Mainframe Optimization – JOPAZ

Reclaim processing resources with smart COBOL workload distribution.

With JOPAZ©, organisations running traditional mainframe COBOL Batch VSAM/Db2 processing can easily free up CPU capacity to move their business forward by redistributing application workload to the IBM z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP™). This is done by compiling COBOL source code into Java bytecode and shifting high-utilization workloads to the efficient zIIP™ specialty engines, freeing up valuable General Processor (GP) capacity, increasing efficiency, improving performance, and creating space for strategic projects — all without changing a line of code or “traditional” development and maintenance processes. Watch how in this short JOPAZ video …

Benefits:

• JOPAZ© redistributes 80%+ of CPU-heavy COBOL Batch VSAM/Db2 to zIIP™-eligible Java — no changes to source code, data sources, scheduling, monitoring, or SLAs.
• Relieves GP pressure by moving heavy batch execution to available zIIP™ capacity.
• Capacity is freed exactly where contention is highest and during peak processing windows.
• Batch execution becomes more predictable, stable and likely, faster.

Why does this matter?

• Addresses budget concerns, extend existing capacity, and improve batch reliability.
• Modernisation becomes incremental, low risk and achievable, rather than theoretical.
• The mainframe remains a viable, optimized platform.
• Backlogs shrink and costs can be contained without compromising reliability or performance.
• Operations teams gain flexibility in scheduling and prioritization.
• Teams can focus on innovation instead of capacity management.

Proof of Value (PoV) Offer:

In partnership with Software AG, we can facilitate a no-cost PoV engagement to:

✅Provide a well-structured approach to measure the value JOPAZ© can bring to your organization.

✅Start with a qualification questionnaire and an application assessment to a clear path on how to install and test-drive the product in your mainframe (test) environment.

✅Assist you to evaluate results by collecting all measurements needed to determine the capacity savings and to verify the functional correctness.