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Broadcom Acquires HostBridge Technology

HostBridge Technology has been acquired by Broadcom.  Effective August 1, 2022, HostBridge is part of Broadcom’s Mainframe Software Division. Adding HostBridge to Broadcom will create additional value for our collective enterprise customers. HostBridge’s integration and analytics products enable enterprises to define and complete modernization projects quickly and cost-effectively. Since...

How to Build a Modernization Roadmap

Plan, Start, and Complete your Modernization Journey Efficiently and Effectively Every enterprise that relies on mainframe applications is by default in the modernization business. The approaches to and degree of modernization will vary from one enterprise to the next, but all are engaged in it at some level. Like a Rubik’s Cube, modernization is a puzzle with many sides, twists, and turns....

Modernizing Mainframe Transactional Data to the Cloud

The best of both worlds with performance and low risk. Note: This article was co-authored by Bob Ellsworth, President of Mainframe Transformation Consulting. Cloud platforms simplify enterprise computing. Mainframe applications and transactional data become more valuable through inclusion in cloud strategies. Enterprises understand they must find ways for modernizing mainframe transactional data...

Democratizing Enterprise Mainframe Transactional Data

Helping Citizen Developers Extend the Mainframe using Microsoft Azure™ Note: This article was co-authored by Jim Dugan, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft for Azure Global Specialized Workloads - Legacy. More and more enterprises are turning to citizen developers as a way to accelerate and expand innovation. This is a simple idea: empowering business experts to build new solutions in the...

Get more out of z/OS Connect with HostBridge CICS API Orchestration

IBM z/OS Connect creates an API front door to a broad spectrum of IBM Z applications (CICS, IMS, DB2, MQ). Making mainframe applications available via a RESTful API allows non-mainframe applications to easily gain access to the data and logic these applications represent. The simpler the APIs, the easier and faster integration with any downstream application becomes, regardless of the skillset...