This article discusses how to build a modern data architecture on AWS that integrates with IBM Z mainframe data, focusing on a credit card analytics use case. It outlines two approaches for integrating mainframe data with AWS:

Specifically, the article covers:

• Overview of modern data architectures on AWS and integrating mainframe data
• Credit card analytics use case - common questions around cardholder data, balances, transactions, etc.
• Solution approach using IBM Db2 for z/OS Data Gate and IBM Cloud Pak for Data on AWS for real-time mainframe data access
• Solution approach using AWS Glue to extract, transform, and load mainframe data into AWS data lakes
• Network connectivity requirements for securely accessing on-premises mainframe data from AWS
• Summary and additional resources