Instant Mainframe Storage and Cloud Data Access for AI, Analytics, and Modernization
Modernize mainframe storage, connect cloud data to mainframe applications, and power AI initiatives — without hardware, coding, or disruption.
Purpose-Built for Hybrid Storage and Access
Zaac™ extends mainframe data access by design
While Lozen™ enables real-time, read-write access to live mainframe data without moving it, and PropelZ™ securely moves mainframe data to modern platforms, Zaac™ bridges storage and data access needs across mainframe and cloud environments.
Choose Zaac™ when you need to:
- Instantly expand mainframe storage capacity with cloud or SAN
- Enable mainframe applications to access cloud-native or AI-generated data
- Integrate mainframe development into modern DevOps pipelines
- Eliminate storage sourcing delays and hardware constraints
Zaac™ doesn’t move data for transformation or replication.
It provides dynamic storage and seamless access — connecting mainframe applications with modern data, securely and without disruption.
Smarter Storage and Data Access for Hybrid Cloud
Zaac™ provides no-code, out-of-the-box storage and cloud integration for mainframe environments — allowing you to:
- Spin up scalable cloud or SAN storage on demand — no sourcing delays
- Enable mainframe apps to access cloud-native and AI-generated data
- Feed AI models and analytics platforms with real-time, secure mainframe data access
- Support DevOps modernization with seamless integration into enterprise workflows
Zaac™ installs quickly, requires no code, and eliminates the delays, complexity, and costs of traditional mainframe storage and development models.
Zaac™ doesn’t just modernize storage — it transforms it into an active enabler of AI initiatives, hybrid cloud strategies, and next-generation digital services for hybrid-cloud environments.
Traditional Storage Models Are Slowing AI and Innovation
Fixed-capacity DASD, isolated tape archives, and disconnected data flows were never built for today’s hybrid, AI-driven world:
- Long lead times and high costs for physical storage expansion
- Mainframe applications cut off from cloud-native and AI-generated data
- Siloed development that slows collaboration and innovation
Zaac™ Frees Your Data to Power AI, Cloud, and Innovation
Zaac™ is the first and only solution that instantly connects IBM Z with cloud and SAN storage — without rewriting applications, rehosting environments, or replicating data.
With Zaac™, mainframe applications can:
- Dynamically use cloud and on-prem storage as if it were local DASD or tape
- Seamlessly access cloud-native and AI-generated data
- Extend DevOps pipelines by bridging mainframe systems to modern development platforms
- Eliminate storage sourcing delays, hardware dependencies, and modernization barriers
Built for the Way Modern Enterprises Work
Zaac™ enables your mainframe to work at the speed of AI, hybrid cloud, and modern business demands
Traditional Approach
Physical tape, fixed DASD, legacy storage planning
Cloud and AI data inaccessible to mainframe apps
Manual storage management and sourcing
Legacy mainframe version control
Expensive, rigid disaster recovery
Zaac™: Instant Hybrid Storage for AI and Cloud
Instant, on-demand cloud or SAN storage
Seamless mainframe access to cloud-native and AI-generated data
Dynamic, keyboard-driven storage provisioning
Enterprise-wide DevOps integration
Flexible, cloud-based DR and backup options
With Zaac™, You Can:
- Instantly provision cloud or SAN storage as needed — without hardware upgrades
- Access cloud-native and AI-generated data directly from mainframe applications
- Feed real-time mainframe data into AI pipelines and hybrid analytics platforms
- Enable mainframe participation in modern DevOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines
- Streamline disaster recovery and backup strategies with flexible cloud storage
- Eliminate the delays, costs, and risks of traditional storage models
Why Zaac™, Why Now
Today’s AI, analytics, and modernization initiatives require more data — faster, fresher, and across more platforms
Zaac™ helps enterprises:
- Dynamically scale storage to meet unpredictable AI and analytics demands
- Enable seamless collaboration between mainframe and cloud-based AI systems
- Simplify secure access to cloud and SAN data for mainframe applications
- Modernize storage and data access without complex migrations or application rewrites
Modernize Storage
Fuel AI
Move Faster
How Zaac™ Helps You Move Faster and Smarter
Zaac™ instantly connects IBM Z to cloud and on-prem storage — fueling AI, cloud modernization, and DevOps initiatives without rewriting applications, replicating data, or introducing risk.
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See Zaac™ in Action
Provision storage instantly. Access cloud-native and AI-generated data in real time.
Power smarter AI, analytics, and modernization with your Hybrid Cloud Environment.