IBM Test Accelerator for Z is a test automation and test generation framework with support for on-demand virtual z/OS dev and test environments. 

Discover IBM Test Accelerator for Z, designed specifically for z/OS developers and testers. Improve your testing process with automated unit testing, early integration testing, and seamless integration into your automated build system. IBM Test Accelerator for Z unique advantages are: easily creating isolated virtual development and testing environments. These environments can run IBM z/OS software and middleware on Linux on Z and x86 platforms, enabling your teams to smoothly integrate continuous integration practices into their automated workflow.

Features

• **Early Development Testing for z/OS: **Early Development Testing for z/OS facilitates the creation and execution of reusable unit and early integration tests, eliminating the need to deploy to target environments. Furthermore, it aids teams in accelerating test coverage for alternate or error paths.
• **Integration Test Builder for z/OS: **Integration Test Builder for z/OS accelerates automation of deployable integration tests.
• **On-demand Dev and Test environment for z/OS: **The On-demand Dev and Test environment for z/OS empowers individuals or teams to rapidly provision z/OS instances for development and testing via GUI or APIs. These instances can be sourced from either a z/OS Dev and Test Stock image or a custom image.

Benefits

• **Detect earlier. Resolve faster: **Cover unit to integration testing with this comprehensive testing solution for z/OS applications.
• **Accelerated code coverage: **Run tests automatically by using data for hard-to-test program paths.
• **Flexible infrastructure: **Spin up z/OS instances for Dev and Test purposes in minutes, whether on Linux on IBM Z® or on Intel x86 platforms.