EPV

EPV Technologies offers specialized solutions focused on optimizing IT costs and enhancing system performance, particularly for z/OS environments. The company emphasizes cryptography and data security as core elements of digital security. IBM’s z/OS, known for its security strength, features technologies like CP Assist for Cryptographic Functions (CPACF), z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology (zERT), and pervasive encryption to ensure secure communication between mainframe systems and external networks. EPV delves into cryptographic activities with the introduction of new SMF 30 measurements in z/OS 2.5, providing detailed insights on cryptographic instructions. Additionally, EPV explores how AI capabilities, such as the IBM Z Integrated Accelerator for AI (AIU), are transforming z/OS with new counters introduced in SMF 113 to monitor AIU activity. Performance optimization remains a crucial aspect of EPV’s product line, and the company highlights the strategic importance of z/OS File System (zFS) as a replacement for the older Hierarchical File System (HFS). zFS provides better performance and is now used in traditional z/OS workloads like CICS and IMS. With the growing reliance on zFS, EPV emphasizes the need for better performance measurement tools.