe Data
Lozen provides a no-code solution that allows applications to directly access mainframe data from MongoDB — without replication.
- Real-Time Data Access: Query live mainframe data from MongoDB as if it were native to the platform.
- No Data Duplication: Eliminate the need for costly, redundant ETL processes and data copies.
- Secure Connectivity: Enforce policy-based access controls to mainframe data from MongoDB queries.
- Optimized Performance: Reduce batch processing delays by enabling instant transactional data access.
PropelZ: Transform and Stream Mainframe Data to MongoDB
PropelZ is a lightweight, high-performance tool that allows organizations to extract, format, and push mainframe data into MongoDB in real time.
- Automated Data Transformation: Convert EBCDIC, COBOL copybooks, VSAM, and DB2 data into JSON or BSON formats for MongoDB.
- Seamless Streaming: Move mainframe data to MongoDB without disrupting legacy applications.
- Cloud-Ready Architecture: Integrate MongoDB Atlas and other cloud-hosted MongoDB instances for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.
- Event-Driven Automation: Enable real-time alerts and triggers based on mainframe events in MongoDB.
Use Cases: How Enterprises Are Leveraging VirtualZ for MongoDB
- AI & Machine Learning: Banks and financial institutions feed real-time transactional data from mainframes into MongoDB to train fraud detection models.
- Observability & Security: Enterprises aggregate mainframe logs, SMF records, and RACF security data into MongoDB for SIEM and security analytics.
- Application Modernization: Companies migrate legacy applications to modern, microservices-based architectures, using MongoDB as a scalable backend.
- Customer 360 Initiatives: Retailers and telecom companies integrate customer transaction histories from mainframes with MongoDB-powered customer insights platforms.
Why VirtualZ + MongoDB?
- Zero-Code Mainframe Integration: Connect mainframes to MongoDB without complex ETL or middleware.
- Real-Time Access: Avoid batch delays and access live, transactional data instantly.
- Scalable & Cost-Effective: Reduce mainframe processing costs with optimized data access and movement.
- Security & Compliance Ready: Ensure secure, auditable, and policy-driven access to mainframe data.
The Future of Mainframe Data in MongoDB Starts Now
As enterprises modernize, seamless access to mainframe data is critical for unlocking new insights, enabling AI/ML, and supporting cloud-native applications. With Lozen and PropelZ, VirtualZ Computing makes it easier than ever to integrate real-time mainframe data into MongoDB—without complexity, risk, or disruption.
Learn More
- Watch demos of Lozen and PropelZ.
- Try Lozen and PropelZ.
- Review all VirtualZ Solutions.
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- Still have questions? Contact us.