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Rocket Software brings governed AI agents to mainframe operations

Rocket Software's EVA 2.0 brings governed AI agents to mainframe operations — with PlanGuard security layer keeping automation safe on mission-critical systems.

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Why it matters

Enterprises are moving agents from sandbox to production on their most critical infrastructure. This is a real deployment story: mainframe ops automation with guardrails, not unrestricted autonomy. Practitioners managing legacy systems need to track this.

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  1. Rocket Software launches EVA 2.0 agent platform for mainframe operations

  2. PlanGuard security layer evaluates agent actions before execution on critical resources

  3. Platform designed to investigate AND automate operational workflows on mainframes

  4. Addresses the tension between agentic autonomy and governance on mission-critical systems

  5. Target: enterprises running mainframe workloads seeking AI-driven operational efficiency

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Publisher excerpt: Rocket Software Inc. is expanding its Enterprise Virtual Assistant agentic artificial intelligence platform to help enterprises investigate and eventually automate operational work on mainframe systems while stopping short of giving AI agents unrestricted access to critical resources. The company…
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