Have you heard about Zowe? Wondering what it is, what it does, or why you would even want it? These are all fair questions, and I guess part of the answer is it's all still evolving. That's the funny thing about new and emerging technology: it's new and it's emerging.
So the first question is, What is Zowe? This is straight from the Zowe.org web site:
"Zowe is an open source project created to host technologies that benefit
the Z platform from all members of the Z community (Integrated Software
Vendors, System Integrators and z/OS consumers). Zowe, like Mac OS or
Windows, comes with a set of APIs and OS capabilities that applications
build on and also includes some applications out of the box.
Zowe offers modern interfaces to interact with z/OS and allows you to
work with z/OS in a way that is similar to what you experience on cloud
platforms today. You can use these interfaces as delivered or through
plug-ins and extensions that are created by clients or third-party
vendors."
Step 1 in learning about Zowe is go to the web site WWW.ZOWE.ORG. You will see a lot of information there about Zowe, how to get Zowe, and what is being done with Zowe. And yes, you read it right, Zowe is an open source effort across multiple vendors, including IBM.
FYI. IBM has made a recent announcement about Zowe (IBM Z Distribution for Zowe V1.0).
Here's a link: Link for more info