Modern IDE for mainframe development, testing, and maintenance
Access BMC Compuware development tools through Topaz Workbench to provide a frictionless, visually intuitive experience to make changes to code, test and debug, and tune performance. Topaz Workbench integrates mainframe development into distributed-environment interfaces, making mainframe development different only in syntax.
- Leverage intelligent multi-language source code editors to streamline creation and maintenance
- Intuitive interface to browse, edit, move and search mainframe sequential, indexed, VSAM, Db2, IMS and z/OS UNIX data
- Use JES functions like job submission, review, print and purge
- Modern debugging for mainframe-hosted COBOL, PL/I, C language and HLASM
- Leverage integrations with industry-leading tools and comprehensive API and CLI capabilities that allow users to extend or integrate into Topaz, or use capabilities outside of Eclipse

Ease, speed, and improve mainframe development
Topaz Workbench makes it easy for developers quickly adapt mainframe applications to meet today’s digital business needs. It integrates with several solutions to help improve the quality, velocity, and efficiency of mainframe software development.
- BMC Compuware File-Aid: Search, Browse, Edit, and Compare Data
- BMC Compuware Xpediter: Interactive analysis, debugging, Code Coverage with BMC Compuware
- BMC Compuware ISPW: Build and deploy mainframe applications via modern CI/CD practices
- BMC Compuware Abend-AID: Identify, Analyze, and Diagnose Application and System Abends
- Parasoft SOAtest: Quickly and easily test API calls between mainframe and non-mainframe systems
- BMC Compuware Strobe: Tune Mainframe Application Performance
- Integrate with other DevOps and mainframe tools such as SonarSource SonarLint, Atlassian Jira, ASG-Pro/JCL, SEA JCLplus+ Remote and $AVERS, Parasoft SOAtest
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- Ten Steps to True Mainframe Agility: A phased approach to cross-platform DevOps Success (1:33)
- Introduction to Topaz Workbench (7:42)