Kobee (by IKAN Development NV)
Kobee is a powerful DevOps solution tailored for complex enterprise environments, enabling IBM Power and z/OS mainframe teams to modernize legacy systems, streamline CI/CD workflows, and reduce operational costs.
Developed by IKAN Development, a company with decades of experience in enterprise software, Kobee brings deep industry expertise to its platform-independent framework. It automates development and deployment, enhances traceability, and integrates seamlessly with modern tools—making mainframe agility a reality for today’s digital demands.
Kobee is a DevOps automation platform purpose-built for Power and z/OS, designed to replace legacy SCM systems with Git-based workflows and Agile development practices. It enables parallel development, simplifies configuration, and supports modern IDEs like VS Code and Eclipse— allowing mainframe teams to adopt contemporary development models without sacrificing reliability or control.
Kobee is a full-featured CI/CD orchestration engine that automates build, deploy, and release processes across distributed and mainframe environments. It uses JCL and/or IBM tools such as DBB, Wazi Deploy, and Wazi aaS to automatically script compile and promote jobs, giving teams the flexibility to modernize and scale their DevOps practices
With Kobee, enterprises can streamline delivery pipelines, improve collaboration, and accelerate transformation—bringing mainframe agility in line with today’s digital demands.
Technical Highlights
• CI/CD by Design: Out-of-the-box automation for build, deploy (and rollback) and release.
• Modular workflows: Reusable, customizable, model and parameter-driven workflow components (Phases)
• Toolchain Orchestration: Integrates with Git, GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Azure DevOps and more.
• Modern IDE Support: Mainframe development using contemporary IDE’s (Eclipse-based, IDZ, VS Code and Eclipse.
• Governance & Compliancy: Builds trust, reduces risk and ensures accountability across processes.
• Platform Agnostic: Runs on Linux, Unix, or Windows.
• Security Integration: Supports LDAP, Kerberos, Active Directory.
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