Zowe: History & Significance Trivia

Earlier in February, Planet Mainframe had the opportunity to sit down with Elliot Jalley, Product Manager at Broadcom’s R&D Center in Prague, to discuss Zowe’s pivotal role in mainframe modernization. 

Zowe is a groundbreaking initiative that enhances mainframe accessibility and modernization.  It fosters innovation, improves efficiency, and helps bridge the gap between legacy systems and emerging technologies. With support from major industry players, Zowe plays a crucial role in ensuring mainframes remain a vital part of enterprise computing in an increasingly cloud-driven and API-centric world.

Take our quiz and see how much you know!

1. What is Zowe?

 A mainframe hardware component

 A flexible set of modern interfaces for z/OS, enabling adaptation, extension, and integration

 A legacy IBM operating system

 A cloud-based mainframe emulator

2. How do you pronounce Zowe?

 Rhymes with “wow.”

 Rhymes with “Chloe.”

3. Which organization initially launched Zowe?

 IBM

 Open Mainframe Project

 Microsoft

 Red Hat

4. In what year was Zowe officially introduced?

 2015

 2020

 2018

 2022

5. Which key component of Zowe provides a browser-based UI for mainframe interactions?

 Zowe CLI

 Zowe App Framework

 Zowe Desktop

 Zowe Explorer

6. How does Zowe CLI benefit mainframe administrators?

 It provides a command-line interface to interact with mainframes using modern scripting tools

 It replaces JCL with a GUI-based interface

 It is a replacement for TSO and ISPF

 It disables security restrictions on mainframes

7. What is Zowe Explorer?

 A new mainframe hardware component

 A tool that allows VS Code users to interact with mainframe datasets and jobs

 A cloud-based development environment for mainframes

 A cybersecurity tool for mainframes

8. What benefit does Zowe provide to DevOps teams?

 It automates COBOL code conversion to Java

 It eliminates the need for Jenkins in CI/CD pipelines

 It enables AI-driven mainframe administration

 It integrates mainframes with modern DevOps workflows using APIs and automation tools

9. Why is Zowe important for the future of mainframe computing?

 It helps bridge the skills gap by making mainframes more accessible to modern developers

 It removes the need for mainframe hardware

 It enables mainframes to function solely on mobile devices

 It replaces legacy programming languages with artificial intelligence

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