Published by: Ron LaPedis
As far as we know, a NonStop server has never successfully been hacked. But as much as we wish that they would, NSK do not sit in a vacuum. Surrounding them are Linux, Unix, Windows and other lesser computer systems. Not to mention networking gear and the leakiest component of all, humans. Cyber Response? No – Be proactive, not ... read more
Dan
Published by: ETI-NET
It’s been a busy time for our ETI-NET management team as we have taken the message of BackBox and virtualized BackBox to the four corners of the world. While it’s still early in the 2019 calendar year, we have already been busy in North America and Asia, and in a matter of a couple of days’ time, we will be returning to Europe. Early ... read more
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Published by: NonStop Insider
Last year it was Leipzig and it seems only a short time ago, but the pages of the calendar have continued to be torn away and it’s May, 2019! Edinburgh has been the site of other NonStop events – it was spring of 1999 when I attended a European ITUG Summit event in Edinburgh that was held in the same hotel – and the choice today ... read more
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Published by: NonStop Insider
In case you missed all the celebrations as covered in multiple tweets, HPE celebrated the opening of its “New Digs” … yes the new HQ building is in San Jose and very soon I am sure we will all know the way (to HPE)! It may not mean such a big a deal for many of us in the NonStop community, but this was one of the most anticipated ... read more
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Published by: NonStop Insider
To continue with last month’s sailing theme and how technology has helped modern sailors to take on the roughest of storms there is still a very good reason for you to want to think twice before heading into the Artic in winter to see the northern lights. As we have all watched spellbound a Viking ocean cruise ship battled the elements ... read more
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Published by: HPE
It would be so simple to reference the above tweet of March 26, 2019, in our regular column, Social Media Wrap Up, but it touches on a very important message HPE CEO Antonio has been communicating for some time. Teaming with partners is an integral part of HPE’s go-to market strategy. However, when the above first appeared, it triggered ... read more
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Published by: DataExpress
When you head out onto Americas highways, and I suspect it is the same across Europe and places like Australia and Africa, you quickly become aware of the vastness of the country. Driving for hours between cities either exhilarates you or brings you to boredom, but either way, that popular refrain “are we there yet” inevitably can be ... read more
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Published by: Insider Technologies
Lots! But nothing about NonStop batch schedulers, especially MultiBatch, the mainframe-class NonStop Batch Scheduler. Therefore, let me resolve this shortcoming (depending on your view of Wikipedia)… For a start, some examples of the benefits that our UK Central Bank and OFI customers have when using MultiBatch: Help run RTGS ... read more
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Published by: OmniPayments
It would be hard to ignore the news coming from Apple – their much rumoured Apple Card has now been announced and, according to Apple’s own press release, delivers “An innovative, new kind of credit card created (that) is built into the Apple Wallet app on iPhone, offering customers a familiar experience with Apple Pay and the ability ... read more
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Published by: Tributary Systems
It seems spring has finally arrived here in Northern California, after what turned out to be a “drought busting” winter, with record rainfall and some very intense “atmospheric rivers”. In fact, the long lasting drought we’ve had here is now officially over, about time. However, even the gloomy weather for the last three months couldn’t ... read more
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Published by: Pyalla Technologies
While it might not surprise everyone it is still a circumstance that is a little out of the ordinary. Yes, the management team here at Pyalla Technologies, LLC, spent a week in Germany. Air travel isn’t the norm at Pyalla and yet already this year there has been a return trip from Sydney, Australia, together with this latest return trip ... read more
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Published by: BITUG
Early Bird Registrations Close on April 13th! Following on from the roaring success which was the eBITUG event in London in 2017, BITUG is now arranging its second European event, this time it’s the re-branded ETBC (European Technical Boot Camp) in Edinburgh, Scotland. Just like 2017, we wish to welcome the European and ... read more
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Published by: NTI
It is almost as if IT professionals went back to school only to come away speaking an entirely new language. The words peppering their conversations include everything from Hadoop to Splunk to Cloudera to Azure Cosmos and even Snowflakes! For those who are feeling comfortable openly discussing the ins and outs of SQL it is as if a ... read more
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Published by: Gravic
Gravic recently published an article in the Spring issue of Connect Converge: Using Data Replication to Offload Online Host Processing and Enable New Business Applications. The current data in online transaction processing systems is some of the most valuable. If this data is trapped in that system, and not available to enable other ... read more
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Published by: CSP
File Integrity Monitoring is an important requirement of the PCI data security standard for securing confidential (e.g., cardholder) information, and is considered a crucial part of protecting business assets. NonStop systems are now being used in far more dynamic situations and have more external connections than ever before. The ... read more
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Published by: CAIL
For those interested in your organization getting more benefits from NonStop, Aligning Applications and Platforms is a strategy for Improving Business Outcomes with NonStop. This is important because we live in an increasingly on-line, real-time, all-the-time world – with a growing number of digital services, the pervasiveness of ... read more
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Published by: ETI-NET
After forty plus years, the NonStop community is still demonstrating a fondness for all things NonStop. The world has rapidly evolved to where nearly almost all applications that interact directly with end users are considered mission critical. Once reserved for use when describing those key applications upon which an enterprise depended ... read more
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Published by: OmniPayments
Should you have opportunity to turn to the Apple web site and look up Apple Pay you will be greeted by the heading, “Cashless made effortless”. According to Apple, as published on their web site, “Apple Pay is easy and works with the Apple devices you use every day. You can make secure purchases in stores, in apps, and on the web. And ... read more
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Published by: Ron LaPedis
While this quote is attributed to management guru Peter Drucker, Quoteinvestigator.com has other ideas. The 1985 book “Organizational Culture and Leadership” by Edgar H. Schein included a similar expression between quotation marks suggesting that it was already circulating. He also had this quote in his book: “a cultural mismatch in an ... read more
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Published by: TCM
If your organisation finds themselves looking longingly at those bound for the warm embrace of the NSX, why not join the migratory flock? With TCM, the NonStop ‘X’perts, migrating couldn’t be simpler. TCM can help an organisation to achieve their migration on time and on budget, and now even offers a complete turn-key ... read more
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