Extra tags: Data CentresMainframeDevOpsautomation
Rocket Software, a global technology leader that creates enterprise software for some of the world's largest companies, has released the next version of PRO/JCL, a job control language (JCL) management solution that includes a new interface via VS Code® extension, Enhanced Directed Execution with options for sending PROCs and PARMLIBs to remote LPARS, and improved visibility for NODE and LPAR in the primary panel. These updates help mainframe data centres achieve and operate a JCL environment that is error-free, standardised, and optimised.
Mainframe companies tend to have a higher number of experienced developers retiring and a higher influx of fresh developers joining the organisation. According to a recent survey by Rocket Software, firms continue to encounter skills shortages in their talent pool, and modernising systems is the most popular technique for maintaining talent pipelines, with 45% of IT professionals selecting it as the most effective method.
This version of PRO/JCL provides customers with new interface options that are appealing to today’s mainframe professionals and the organisations hiring them. A new interface through a VS Code® extension adds to Rocket Software’s list of current interfaces, including through ISPF, Eclipse®, IBM® Developer for z/OS® (IDz), BMC® Compuware® Topaz® Workbench, and a RESTful API.
Nearly all growing organisations are modernising, making PRO/JCL and its many interfaces the strongest choice for any mainframe ecosystem. Benefits of PRO/JCL include:
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Simplified JCL management: Reduce the complexity of JCL management through DevOps capabilities, more integrations, and increased automation.
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Increased developer productivity: Reduce elapsed time of the JCL management cycle by including tools within users’ favourite IDE for a seamless DevOps integration, enabling developers to increase business value.
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Improved production quality: Detect JCL inconsistencies before execution and easily make changes to production environments to help ensure error-free production runs, reducing backlog and production turnover while increasing throughput and value delivered by the system.
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Improved responsiveness to change: Reduce mainframe bottlenecks to meet service level agreements more reliably.
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Reduced costs: Eliminate costly re-running of production jobs.
“Existing DevOps initiatives often omit JCL management from the DevOps toolchain, causing critical interruptions to business value streams, resulting in slower processes and potential revenue losses,” said Phil Buckellew, president of Infrastructure Modernisation, Rocket Software. “Our customers often operate several mainframe solutions and require a JCL management solution that can integrate with all of their critical mainframe software. The newly released PRO/JCL will do just that.”
