Skip to main content
Application management for mainframe
Mainframe

Application Management for Mainframe

Run critical applications better with AI and continuous modernization

What we do

Run applications reliably. Improve them continuously.

Kyndryl helps keep IBM Z and IBM i applications reliable while improving how they are operated and changed. SRE, DevSecOps, automation and agentic AI help detect issues earlier, accelerate response and turn production insight into priorities for continuous modernization.

Two young happy multiracial business people sitting at the desk in the modern office, using laptop and discussing project, man and woman working together in coworking space. Office life and business

How Kyndryl help

Run better and continuously improve mainframe applications

application services engineer

Run and stabilize critical applications

Keep IBM Z and IBM i applications available, reliable and performing as the business evolves. Kyndryl combines application management, monitoring and reliability practices to provide a stable production foundation for continuous improvement and transformation.

Group adult Asia male female software developers mentor leader manager talk strategy plan to executive write prompt AI bot IT app program nomad, video game, data center. Whiteboard slideshow code.

AI-enabled application operations

Use AI-enabled observability and SRE agents to detect anomalies, accelerate incident response and automate repeatable operational tasks. Kyndryl combines agentic AI with expert oversight to help improve application reliability, performance and responsiveness over time.

Laptop, typing and woman in server room for engineering, network maintenance or programming. Administration, computer and cybersecurity with IT professional in data center for firewall installation.

Modernize application delivery

Use DevSecOps, automation and modern engineering practices to improve release speed, quality and security. Connect mainframe delivery with cross-platform toolchains for teams to make application changes more consistently,with less friction.

In Technology Research Facility: Female Project Manager Talks With Chief Engineer, they Consult Tablet Computer. Team of Industrial Engineers, Developers Work on Engine Design Using Computers

Turn operations into transformation insight

Use incidents, logs, release friction, dependencies and application behavior to identify what should change next. Feed production insight into technical-debt reduction and transformation priorities so every run state helps inform the next cycle.

Why work with us?

Protect business continuity
Keep mission-critical applications reliable and resilient while delivery practices and application capabilities continue to evolve.
Run better with agentic AI
Use SRE agents, AI-enabled observability and automation to identify issues in advance, respond faster and continuously improve application performance.
Continuously evolve applications
Use production insights to identify transformation priorities and continuously improve applications based on how they perform in operation.
Customer story

Run better and continuously improve applications

Group of coworkers discussing project at table in office
RSA

Insurer executes an enormous data migration to effect digital and cloud strategies

RSA sees significant cost savings and greater cost predictability through the move from traditional architecture to cloud. Changing from a fixed to a variable cost model will enable flexibility and future growth.

Learn more
Trends and insights

Insights for running better and transforming mainframe applications

A worm's eye view of a modern suspension bridge

Transform applications on mainframe

Explore how Kyndryl application management services support reliable operations, modern delivery practices and continuous transformation of mainframe applications.

Download the brief (opens in a new window)
Programmers working cooperating at IT company developing apps

Perspectives on the modern mainframe

Explore how organizations can increase value from mainframe applications as part of a broader hybrid and continuous modernization strategy.

Download the brief (opens in a new window)
Multi ethnic coworking team at workplace in Barcelona 16X9

Simplify infrastructure and application transformation

Learn how Kyndryl can support infrastructure and application transformation across complex hybrid environments while protecting operational continuity.

Download the brief (opens in a new window)

You have questions. We have answers.

Mainframe application management helps keep IBM Z and IBM i applications reliable while improving how they are operated, maintained and changed through monitoring, automation, SRE and modern delivery practices.

AI-enabled observability and SRE agents can detect anomalies, accelerate incident responses and automate repeatable operational tasks, helping applications run more reliably with expert oversight.

Incidents, logs, release friction, dependencies and application behavior show where change can create value. Those production signals can feed technical-debt reduction and future transformation priorities.

Run applications better with AI

Talk with a Kyndryl expert about improving application reliability, delivery agility and continuous modernization with AI-enabled operations.

Talk to an expert