BMC AMI DevX

My main use case for BMC AMI DevX is modernizing development in IBM networks, and it helps in combining the old legacy IBM systems we have with the new ones that we perform for DevOps and DevSecOps.

For modernizing or integrating those systems using BMC AMI DevX, we do governance of our CI/CD pipelines and also in terms of software deployment, management, and third-party connectivity to Bitbucket, GitHub, and similar platforms.

BMC AMI DevX helps me develop COBOL while juggling other responsibilities.

We have utilized the full-lifecycle Java support in BMC AMI DevX a year or so ago, but we don't code with Java anymore.

We have not integrated Git with BMC AMI's advisor; we mainly use Bitbucket.

BMC AMI DevX has impacted my organization positively by helping in rapid onboarding, reducing development timelines and deployment timelines, and reducing costs because we can use the same platform for maintenance, so we don't have to have separate costs for maintenance or a separate product.

I can give specific numbers to illustrate how much my timelines or costs have improved since using BMC AMI DevX, with at least a 60% improvement.

BMC AMI DevX tools have affected my developers' productivity and efficiency compared to prior solutions, with at least a 40 to 50% improvement in productivity.

I assess the impact of automated DORA metrics tracking on my organization's decision-making processes as a very important metric to have visibility into during development activities, which also helps in making sure that the decisions we make are strategic and long-term.

The measurement of DORA metrics has helped improve my deployment frequency and reduce change failure rates, at least by 20 to 30%.

The best features BMC AMI DevX offers include AI augmentation, which helps in making sure that we don't have to replace our legacy IBM systems for new development activities, as all of it can be done using the old systems and also the new systems, while also helping in debugging of source level code.

AI augmentation has specifically changed my day-to-day work or my team's workflow by speeding up the development and deployment process, because it helps in combining our development activities with known foundational models, thus reducing development time and increasing speed by at least 50 to 60%.

Regarding BMC AMI DevX's AI capabilities, I think its governance and security seem to be well secured when it comes to IBM mainframe programming and development, so I think it's a pretty good platform.

Regarding BMC AMI DevX's AI capabilities, its accuracy and reliability of output is quite accurate, and I've not found much issues with it.

I have used the GenAI-powered code understanding features of BMC AMI DevX for COBOL, and it has helped me understand unfamiliar code.

Using the AI-powered code transformation capabilities of BMC AMI DevX Code Insights, I find it very easy to modernize COBOL code and bring it onto a single coding language, and it also helps in debugging, apart from coding.

I evaluate the effect of BMC AMI DevX's Open Borders approach on maintaining our existing processes as the most useful application for us, because we work on the legacy mainframe IBM systems, and it helps in making sure that legacy systems can also be equally in the ecosystem as compared to the new ones.

I find the hybrid CI/CD integration with existing enterprise DevOps tools quite seamless, and it also helps because IBM has many legacy systems, which usually makes it not easy, but on this platform it is.

I don't think there's anything to add in terms of improvements for BMC AMI DevX; it is quite effective and works well with BMC AMI Data, the other platform we use.

I have been using BMC AMI DevX for about three years.

BMC AMI DevX is stable.

Its scalability is definitely good, and deploying it on-premises helps to keep control.

I find the customer support is good.

On a scale, I would rate the customer support a nine.

I have seen a return on investment, with about 60% improvement in overall operations due to this investment.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was pretty seamless.

Before choosing BMC AMI DevX, I looked at the options, and there are pretty few when it comes to IBM ecosystems, so this is quite seamless in IBM environments.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate BMC AMI DevX a ten.

I choose ten out of ten because it is a revolutionary application that saves us a lot of cost, and it works well with BMC AMI Data, thus combining both platforms for us to give us a pretty useful use case.

My advice to others looking into using BMC AMI DevX is that it's definitely better to deploy to a proof of concept before you purchase the full-term license.

My main use case for BMC AMI DevX is for my office use to develop my requirements.

For example, I do the code analysis and understanding of the code while using BMC AMI DevX. Instead of searching through thousands of lines, I use BMC AMI DevX Code Insights so that it can be used very fast and I can do my things even faster than the usual way.

I find BMC AMI DevX very useful for every project because most of the tasks we do require review and impact analysis, and this software easily handles those tasks. It is very useful for all of the projects.

BMC AMI DevX has positively impacted my organization by reducing people's effort and money. For example, if someone does work without this software, they spend more time doing analysis and programming. Since this software was introduced, they can do it in a very easy manner and also very fast, impacting our project cost and other things.

Based on my experience, BMC AMI DevX helps me develop COBOL while juggling other responsibilities.

The automated tracking of DORA metrics in BMC AMI DevX significantly impacts our organization's decision-making processes. It transforms executive and operational decisions from subjective guidelines to highly objective and data-driven strategies, removing blind spots in team performance and balancing risk and speed, while also justifying modernization and tool ROI, promoting a blameless engineering culture.

BMC AMI DevX tools have positively affected my developers' productivity and efficiency compared to prior solutions, with an estimated increase of almost thirty-three percent in overall productivity. In tracking and debugging, I see about fifteen to twenty percent time saving, while deployment velocity is improved by around ninety percent. Additionally, developer onboarding is almost fifty percent faster and the time to productivity is greatly reduced. In terms of operational stability and quality, downtime is nearly eliminated, resulting in a ninety-nine percent reduction, leading to a team benefit of about fifteen to twenty percent in time saved on debugging and around ninety-five to ninety-six percent acceleration in our deployment pipelines.

The best features BMC AMI DevX offers include GenAI in modern IDE experiences, visualization of complex codebases, CI/CD, and Git integrations.

I find myself using the visualization of complex codebases the most because it gives the ins and outs of the logic and Data Flow Charts, making it very easy for us to manage migrations.

In terms of governance and security regarding BMC AMI DevX, I feel it has multi-layered enterprise AI security and gateway. Traffic management and enterprise authentication are very good and reliable, with internal audits and human oversight, making it quite secure.

Regarding the accuracy and reliability of output from BMC AMI DevX, I feel it is highly reliable in doing code analysis and summarization. For example, when a developer uses BMC AMI DevX assistant or Code Insights to explain COBOL and JCL things, I notice it performs very well, functioning more like a hybrid model rather than just having an LLM read the code. Additionally, it provides a very good runtime visualizer, and the results are optimized and modernized, especially in code conversion.

I find the hybrid CI/CD integration with my existing enterprise DevOps tools to be seamless. We choose our integration path like a Git-centric model as well as a mainframe-centric model, with Code Pipeline as our system of record. BMC AMI DevX helps retain the relationship of the mainframe delivery lifecycle and notifies tools like Jenkins to run tests, ensuring good code quality.

I have used the GenAI powered code understanding features of BMC AMI DevX for COBOL and it has helped me understand unfamiliar code. This integration plays a major role in helping developers understand decade-old code by linking the mainframe program pipeline directly to modern enterprise tools. We don't need to speed up the deployments, and it achieves a massive boost in visual clarity and automated context, providing runtime visualizers and graphical flow charts, and translating code into English. The integrated quality scanning with SonarQube and the Git-based code reviews and collaborations are also very effective.

I do not see any improvement needed for BMC AMI DevX, but the UI could be better as it looks a bit older for the modern world. Additionally, the visualization of the data being shown could be further improved so we can visualize things in a better way.

I have been using BMC AMI DevX for around four years.

BMC AMI DevX is stable.

In terms of scalability, BMC AMI DevX meets the massive high throughput workload demands of the IBM z/OS mainframe ecosystem, and reviews from enterprise users on platforms like PeerSpot confirm that it scales exceptionally well across international teams and handles massive workloads efficiently.

The customer support of BMC AMI DevX is good, although we occasionally experience delayed responses. Overall, we find it satisfactory.

I would rate the customer support around a three on a scale of ten.

Previously, we did everything manually, but since BMC AMI DevX was implemented, we now work in an automated manner and chose BMC for the solution as it performs excellently.

While I do not handle the budget and procurement directly, the pricing model for BMC AMI DevX is subscription-based. The setup and implementation cost is roughly four thousand hours of implementation efforts, totaling around four hundred thousand dollars for a larger organization like ours in the initial implementation phase. Training is provided for each developer which takes four hours and costs about one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Maintenance amounts to approximately one thousand hours per year, averaging around two hundred thousand dollars. The financial verdict shows a ROI of over two hundred percent, with the platform paying for itself in under six months, making it a very good investment.

We evaluated other options such as IDz, RWE, and Rocket Software, but we felt that BMC offered better pricing and overall value than those options.

I rate BMC AMI DevX around seven point five overall. If I had to round my rating, I would say eight because it is very useful for most of the projects and we use it frequently for implementation and impact analysis as well as migration activities. I did not give it a ten because the UI and visualization could be improved a bit more. My overall product rating for BMC AMI DevX is eight out of ten.

BMC AMI DevX is deployed in our organization as an on-premise cloud, and we use it for host services and security integrations within our office premises.

We use Kubernetes and OpenShift as our cloud providers.

Based on my studies and feedback, I advise others looking into using BMC AMI DevX to understand that it is less about merely installing the software and more about driving an organizational culture shift. If your organization is preparing to adapt to the platform, here is my core strategic advice: do not just shift tools, shift the culture first. Prioritize test automation and data-masking early, establish clear DORA metrics and baseline before launching, and plan for dedicated implementation and core teams.