PopUp Mainframe Flex Edition
Virtual mainframe environments just got even more flexible
PopUp Mainframe Flex Edition
Continuing the Mainframe Delivery Revolution, Pay As You Go Mode
Flexible Availability and Cost Puts You In Control
PopUp Mainframe Flex Edition delivers mainframe change faster, more flexibly, and more cost effectively than ever by providing mainframe developers with an immediately available, fully functioning mainframe environment running either on Linux on Z or x86 servers. By providing low-cost, on-demand environments on your choice of platform, and only chargeable when you use it, PopUp Mainframe Flex Edition revolutionizes mainframe delivery for non-production workloads. So, no matter whether you are aim to provide a more efficient training process, or application delivery schedule, or make room to test out new releases or features, Flex Edition provides the flexibility you need.
Product Highlights
Flexible Technology
Support modern, rapid application development, test, and training, with your preferred tools, subsystems and versions that match your strategy and customer requirements.
Flexible Location
Install and use on premise in your data center or, by arrangement, have the product hosted at an accredited partner’s data center. You decide.
Flexible Fees
Only pay for the PopUp Mainframe time you use, managed on a daily or monthly basis. Manage your costs to suit your operational needs.
Spin Up and Shutdown in seconds
Standing up and shutting down a PopUp Mainframe environment is immediate and easy. PopUp deploys mainframe environments on LinuxOne or a mainframe IFL quickly, using preconfigured IBM TAZ images. It offers an instantly available environment for activities such as R&D, coding, CI/CD, new release testing, and staff training, avoiding reliance on physical mainframe resources.
Functional Equivalency to a z16
PopUp Mainframe provides 100% functional equivalence with the mainframe. It runs on the same codebase as a z16 mainframe and behaves just like a standard z/OS LPAR environment, supporting all sub-systems (CICS, Db2, IMS, JCL etc.).
Data Masking and Governance
With PopUp Mainframe, data management can be efficiently achieved, masking sensitive production data across all types (Db2, QSAM, VSAM, IMS).
DevOps Toolchain Integration
PopUp Mainframe supports and integrates with a variety of popular mainframe DevOps tools to help accelerate modern mainframe application development. Pick from your preference of BMC, IBM, or open-source tools – or a combination – to include PopUp Mainframe in your modern mainframe DevOps toolchain.
Efficient Resource Usage
PopUp Mainframe Z Edition uses mainframe environments such as the mainframe IFL or LinuxOne, or x86 cloud servers, to provide a cost-effective, flexible environment for supporting non-production activities, helping you maximize your flexibility and align with your platform strategy.
Ease of Access
PopUp Mainframe democratizes access with both traditional ‘green screen’ interfaces and modern IDE tools like Eclipse and VS Code. All developers can code, test, and debug z/OS apps on virtual instances, boosting productivity without needing deep mainframe expertise.
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