Published by: comforte
Every day, employees log in to many different software programs, from email to payment systems, and a myriad of other applications designed to help accomplish their daily tasks. Remembering all of the usernames and passwords associated with these products can be a real challenge with some users storing passwords insecurely, leading to ... read more
Dan
Published by: Pyalla Technologies
There is a number of ways that you can create a sense of community in the blossoming world of virtual events. Some platforms work whereas others leave you wanting more. During the month of June Margo and I have participated in a number of such virtual events and while we are not about to champion ZOOM, it certainly has its advantages. ... read more
Dan
Published by: CSP
File Integrity Monitoring is an important requirement of the PCI data security standard for maintaining 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. ... read more
Dan
Published by: ETI-NET
HPE Discover Virtual Experience dominated conversations among the HPE community. It was the first time that HPE’s annual big-tent event went virtual and it’s one visible impact of the global pandemic that’s inescapable. Will it develop traction sufficient to see repetition in the future? Is it an omen of events to come? It’s early days, ... read more
Dan
Published by: Gravic
Gravic just published the white paper, The Benefits of Switching from Scale-up to Scale-out Architectures. Keeping up with user demand and managing a service outage or brownout is a significant challenge for IT departments. The traditional scale-up approach suffers from significant limitations and cost issues that prevent it from ... read more
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Published by: Insider Technologies
We know that for almost four decades, the HPE NonStop architecture has been the ideal choice when high level availability and reliability are paramount. MultiBatch, conceived in 1985, has gone hand in hand with HPE NonStop providing workload automation on NonStop for over 30 years. It is in many ways a mature product that is used by a ... read more
Dan
Published by: IR
At this year’s HPE Discover Virtual Experience, HPE CEO Antonio Neri emphasized HPE’s belief that as an industry, we are entering the age of insight. This is making the next phase of digital transformation a reality. According to Neri, “We are awash in data, and lacking connectivity and insight. I believe we are nearing the end of the ... read more
Dan
Published by: Lusis Payments
Introduction Our broadly used Tango software is an implementation of a microservice architecture. Tango was not initially designed to be “microservice”, it was more properly designed to implement a transactional, mission critical, Service Oriented Architecture “that works” (SOATW!). By “that works” I mean, performant, scalable, avoiding ... read more
Dan
Published by: NTI
The global pandemic has stuck deep into communities and, for many of us, it’s been either a circumstance where we have been in lockdown or perhaps allowed some travel for essentials. It’s been a time of deep reflection about work and the impact on assumptions we have made about traditional workplace environments. For many of us it has ... read more
Dan
Published by: Pyalla Technologies, LLC
NonStop systems have been associated with payments solutions and ATM networks almost from the day the first system was delivered. This is the first in a two part series on value of infrastructure and future usage of ATMs. ATMs, for the most part, depend upon the networks that connect them to payments processing solutions. These networks ... read more
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Published by: Tributary Systems
“One Size Fits All” is an advertising slogan that’s been used (and many times abused) as long as I can remember, and I’ve been around a while! Many products touted as one size fits all would be better described as “one size fits some”. So are there any products that actually fit this advertising cliché? Well, we here at Tributary Systems ... read more
Dan
Published by: TANDsoft
A recent VIRTU-NUG meeting highlighted FS Compare and Repair and FS Backup and Restore, two new products from TANDsoft Inc. If you missed TANDsoft’s presentation, it is available at http://www.connect-community.org/virtu-nug-2020-session-3 at the 1 hour, 34 minutes mark. VIRTU-NUG is a series of virtual user group meetings sponsored by ... read more
Dan
Published by: Paragon Application Systems
With only days to go before HPE Discover 2020 it was announced that HPE CEO Antonio Neri had tested positive for COVID-19. This annual big-tent event, the highlight of the year for HPE, had already seen its format dramatically changed. It was going to be a virtual event and was to be renamed HPE Discover Virtual Experience. CEO Neri took ... read more
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Published by: Striim
Hot on the heels of the recent HPE Discover Virtual Experience has come the renewed attention to data. “We are awash in data; we are entering the age of insight,” HPE CEO Antonio Neri told those participating in his keynote address. “Even in this time of a global pandemic, opportunities continue to grow to where we need to move from just ... read more
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Published by: NonStop Insider
Keith Townsend develops podcasts and posts and is a member of the HPE Influencer and Blogger groups. Keith is also a frequent contributor to LinkedIn and his articles are widely read (and commented on) by his CTO following. His insights can also be found on twitter. Keith and I often chat about technology even though our backgrounds are ... read more
Dan
Published by: NonStop Insider
The future of RUG events in 2020 is unclear as one by one, events are either being postponed or cancelled. National and state and even city borders have been closed and there continue to be lockdowns around the world. The city of Melbourne, Australia – the country’s second largest city – has just resumed its lockdown of the city and ... read more
Dan
Published by: HPE
At times it’s easy to miss the steps that companies are taking to revise and refocus their way of conducting business. Developing or transforming a culture isn’t a simple endeavor as it does require commitment and communication. It also requires time and a shared understanding of the impact culture has on business. Most of all, culture ... read more
Dan
Published by: NonStop Insider
There are never truly days when HPE isn’t making news. Just a few weeks ago it was all about the publication of the Q2, 2020, financial results. If you check the HPE web site for the May 21, 2020 Press Release, you cannot miss the picture at the top of the page. Very similar to the one above, it featured Moab, Utah’s famous arches with ... read more
Dan
Published by: ETI-NET
Are clouds in your future? As IT professional do you see clouds floating just above your technology horizon? Do you believe they continue to be just out of reach? According to the results of a Gartner survey published November, 2019 and referenced in multiple media channels, “The worldwide public cloud services market is forecast ... read more
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Published by: Gravic
Gravic published the article, Data Replication and Integration – Applications in Financial Services in the May/June edition of The Connection. This article/case study explains how a merchant provider gradually expanded its data replication and integration software to add new capabilities and features to its financial switch. The company ... read more
Dan