Rocket Software brings governed AI agents to mainframe operations

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 said today that the forthcoming EVA 2.0 will add PlanGuard, a security layer that evaluates an agent’s proposed action before execution. The platform targets organizations that want to apply generative AI to mainframe operations while retaining existing identity controls, policy enforcement and audit trails. EVA can already conduct multistep investigations after a person submits…