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The Power ofOpenUnlock legacy systems to a
world of open-source
innovationMove mainframe applications to
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The Power ofCloudMigrate mainframe applications and data unchanged to the cloud.Enable greater business agility.In partnership with:
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The Power ofModernLiberate your legacy mainframe apps + data to run on open modern architectures without change or recompilation.Legacy applications can now run anywhere.
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Move critical legacy applications to open environmentsLzLabs Software Defined Mainframe® (SDM) enables preservation of enormous historical investments in legacy systems - within new, modern, open Linux systems.
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Microsoft Azure +
LzLabs PartnershipLzLabs Software Defined Mainframe® runs fast on Microsoft Azure. Watch the introductory case video:
Need Your Time-Tested Mainframe Applications to Run on Linux or the Cloud?
Today, more than 70% of the world’s transactions, from ATMs and airline tickets to payroll systems and banking transactions, run on legacy platforms. Historically, organizations have been forced to take migration risks when contemplating moving these critical legacy applications and data to Linux or to the Cloud.
LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe® is a managed software container that provides a viable way to relocate your applications from mainframes onto Linux computers or private, public, and hybrid cloud environments with little risk.
- No source code needed
- No re-compilation
- No language dialect issues
- No data encoding problems
- No DBMS or file I/O differences
- No sorting concerns
- Preserves existing business logic
- Improves performance
- Migrated applications just run!
Introducing LzLabs
Determined to pioneer an innovative solution to “the legacy problem” plaguing enterprises for decades, we developed the LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe® (SDM). The SDM liberates customer legacy applications to run unchanged in both Linux hardware and Cloud infrastructures. Thousands of mainframe transactions are processed per second, while maintaining enterprise requirements for reliability, availability, serviceability, and security. Our unique software solution provides unrivaled compatibility and exceptional performance, dramatically reducing IT costs. LzLabs’ Swiss headquarters are comprised of highly experienced legacy technology experts and modern IT thought leaders from around the globe.
Our Solution
HOW WE’RE SOLVING THE LEGACY PROBLEM
Why a Software Defined Mainframe?
With the LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe®, companies can escape the high, recurring cost of mainframe software and hardware, while preserving their investment in legacy applications, data, and business processes:
- Legacy applications operate without change
- Reads/writes mainframe data in native formats
- No recompilation of COBOL and PL/I
Latest News
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LzLabs & Microsoft Azure
Rehost mainframe applications on cloud infrastructures such as Microsoft Azure
Dale Vecchio, Chief Marketing Officer, LzLabs, and David Kurth, Cloud & Enterprise Business Group Lead, Microsoft Switzerland, discuss the power of cloud


Contact Us
Are you interested in discussing our solution and learning how we can help you reach your enterprise goals? LzLabs has legacy experts, thought leaders, and modern system architects ready to assist you. Don’t let nimble, modern competitors “eat your lunch.” Get in touch today.