A small Minneapolis mainframe computer software startup is poised to change the way enterprises use and share data across the cloud.

Virtual Z Computing Inc. claims to be the first and only women-founded and women-led mainframe systems integrator in history. That is a bold position, but perhaps more important is its pair of revolutionary software applications called Lozen and Zaac that connect native mainframe data with various third-party distributed, cloud-based applications.

I explain how the company’s products fit into the future of cloud computing in this story for SiliconANGLE here.