Mainframe modernisation · Dependencies and deployment

Core Evolution Lab
Explore what stays, what changes, how it connects, and where AI fits.

Start with an existing COBOL or PL/I application. Explore refactoring, Java deployment, data access, event integration, and AI inference, and see the dependencies each choice introduces.

Experimental tool · Not vendor-endorsed · Illustrative configurations only

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Live architecture

Retained applicationRefactored within coreExtracted serviceNew capabilityDataCore API providerCore API requesterWOLA · same z/OSOn-platform AI┄ Data dependency
16Components retained
0Java components within core
0Refactored in original language
0Services extracted
0New capabilities added
0Calls crossing a deployment boundary
0Services sharing core database
References and assumptions
Reference patterns: IBM Machine Learning for z/OS · IBM Z Deep Learning Compiler · Kafka SDK · MQ Kafka connectors · CICS Event Processing · IBM zDIH · IBM Data Gate family · IBM z/OS Connect · IBM Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS · Db2 DDF · CICS Link to Liberty · Liberty WOLA · API gateway · Liberty containers · Kafka client connections

Illustrative logical components and dependencies. Actual boundaries, transaction scope, interfaces, and runtime compatibility require validation.

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