z/OS

z/OS. A smarter operating system for smarter computing.

z/OS.
z/OS and z/OS Management Facility Version 1 Release 13 (PDF, 89KB)
New capabilities help address systems management and operations tasks, batch application programming and performance, as well as improved performance for new and traditional workloads.

Spotlight

New! z/OS Statement of Direction.

Maximize your z/OS value with a new version and a smarter release schedule. Read the Statement of Direction for z/OS Version 2.
Your Leading Mainframe Security Just Got Even Better! (link resides outside of ibm.com)

A new Common Criteria EAL 5 certification for RACF demonstrates IBM's commitment to security, heping to deliver a premier security solution for virtualized workloads on System z.
z/OS Management Facility V1.13

The new face of z/OS adds many new system management tasks: clone z/OS images and new interfaces help provide a more unified z/OS experience.
IBM zEnterprise System - Freedom Through Design

zEnterprise is driving new relevance and expanding it role to support smarter computing.
Batch Modernization on z/OS

Learn about z/OS batch modernization, how to optimize z/OS batch, and see examples that you can try on your own system.
z/OS Multi-Site Business Continuity

Learn how others leverage GDPS for high availability, continuous operations, and reduced disaster recovery costs.

Analyst Quotes for SOD

"IBM’s change of the z/OS release cycle to every two years and the extension of the support period should result in a lower TCO for mainframe data centers, because of the reduced resources required to maintain release currency..."

- Steve Bartlett, The Clipper Group

"This solution is consistent with the current adoption plans of IBM System z customers and is a very sensible way of approaching new functionality with z/OS."

- Joe Clabby, Clabby Analytics

"This is great news for IBM System z customers and software developers. It's a win for customers because there is impact to them when they upgrade releases frequently, and it's a win for developers because they will have more time between releases to test their software."

- Cheryl Watson, Watson & Walker Inc.