Published by: comForte
The news headlines in the US for this first week of September 2017 were: Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, NFL season starts, and Equifax data breach of 143 million Americans. (I purposely left out any politico headlines) Reading and listening to the details from various sources about the Equifax data breach, it sure sounds like another ... read more
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Published by: Paragon
This is the first article we are submitting to NonStop Insider. For those who may not be familiar with Paragon, we are in the testing space where our focus is on payments solutions and ATM networks. The Paragon Edge website (www.paragonedge.com ) provides additional detail on our people and our products. For instance, we have served more ... read more
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Published by: CTUG
Time is flying by and we will shortly be holding our major event for the year this year it will be October 11 – 12 at the offices of HPE, Mississauga. The conference will be on the 11th with a day of education for the NonStop community following on the 12th. With each year this event seems to be more engaging than the previous years and ... read more
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Published by: OmniPayments
The world supports many different economic models some that have developed over the centuries even as others begin to play catchup. Not everything that has taken time to develop is of immediate value to those economies dealing with the dramatic changes taking place all around them nor is the infrastructure being implemented in some parts ... read more
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Published by: Pyalla Technologies Inc.
What do you think of the content being provided in NonStop Insider? What have you liked best – have you liked the opinion articles, the product updates or the news coming from RUG leaders? And what about the most recent addition, NonStop CEOs have their say? We have only just begun and there will be a couple of additions coming shortly ... read more
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Published by: DataExpress
There has been much discussion of late over what secure managed file transfer is all about. Taken by itself, file transfer is a task performed by many products on the market today including many that are free! With that in mind, why the added layer? Why an additional product? To distinguish the difference between file transfer and secure ... read more
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Published by: Insider Technologies
Over 90% of the world’s data has been created in the past 2 years. The velocity of change in the business world has never been greater. And it’s increasing all the time. Technological advances and an insatiable demand for instant gratification is shaping our world. In an environment where change is constant, monitoring is ... read more
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Published by: striim
How many of us have been checking the Striim blog of late? Noticed just how many posts there have been referencing Kafka? When it comes to the NonStop community how many of us even know what Kafka is, let alone track all the attention it has been attracting of late. If you haven’t been tracking Kafka then perhaps it is time to take a ... read more
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Published by: TCM
With more and more consumers like you and I turning to the internet to make their purchases online, it’s no wonder the world around us is changing fast. We’ve all seen the consumer e-Commerce statistics in the press. Whether it’s Amazon, Ebay, or other platforms, we as consumers are driving this double-digit growth in e-Commerce. In ... read more
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Published by: ETI-NET
ETI-NET has always been a strong supporter of regional user group (RUG) events whenever they take place and wherever they may be held around the planet. It is only one part of our marketing outreach, but each year the list of popular events seems to get longer. Are we all seeing a resurgence of interest in NonStop? Is HPE pulling out ... read more
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Published by: OZTUG
It was just a short time ago that OzTUG held a major event in Sydney, Australia. As noted in prior promotions for the event, OzTUG was timed to be part of the HPE Gen 10 server launch and there is always excitement surrounding anything new coming from HPE. And on this occasion, HPE didn’t disappoint and helped out OzTUG by providing a ... read more
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Published by: Gravic
The presence of IBM mainframes alongside HPE NonStop systems should not be a surprise for anyone in the NonStop community. From the earliest use-cases developed when NonStop systems, formerly Tandem Computers, were introduced into the marketplace, their acceptance as intelligent front-ends to networks running 24×7 operations almost ... read more
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Published by: FSS
Digital commerce is progressing rapidly and is estimated to reach $4T (eMarketer) in 2020, fueled by a growth in payments and widespread adoption of smart phones. To fully capitalize on this opportunity, acquirers need an underlying payment processing engine that can support it and grow in-line with rapidly evolving market and business ... read more
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Published by: NonStop Insider
Blog sites whether supported by a vendor, a user community or even an industry association continue to provide a lot of useful information. If you are a Financial Institution there are numerous sites that can keep you current with the latest trends and the hot topics of the day. This past month there have been numerous references to ... read more
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Published by: DataExpress
Not so much a case of fireworks this month but there is still good cause to celebrate. In case you missed the newsletter from comForte circulated July 20, 2017, there was the update on a new partnership recently established between DataExpress and comForte: “Expanding on our existing technology partnership, DataExpress and comForte Inc ... read more
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Published by: NonStop Insider
HPE CEO, Meg Whitman, resigned from the board of HPQ, the company that focuses on printers and PCs and for many this wasn’t entirely unexpected. For some time now it has become apparent to HPE followers that the changes aren’t completely over and that there is more to come. Even as Whitman vehemently denied she was going to become the ... read more
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Published by: NonStop Insider
In this month’s issue of Nonstop Insider we feature CAIL CEO, Ron Thompson, and we asked him to expand on topics previously addressed by TCM Managing Director, Tony Craig. As expected, Ron provides insights on NonStop from the platform perspective as well as suggestions to increase NonStop appeal in the enterprise. In conjunction with ... read more
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Published by: Striim
Have you made it a habit to check out the Striim web site? If you are an ardent fan of all things NonStop then you already well versed on pretty much everything related to transaction processing, seeing how the NonStop platform is optimized to handle huge volumes of transactions, but how familiar are you with analytics? And how familiar ... read more
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Published by: Pyalla Technologies
If we have learnt anything at all this past month it is that despite every effort to simplify life and to be available at all times for my clients, bad things do happen. Unexpected events can intrude in a way that totally disrupts plans and makes it difficult to stay focused. The old adage of putting all your eggs in one basket and then ... read more
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Published by: Insider Technologies
There can be little doubt that flavour of the month in the M&A space is in the payment processing sector. Vantiv purchasing WorldPay, PayPal’s reported interest in Square (who just posted their best-ever results) and Paysafe agreeing terms on a £2.96bn takeover offer from Blackstone and CVC Capital Partners just sent its shares to ... read more
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