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Lozen™: Mainframe Data for Hybrid Clouds with VirtualZ CTO, Vince Re

Lozen™ is VirtualZ Computing’s out-of-the-box solution that simplifies real-time, read-write data access — enabling your organization to run on a single source of truth while maintaining data integrity and security. With Lozen, custom and packaged applications running anywhere — in the cloud, on distributed platforms or on mobile devices — have real-time, read-write access to always-in-sync data on the IBM Z platform. Empower Your Modern Hybrid Cloud Applications With Lozen 1. Provide real-time, read-write access to your business-critical mainframe data, where and when it’s needed most. 2. Improve your agility and support smarter business decisions with complete, consistent, and up-to-date data. 3. Deliver better apps and drive better business outcomes, all without compromising security or efficiency. Leave Day-Old Data Where It Belongs: In The Past No more relying on stale data to make important decisions. Eliminate the frustration of inaccurate information, costly manual processes, and waiting a day or longer for data to refresh. Lozen is the real-time, no-code alternative for connecting mainframe data to modern apps. Deliver better apps, drive better outcomes. The Lozen Story Our revolutionary data access solution was inspired by an Apache warrior and battlefield strategist named Lozen. As the first woman-founded, woman-led IBM Z ISV in history — and with Native American and diverse heritage across our team — Lozen’s story threads deeply within VirtualZ.

Accelerating Application Modernization with VirtualZ

The pressure to modernize legacy systems and applications has never been greater. Businesses are increasingly relying on hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures to achieve flexibility, scalability, and competitive advantage. Yet, with this transition comes the challenge of migrating complex, data-heavy mainframe systems to modern cloud environments without disrupting business operations. Application modernization is not just about moving workloads from onpremise servers to the cloud. It's about reimagining how systems, applications, and data can be managed, accessed, and scaled. It’s a strategy for future-proofing IT infrastructures while ensuring security, reducing operational costs, and improving business agility. In this episode, we discuss key trends in application modernization and the need for flexible, cost-effective, and secure application modernization solutions has never been more critical. VirtualZ Computing’s solutions—Lozen, PropelZ, and Zaac—provide a comprehensive pathway for organizations to modernize their mainframe applications and data. By addressing the challenges of real-time data access, hybrid cloud integration, and incremental migration, VirtualZ empowers businesses to innovate and remain competitive in today’s fast-paced digital landscape.

Microsoft joins VirtualZ: Modernizing Business-Critical Mainframe Data Access

Join Ashish Khandelwal and Steve Read from Microsoft as we discuss optimal ways to modernize your cloud, storage, and other business-critical mainframe data access methods. as we discuss optimal ways to modernize your cloud, storage, and other business-critical mainframe data access methods. • Enable broader data access at a lower cost. • Unlock faster, simpler application migration. • Gain simple and secure access to mainframe data from multiple application environments. • Improve ETL and other existing legacy solutions with higher performance and lower costs. Unlock Microsoft Azure with Lozen, PropelZ, and Zaac As organizations embark on their digital transformation journeys, the seamless integration of on-premises mainframe environments with cloud platforms becomes increasingly vital. VirtualZ™ Solutions for Azure provides an innovative approach to bridge the gap between IBM Z mainframes and Microsoft Azure. Based on our innovative products Lozen™, PropelZ™, and Zaac™, this solution empowers organizations to access, manage, and modernize their data effortlessly, unlocking the full potential of a hybrid cloud strategy.

A Guide for CIO's: Unlocking the Strategic Advantage of Mainframe Modernization

In this episode of the Skyward Data, we explore A Guide for CIOs: Unlocking the Strategic Advantage of Mainframe Modernization. As the global mainframe modernization market is set to reach $108 billion by 2031, organizations are rethinking how to integrate, modernize, and leverage mainframe data to stay competitive in a digital-first world. Join us as we break down the key trends driving modernization, including: The shift toward cloud migration and hybrid-cloud strategies to improve scalability and efficiency. The growing demand for real-time analytics and AI/ML to power next-generation decision-making. Increasing regulatory and compliance pressures driving enterprises to rethink legacy infrastructure. The need for cost optimization and operational efficiency as businesses modernize their IT environments. The rise of no-code and low-code solutions to address legacy skill shortages and accelerate digital transformation. We’ll also discuss how legacy ETL and change data capture methods are becoming outdated, costly, and inefficient, and why businesses are moving toward direct, real-time access solutions for AI, analytics, security, and storage modernization. VirtualZ’s no-code solutions—Lozen™, PropelZ™, and Zaac™—eliminate complexity and provide secure, real-time mainframe-to-cloud integration, empowering organizations to: Seamlessly integrate mainframe data into AI/ML models, analytics platforms, and SaaS applications. Enhance security and compliance with automated data governance. Optimize storage and business continuity with hybrid-cloud solutions. Whether you're a CIO, IT leader, or data strategist, this episode will provide actionable insights into how VirtualZ Computing helps enterprises modernize mainframe data access for hybrid-cloud environments—without disruption, complexity, or excessive costs. Tune in now and discover how to unlock the full potential of your mainframe data in the hybrid cloud era!

Simplify Your ETL and Reduce Costs

In this podcast, Dustin Froyum and Richard Philyaw of VirtualZ Computing speak to how Lozen™ simplifies new and existing #ETL processes — all while saving you money. Who doesn't want a more effective, low-cost solution? Lozen™ eliminates the need for costly #data replication or complex "lift and shift" migrations. With real-time, read-write access to data directly on the IBM Z platform, Lozen simplifies ETL workflows, enabling faster data transformation and integration across hybrid cloud environments. Its no-code capabilities streamline processes, reduce operational costs, and ensure data security and compliance by keeping data in its original location. Join us to learn more!

A New Era in Mainframe Storage | Trends, Challenges, and Solutions for the Hybrid Cloud Era

Mainframe computing continues to be a critical component for many large enterprises, providing reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure. However, as businesses undergo digital transformation, there is increasing pressure to modernize mainframe storage solutions to accommodate the growing demands of hybrid cloud environments, big data analytics, and cost management. This thought leadership podcast examines the top trends currently shaping mainframe storage, along with the challenges organizations face in adapting to these changes. The shift towards more flexible, cost-efficient, and scalable storage solutions has introduced opportunities and risks for organizations relying on mainframe systems. We also explore how businesses can leverage emerging technologies to overcome these challenges and optimize their mainframe storage strategies

Rewriting the Rules of Mainframe Data Integration

In this installment of Skyward Data's "Behind the Code: Unfiltered Conversations with CTO Vince Re", we explore the groundbreaking capabilities of PropelZ, VirtualZ Computing’s no-code solution for modernizing mainframe data management. Vince Re, the visionary behind VirtualZ's patented innovations, shares how PropelZ captures console messages, system logs, and alerts from IBM Z mainframes in real time, seamlessly integrating with cloud-native platforms like Splunk, LogRhythm, and other open-source solutions. Vince delves into how PropelZ enables enterprises to bridge the gap between legacy systems and modern hybrid cloud environments. Learn how it empowers businesses to achieve real-time observability, consolidate system logs, preserve critical data for historical analysis, and automate responses to mission-critical events—all while maintaining cost efficiency and flexibility. From enabling resilient multi-cloud strategies to transforming historical mainframe data into actionable insights, Vince offers an unfiltered look at the future of mainframe observability and how VirtualZ is driving innovation. Join us on Skyward Data as Vince Re reveals how PropelZ is rewriting the rules of mainframe data integration, paving the way for the next generation of enterprise technology. Don’t miss this behind-the-scenes conversation with one of the brightest minds in mainframe innovation!

Lozen™ Connector for MuleSoft: Enhance Your MuleSoft Experience with Immediate Mainframe Data Access.

Join Richard Philyaw, Chief Architect at VirtualZ Computing, for a brief demonstration on how to configure Lozen's Mule connector using MuleSoft Anypoint Studio. VirtualZ Computing’s Lozen and PropelZ provide essential tools for integrating mainframe data into MuleSoft’s event-driven ecosystem. By simplifying real-time read-write access and data transformation, these solutions ensure that organizations can access and correlate mainframe data with other sources, driving faster insights and improved business agility. Benefits of Lozen and PropelZ to Integrate Mainframe Data with MuleSoft 1. Real-Time Data Correlation: Lozen and PropelZ allow organizations to correlate mainframe data with other event-driven sources in MuleSoft, resulting in better insights and faster decision-making. 2. Simplified Integration: With native connectors and no-code interfaces, Lozen and PropelZ eliminate the complexity of traditional ETL processes, facilitating easier integration into modern cloud ecosystems. 3. Cost and Resource Efficiency: Lozen reduces MIPS consumption by offloading data access tasks, while PropelZ automates data extraction and transformation, minimizing infrastructure and operational costs. 4. Enhanced Scalability: Both Lozen and PropelZ offer flexible, scalable solutions, making it easier for organizations to expand their data access capabilities across platforms as business needs evolve.

Hybrid Cloud: What About the Data with VirtualZ

Join Jeanne Glass, VirtualZ’s Founder and CEO, as she reviews modern approaches to mainframe data access. Business-critical data is stored in a variety of locations — on the mainframe, in the cloud, on SAN devices, or in SaaS applications, just to name a few. Until now, the mainframe hasn’t had equivalent data access or sharing capabilities as these other platforms. Jeanne will discuss out of the box, no-code, real-time access to mainframe data — and mainframe applications’ real-time access to data in the cloud. Join us for this brief, enlightening session! -- This is just one of several quick, robust presentations included in CMG’s, “What are you doing to modernize your customers on the mainframe?

Zaac™ for Mainframe Storage in the Cloud

Join Vince Re, VirtualZ Computing's CTO, as he shares a brief preview of the power of Zaac™. Business-critical data is stored in a variety of locations — in the cloud, on SAN devices, or in SaaS applications, just to name a few. Until now, the mainframe has not been empowered with equivalent data access capabilities to these other platforms. What can Zaac do for me? With Zaac, the mainframe is elevated so that it has the same data access capabilities as any other platform. Applications running on IBM Z now have real-time, read-write access to data on other storage platforms and to data created by applications running in the cloud and on distributed platforms. Zaac maintains existing mainframe-level security, letting you control user access to cloud data and securely manage multiple data source connections simultaneously. It’s based on open standards and protocols, simplifying data source integration — and Zaac’s streamlined process makes it very easy to deploy. Zaac operates under the concept of “IBM Z as a Client” — allowing mainframe applications to read and write data from other platforms in real time the way a client would.

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