Digital transformation is imperative for any business that’s trying to compete in the marketplace. This transformation demands timely access to data and data insights, fueling new business processes and client experiences, which might cause an overlooked or misunderstood effect to existing applications and data. The demand for streamlined access has led to an integration approach that relies on Representational State Transfer (REST) APIs based on industry standards. This architecture shows how IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack with standards-based REST APIs achieves a low-code solution for mainframe subsystems.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/example-scenario/mainframe/extend-mainframes-to-digital-channels-by-using-standards-based-rest-apis