Our flagship product, the Co:Z Co-Processing Toolkit for z/OS is used widely throughout the z/OS community. Our users have discovered that Co:Z offers them the essential tools they need to connect their z/OS platforms to other computing environments securely and reliably.

While Co:Z can be used in a number of different ways, the primary use cases are:

• z/OS Enabled SFTP

Co:Z SFTP is a port of OpenSSH SFTP for z/OS which adds support for z/OS datasets, catalogs, spool files, SMF, etc. This product is designed to work with secure SSH connections provided by IBM Ported Tools for z/OS - OpenSSH. The rich set of z/OS features in Co:Z SFTP are implemented in such a way as to be completely accessible from OpenSSH or standard-compliant SFTP products on other platforms.

The Co:Z SFTP client and Co:Z Batch are frequently used together.

• z/OS Hybrid Batch

Co:Z is perfectly positioned to allow our customers to exploit the IBM zEnterprise hybrid processor architecture, relocating traditional z/OS programs to z/BX blade servers running AIX, Linux, or Windows. We refer to this model as z/OS Hybrid Batch processing^*

• The ability to execute a program or script on a distributed (target) system from a z/OS batch job
• The target program may already exist and should require little or no modification
• The target program's input and output are redirected from/to z/OS spool files or data sets
• The target program may access other z/OS resources: DD's, data sets, UNIX files and programs
• The target program's exit code is adopted as the z/OS job step condition code

^*A zEnterprise equipped with zBX is not required to exploit z/OS hybrid batch applications.

The Co:Z Launcher and Co:Z Dataset Pipes components are key to supporting this use case. See the case studies below for examples illustrating this model in detail.

Optionally, the Co:Z Load Balancer can be used in this environment allowing a workload running with Co:Z Launcher to be distributed across IBM zBX blades based on recommendations from IBM zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager (zURM) using the standard Server/Application State Protocol (SASP).

• z/OS Unix Batch Integration

Co:Z Batch is an IBM z/OS batch utility program that allows Unix commands (including shell scripts) to be executed in a batch job step. Co:Z Dataset Pipes commands are easily integrated with Co:Z Batch jobs. Co:Z Batch can also be used to script a Co:Z SFTP client job that, for example, transfers a remote file to a z/OS dataset.

Browse Co:Z's capabilities by learning more about each of the Co:Z Toolkit components and add-ons (see links on the right), then try out and use the product free.

Co:Z Case Studies and Articles

• z/OS Hybrid Batch Processing: Running SAS Programs with Co:Z »
  
  
• z/OS Hybrid Batch Processing: Generating a multi-page PDF document with Co:Z »
  
  
• Extending z/OS With Linux: A Multi-Protocol File Exchange Gateway » from z/Journal

The T:Z - Quickstart for Tomcat product makes installing and running Tomcat on z/OS easier. There are versions available supporting Tomcat releases 6 and 7.

The following enhancements have been developed to enhance Tomcat on z/OS:

• A Tomcat security Realm for authenticating users and roles using SAF (RACF)
• A zfile URL handler which allows XML configuration files to be included from z/OS datasets

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In addition to our product and Licensing and Support offerings, we provide consulting in many areas. Contact us for more information on these services.

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Co:Z Co-Processing Toolkit for z/OS

Our Co:Z SFTP Up and Running service is a cost effective way to help your organization get the most out of Co:Z. If you are considering a Licensing and Support Agreement, please let us know. It is possible to bundle this service with an Enterprise Gold Licensing and Support Agreement.

Java related technologies

We specialize in porting and enabling Java applications on z/OS. As the original authors of the IBM JZOS Batch Toolkit for z/OS SDKs, we have unique expertise writing custom class libraries and Java Native Interfaces (JNI) on z/OS. We also have extensive experience developing large enterprise applications on z/OS and other platforms. In addition, we can work with clients to exploit IBM zAAP® engines.

We can help design and optimize the use of XML on the z/OS platform using both Java and the XML System Services toolkit.

We consult with clients to optimize their use of JDBC, especially when using DB2 databases.

We can assist with deploying Apache Tomcat and web applications on z/OS.

Unix System Services and Secure File Transfer

Our expertise in z/OS Unix, C/C++ and Assembler enables us to assist with the porting and development of Unix and Linux applications on z/OS.

We consult on the proper deployment of SSH and secure/managed file transfer.