AI-Ready Data Access Blog
Fueling Smarter Data Strategies for AI, Cloud, and Modernization.
Welcome to the VirtualZ Computing™ blog — where we share insights to help you unlock enterprise data faster, power AI initiatives, and drive smarter outcomes across your business.
Streamlining VSAM to Adabas Conversion
Make VSAM Data Instantly Available to Adabas with PropelZ™ In today’s fast-paced digital environment, data is the backbone of business innovation. Organizations running on mainframe systems often face the challenge of modernizing their data infrastructure to meet the...
Mainframe Data Integration for MongoDB
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...
Seamless Mainframe Data Integration for Bloop Applications
From Legacy to Cloud: AI-Driven Code Modernization with Bloop and Seamless Mainframe Data Access with VirtualZ As enterprises accelerate their application modernization efforts, AI-driven tools like Bloop are transforming how organizations analyze, refactor, and...
Unlocking the Power of Mainframe Console Messages with PropelZ™
Mainframes are the workhorses of enterprise IT, powering mission-critical applications and generating enormous amounts of data daily. This data includes console messages and system logs, vital for understanding the health and performance of these systems. Yet,...
Seamlessly Integrate Mainframe Data with Splunk
In today’s interconnected IT environments, mainframes remain a cornerstone of enterprise computing. However, integrating mainframe logs with modern log management platforms like Splunk often feels like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Traditional...
Seamlessly Connect Mainframe Data to WSO2 Workflows
In today’s digital landscape, integrating mainframe data with modern applications is essential for organizations aiming to maintain a competitive edge. VirtualZ’s new Mainframe Data Access for WSO2 Enterprise Integrator solution offers a groundbreaking solution that...
Real-Time Insights and Seamless Integration for Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services
Overview As organizations embark on their digital transformation journeys, the need for seamless integration between mainframe data and cloud-based applications becomes increasingly vital. VirtualZ offers a new solution called Mainframe Data Access for Informatica...
Unlocking Mainframe Data Access with TIBCO Cloud Integration
Modernize with Real-Time Mainframe Data, Directly in TIBCO Workflows As organizations modernize their IT infrastructures, the need to integrate mainframe data into contemporary applications becomes paramount. For Tibco customers, VirtualZ offers Mainframe Data Access...
Integrating Mainframe Data with webMethods: The Power of Lozen™
Overview In today’s fast-paced digital transformation landscape, integrating mainframe data into modern applications is crucial for organizations striving to maintain a competitive edge. With VirtualZ Solutions for webMethods, we offer a powerful solution that...
VirtualZ Solutions for Microsoft Azure
Unlock Microsoft Azure with Lozen, PropelZ, and Zaac As organizations embark on their digital transformation journeys, the seamless integration of on-premises mainframe environments with cloud platforms becomes increasingly vital. VirtualZ™ Solutions for Azure...
Mainframe Decommissioning: Understanding the Drivers and Solving the Challenges
For decades, the IBM Z platform has been synonymous with enterprise-grade reliability, scalability, and performance. Mainframes have powered some of the world’s most critical systems, from financial institutions to government agencies. Yet, organizations are...
Effortless Access to Mainframe Data for Oracle Integration Cloud
Real-Time, Secure Data Integration for Oracle Cloud In the fast-paced world of digital transformation, integrating mainframe data into modern applications has become vital for organizations looking to stay competitive. For Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) customers...
Integrating Mainframe Data with Tableau: A No-Code Solution for Real-Time Insights
Seamless Access to Mainframe Data Directly in Tableau In today’s data-driven world, organizations leveraging IBM Z mainframes often face significant challenges when trying to access and visualize their critical business data in modern analytics tools like Tableau. The...
Unlocking Mainframe Data Access for Azure Logic Apps
Overview Organizations leveraging IBM Z mainframes often encounter significant challenges when it comes to accessing and integrating their data into modern applications. However, with VirtualZ's Mainframe Data Access for Azure Logic Apps solution, companies can...
Streamlining VSAM to Db2 Conversions
Organizations are increasingly seeking ways to share valuable mainframe data in open formats without sacrificing integrity or performance. One common challenge they face is making VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) data accessible to SQL-based applications, such as...
Simplifying Mainframe Data Access for Boomi with Lozen™
Overview As organizations evolve and modernize their IT infrastructure, integrating mainframe data into contemporary applications becomes essential. Our Mainframe Data Access for Boomi solution offers real-time, read-write access to IBM Z mainframe data, facilitating...
Accessing Mainframe Data for Databricks: Empowering Enhanced Analytics
Seamlessly Integrate Mainframe Data into Databricks for Powerful Insights and Real-Time Processing In today’s data-driven world, organizations are continuously seeking ways to leverage their vast reservoirs of information for better insights and decision-making. Many...
Streamlining Mainframe Data Access for Data Lakes
VirtualZ’s Mainframe Data Access for Data Lakes Solution In today’s data-driven world, businesses must harness their mainframe data effectively to remain competitive. VirtualZ™’s Mainframe Data Access for Data Lakes solution simplifies this process, allowing...
VirtualZ Solutions for Simplified Data Governance and Compliance
Simplify Compliance: Secure Data Access and Management for Modern Enterprises At VirtualZ™, we understand that as organizations evolve their data-sharing architecture (especially with the integration of modern infrastructures like cloud and SaaS), security challenges...
VirtualZ’s Mainframe Data for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Solution
Safeguarding Critical Information with Zaac™ Incorporating mainframe data into business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) strategies is essential to safeguard vital information against unforeseen disruptions. Our new Mainframe Data for Business Continuity and...
Seamless Access to Mainframe Data for AI and Machine Learning
Harness the Potential of AI and Machine Learning with Mainframe Data For organizations looking to integrate mainframe data into their AI model training and analytics, VirtualZ™ offers a Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solution to help businesses modernize...
VirtualZ Solutions for IBM Cloud
Unlocking the Power of IBM Cloud with Lozen, PropelZ, and Zaac For organizations operating on IBM Z mainframes, the integration with IBM Cloud offers unique advantages, yet presents several challenges. That’s where VirtualZ™ Solutions for IBM Cloud comes in....
Seamlessly Integrate Mainframe Data into SaaS Applications
Direct Access to Mainframe Data from Saas Applications with Lozen™ and PropelZ™ In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, many organizations are turning to Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms — like Workday, ServiceNow, NetSuite, and Salesforce.com — to enhance...
Integrating Mainframe Data with Snowflake
Unlocking the Power of Analytics In an increasingly data-driven world, organizations rely on effective data management to drive insights and make informed decisions. For enterprises leveraging IBM Z mainframes, integrating mainframe data with advanced cloud platforms...
Seamlessly Integrate Mainframe Data with MuleSoft
Enhance Your MuleSoft Experience with Immediate Mainframe Data Access Bridging the gap between mainframes and modern cloud environments presents significant hurdles, particularly when mainframe data is needed for event-driven platforms like MuleSoft. Traditional ETL...
Elevate Your Analytics and Reporting with VirtualZ
Unlocking Insights with VirtualZ™ Analytics and Reporting In today’s data-driven world, organizations need real-time access to insights to stay competitive. VirtualZ’s Mainframe Data Access for Analytics and Reporting solution is here to empower businesses by...
Unified Access and Archiving of Mainframe Data with PropelZ
In an era where data-driven decision-making is paramount, having quick and reliable access to your mainframe management data is crucial. VirtualZ™ now offers Unified Access and Processing: SMF and Mainframe Management Data. Based on PropelZ™, it is a powerful...
Mainframe Tape to Cloud Migration with VirtualZ™
Modernizing Your Data Storage In an era where digital transformation is paramount, many organizations are faced with the challenge of managing legacy data stored on outdated tape systems. Leveraging the features of Zaac™, VirtualZ’s Mainframe Tape to Cloud Migration...
Streamlining Application Modernization with VirtualZ™
In today’s rapidly changing technological landscape, many organizations are seeking to modernize their infrastructure while reducing reliance on legacy systems. VirtualZ’s Application Modernization solution is specifically designed to streamline application...
Simplify Mainframe Report Migration with VirtualZ
Unlocking Efficiency with VirtualZ™ Solutions As enterprises increasingly adopt hybrid cloud environments, the migration of legacy reports from mainframe systems has become a critical challenge. Many organizations still rely on outdated reporting systems, which...
Instant Mainframe Storage
Connect Mainframe Applications to Cloud Storage, Out of the Box As companies increasingly turn to hybrid cloud environments to enhance their data management strategies, the need for efficient and cost-effective storage solutions has never been greater. Enter the...
PropelZ™ for SMF
A Revolutionary Solution for Managing SMF Data In today’s highly regulated industries like banking and finance, properly managed System Management Facility (SMF) data is not just an operational necessity — it's a legal requirement. Organizations are tasked with...
Zaac + Encryption
Zaac™ is the first-ever software solution designed to connect mainframe applications to cloud and SAN storage. It works with existing mainframe security and applications — and requires no changes to existing mainframe applications or software. You can use Zaac to...
Share Mainframe Data with 100’s of Applications and Databases with PropelZ
In this blog, we want to highlight the breadth of PropelZ’s reach and explain how you can use PropelZ to share mainframe data with a variety of mission-critical applications, including: Data Stores (Data Warehouses and Data Lakes) Artificial Intelligence and Machine...
Simple Solutions for Complex Storage Needs
Efficient and cost-effective storage solutions are paramount in the mainframe ecosystem. Enter Zaac™, a game-changing solution designed to significantly reduce the cost of mainframe storage by connecting mainframe to on-demand storage in the cloud and SAN storage....
VirtualZ Computing Joins Stack Overflow
In this blog, we discuss what a data store is, some common use cases, and how VirtualZ’s suite of products can power hybrid cloud applications.
PropelZ™ Use Cases
Move Mainframe Data Anywhere — No Code, No Delays, One Flat Price Your enterprise doesn’t need another complex ETL tool — it needs fast, flexible access to IBM Z data, delivered securely to the platforms that matter most for AI, analytics, and modernization. PropelZ...
Transforming Hybrid Mainframe Data Access with VirtualZ Lozen and AWS
In this blog, we discuss what a data store is, some common use cases, and how VirtualZ’s suite of products can power hybrid cloud applications.
Unveiling PropelZ™: A Revolution in Mainframe Data Accessibility
Why PropelZ™? At VirtualZ, we set a course to revolutionize data access. In addition to Lozen™ and Zaac™, our collaboration with customers and partners led us to create PropelZ — a fast, no-code utility for extracting mainframe data. PropelZ was designed for...
How VirtualZ Can Support Your Conversational AI Solutions
Introduction When ChatGPT launched last year, it revitalized the world’s interest in artificial intelligence (AI). The last time people were this excited about AI was in 2016 – 2017. Back then, people were impressed with the ability of AI to understand conversations...
Test Drive Lozen from Your Own Device
Interested in real-time, read-write mainframe data access? We’ve made it even easier to try Lozen™. Head to the Lozen Trial page and instantly test drive Lozen directly from your own device. Lozen provides remote access to sophisticated mainframe file system...
Simplify Your Change Data Capture With Lozen™
If you were designing a brand-new data access solution for your organization today, Lozen™ could play a prominent role in creating a lower-cost, high-performance solution that how simplifies or eliminates the need for CDC. Because Lozen’s real-time, read-write...
Lozen™ OpenAPI Connector with Microsoft Azure Logic Apps
Lozen™ offers several connectors to enable real-time, read-write access to mainframe data for AI, analytics, and hybrid cloud. Connectors are valuable extensions to Lozen, providing Lozen customers with simple and secure access to mainframe data (such as VSAM files)...
Deploying Lozen in a Sysplex
Designed with flexibility in mind, Lozen™ can be deployed in a variety of ways to suit your needs — including in a sysplex to provide load balancing and fault tolerance. There are several possible approaches to this, depending on the degree of fault tolerance you are...
Lozen, Record Level Sharing (RLS), and Transactional VSAM (TVS)
In a prior blog, we discussed how we designed Lozen™ to leverage the robust data integrity options provided by VSAM on the mainframe. With Lozen, you have the identical levels of access and integrity you would have if your application were running natively on z/OS....
Test Drive Lozen from Your Own Device
Interested in real-time, read-write mainframe data access? We’ve made it even easier to try Lozen™. Head to the Lozen Trial page and instantly test drive Lozen directly from your own device. Lozen provides remote access to sophisticated mainframe file system...
Simplify Your Change Data Capture With Lozen™
If you were designing a brand-new data access solution for your organization today, Lozen™ could play a prominent role in creating a lower-cost, high-performance solution that how simplifies or eliminates the need for CDC. Because Lozen’s real-time, read-write...
Lozen™ OpenAPI Connector with Microsoft Azure Logic Apps
Lozen™ offers several connectors to enable real-time, read-write access to mainframe data for AI, analytics, and hybrid cloud. Connectors are valuable extensions to Lozen, providing Lozen customers with simple and secure access to mainframe data (such as VSAM files)...
Deploying Lozen in a Sysplex
Designed with flexibility in mind, Lozen™ can be deployed in a variety of ways to suit your needs — including in a sysplex to provide load balancing and fault tolerance. There are several possible approaches to this, depending on the degree of fault tolerance you are...
Lozen, Record Level Sharing (RLS), and Transactional VSAM (TVS)
In a prior blog, we discussed how we designed Lozen™ to leverage the robust data integrity options provided by VSAM on the mainframe. With Lozen, you have the identical levels of access and integrity you would have if your application were running natively on z/OS....
Lozen + MuleSoft: A Powerful Combination
MuleSoft is one of the most popular integration platforms available, with thousands of customers worldwide. In this blog, we describe the features and benefits of the powerful combination found in the Lozen™ MuleSoft Connector, which provides no-code access to...
Simplify Your ETL With Lozen™
You have invested hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in your ETL tools and process. It is up and running and doing its job. There are tradeoffs in terms of additional MIPS consumption and constant maintenance, but you do not want to rip and replace...
Lozen™ Use Cases
Real-Time Mainframe Data. No Replication. No Code. No Delays. Lozen from VirtualZ Computing™ delivers secure, real-time, read-write access to IBM Z data — instantly making your most trusted datasets available to AI platforms, analytics tools, and cloud-native...
Data Transformation with Lozen
Part of our mission with Lozen™ software is to make mainframe data easy to access from as many types of applications and platforms as possible in a no-code manner. Our innovative approach to real-time, read-write data access includes data transformation, which is...
Lozen’s Support for OpenAPI
Lozen™ offers several connectors to enable mainframe data access to a broad range of applications. In this blog, we explain two of these in more detail: The Lozen OpenAPI Connector, which makes it possible to access mainframe data, such as VSAM files, from any...
The Rapid Path to Savings with Lozen and Rocket Enterprise Server
Lozen™ offers several connectors to enable mainframe data access to a broad range of applications with high performance and data integrity. In this blog, we highlight Lozen's Rocket® Enterprise Server Connector (formerly Micro Focus) and how it provides a path for...
Data Integrity: The Lozen Advantage
Data integrity is one of Lozen’s significant advantages compared to legacy data access solutions. In this blog, we describe data integrity, why it is important, and Lozen’s out-of-the-box approach to data integrity. What is Data Integrity and Why is it Important? Data...
Lozen + zIIP Engines
A common question we get asked at VirtualZ Computing™ is how customers can save money with Lozen™. There are several ways Lozen helps reduce costs, including our z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) engine architecture. What Are zIIP Engines and Why Do They...
Lozen and Performance: How Fast Is It? (Hint: Pretty Fast.)
When we talk about Lozen™ with customers and partners, some of the most frequent questions we get are about performance. “How much latency is there?” “How much bandwidth do I need?” “Is it really practical to access my mainframe data from the cloud?” To help answer...
What You Need to Know About Lozen and Latency
At VirtualZ, we are often asked about latency in the context of deploying Lozen™ for real-time, read-write data access. Much like our approach to security, latency was a top consideration when we designed Lozen, our groundbreaking data access solution. What is...
Lozen Software Licensing and Pricing
Our Philosophy In addition to revolutionizing data access, our goal is to transform the pricing and licensing models that go with it. At VirtualZ Computing, we had the luxury of starting with a clean sheet of paper, creating uniquely simple, transparent, and easy to...
Security and Data Access: Lozen’s Unique Approach
Security is often front and center in discussions about mainframe data access, especially since the IBM Z platform stores an estimated 80% of the world’s critical business data. It was also top of mind for us when we designed Lozen™, our revolutionary data access...
Lozen vs Legacy Data Access Approaches
How Lozen™ Stands Apart from Other IBM Z Data Access Approaches The IBM Z platform stores an estimated 80% of the world’s critical business data. As customers migrate applications to the cloud and distributed platforms, mainframe data access demands intensify. There...
Lozen Data Support
Our flagship data access solution, Lozen™, supports nearly all common types of conventional IBM Z datasets, including: VSAM KSDS – keyed records ESDS - sequential RRDS – relative-record or “numbered” AIX – alternate index paths QSAM and BSAM sequential files...
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Mainframe Decommissioning: Understanding the Drivers and Solving the Challenges
For decades, the IBM Z platform has been synonymous with enterprise-grade reliability, scalability, and performance. Mainframes have powered some of the world’s most critical systems, from financial institutions to government agencies. Yet, organizations are...
Integrating Mainframe Data with Tableau: A No-Code Solution for Real-Time Insights
Seamless Access to Mainframe Data Directly in Tableau In today’s data-driven world, organizations leveraging IBM Z mainframes often face significant challenges when trying to access and visualize their critical business data in modern analytics tools like Tableau. The...
Streamlining VSAM to Db2 Conversions
Organizations are increasingly seeking ways to share valuable mainframe data in open formats without sacrificing integrity or performance. One common challenge they face is making VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) data accessible to SQL-based applications, such as...
Accessing Mainframe Data for Databricks: Empowering Enhanced Analytics
Seamlessly Integrate Mainframe Data into Databricks for Powerful Insights and Real-Time Processing In today’s data-driven world, organizations are continuously seeking ways to leverage their vast reservoirs of information for better insights and decision-making. Many...
Streamlining Mainframe Data Access for Data Lakes
VirtualZ’s Mainframe Data Access for Data Lakes Solution In today’s data-driven world, businesses must harness their mainframe data effectively to remain competitive. VirtualZ™’s Mainframe Data Access for Data Lakes solution simplifies this process, allowing...
VirtualZ Solutions for Simplified Data Governance and Compliance
Simplify Compliance: Secure Data Access and Management for Modern Enterprises At VirtualZ™, we understand that as organizations evolve their data-sharing architecture (especially with the integration of modern infrastructures like cloud and SaaS), security challenges...
Seamless Access to Mainframe Data for AI and Machine Learning
Harness the Potential of AI and Machine Learning with Mainframe Data For organizations looking to integrate mainframe data into their AI model training and analytics, VirtualZ™ offers a Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solution to help businesses modernize...
VirtualZ Solutions for IBM Cloud
Unlocking the Power of IBM Cloud with Lozen, PropelZ, and Zaac For organizations operating on IBM Z mainframes, the integration with IBM Cloud offers unique advantages, yet presents several challenges. That’s where VirtualZ™ Solutions for IBM Cloud comes in....
Seamlessly Integrate Mainframe Data into SaaS Applications
Direct Access to Mainframe Data from Saas Applications with Lozen™ and PropelZ™ In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, many organizations are turning to Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms — like Workday, ServiceNow, NetSuite, and Salesforce.com — to enhance...
Integrating Mainframe Data with Snowflake
Unlocking the Power of Analytics In an increasingly data-driven world, organizations rely on effective data management to drive insights and make informed decisions. For enterprises leveraging IBM Z mainframes, integrating mainframe data with advanced cloud platforms...
Seamlessly Integrate Mainframe Data with MuleSoft
Enhance Your MuleSoft Experience with Immediate Mainframe Data Access Bridging the gap between mainframes and modern cloud environments presents significant hurdles, particularly when mainframe data is needed for event-driven platforms like MuleSoft. Traditional ETL...
Elevate Your Analytics and Reporting with VirtualZ
Unlocking Insights with VirtualZ™ Analytics and Reporting In today’s data-driven world, organizations need real-time access to insights to stay competitive. VirtualZ’s Mainframe Data Access for Analytics and Reporting solution is here to empower businesses by...
Unified Access and Archiving of Mainframe Data with PropelZ
In an era where data-driven decision-making is paramount, having quick and reliable access to your mainframe management data is crucial. VirtualZ™ now offers Unified Access and Processing: SMF and Mainframe Management Data. Based on PropelZ™, it is a powerful...
Streamlining Application Modernization with VirtualZ™
In today’s rapidly changing technological landscape, many organizations are seeking to modernize their infrastructure while reducing reliance on legacy systems. VirtualZ’s Application Modernization solution is specifically designed to streamline application...
Simplify Mainframe Report Migration with VirtualZ
Unlocking Efficiency with VirtualZ™ Solutions As enterprises increasingly adopt hybrid cloud environments, the migration of legacy reports from mainframe systems has become a critical challenge. Many organizations still rely on outdated reporting systems, which...
PropelZ™ for SMF
A Revolutionary Solution for Managing SMF Data In today’s highly regulated industries like banking and finance, properly managed System Management Facility (SMF) data is not just an operational necessity — it's a legal requirement. Organizations are tasked with...
Share Mainframe Data with 100’s of Applications and Databases with PropelZ
In this blog, we want to highlight the breadth of PropelZ’s reach and explain how you can use PropelZ to share mainframe data with a variety of mission-critical applications, including: Data Stores (Data Warehouses and Data Lakes) Artificial Intelligence and Machine...
PropelZ™ Use Cases
Move Mainframe Data Anywhere — No Code, No Delays, One Flat Price Your enterprise doesn’t need another complex ETL tool — it needs fast, flexible access to IBM Z data, delivered securely to the platforms that matter most for AI, analytics, and modernization. PropelZ...
Unveiling PropelZ™: A Revolution in Mainframe Data Accessibility
Why PropelZ™? At VirtualZ, we set a course to revolutionize data access. In addition to Lozen™ and Zaac™, our collaboration with customers and partners led us to create PropelZ — a fast, no-code utility for extracting mainframe data. PropelZ was designed for...