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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Published by: OmniPayments
In last month’s issue of NonStop Insider we opened with the observation about the two different directions HPE was taking when it came to NonStop – both the traditional NonStop that is on-premise with integrated hardware and software stacks as well as virtualized NonStop that may very well be off-premise, in the cloud, and virtualized. ... read more
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Published by: ETI-NET
The more we participate in NonStop community user group meeting the more the central messages coming from the NonStop team work their way into our consciousness and they begin to influence what we cover in our own internal planning meetings. Obviously, we have our own goals and as we listen to our customers there is always a need to do ... read more
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Published by: TCM
Whilst NonStop remains the world’s No.1 choice for Mission-Critical systems, identifying and retaining resource with the appropriate level of skill and experience represents an ever-growing challenge. With the mature nature of this particular workforce, the focus for NonStop users must become identifying methods to remove the risk of ... read more
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Published by: FSS
With an explosion of digital payment channels, transaction security enhancement has become indispensable for all entities in the payment process – issuers, acquirers, merchants, payment brands, mobile and digital commerce solution providers. The risks and cost of securing a growing volume of transactions to meet regulatory and ... read more
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Published by: Tributary Systems, INC
There continues to be a large overlap between enterprise customers using HP NonStop and IBM Mainframe z/OS and IBM iSeries. However, virtualization of each of these platforms may not necessarily promote the continued joint use of these so called legacy platforms in modern IT environments. In our opinion, there is a bigger overlap ... read more
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Published by: MATUG
The strength of the NonStop community lies in the frequent interactions that happen at a regional level. Whether it’s covering a couple of states, a whole country or just a city, regional events are where the NonStop community members have opportunity not only to hear the latest news from the HPE NonStop team and independent NonStop ... read more
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Published by: OzTUG
Not long to go before the upcoming OzTUG event kicks off. The agenda is now available online and can be viewed at: http://hpepartners.com.au/hpe-nonstop/ This year, the OzTUG/NonStop Symposium is running as a stream of the Gen10 server launch. The 1st morning session, up until the morning tea break, is a plenary session that will ... read more
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Published by: NonStop Insider
LinkedIn continues to dominate the business airwaves when it comes to networking, but of late and with our changes in office and home locations, there has been much that has been taking place on Facebook and Twitter. This isn’t trying to sway those who spend little time on either site to change their priorities to keep up to date with ... read more
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Published by: Insider Technologies
For someone new to the NonStop space, Karl Gilbank has been hugely impressed by the closeness of the community and the continued development of the HPE product. Karl joined Insider Technologies earlier this year with a remit to develop the Sales & Marketing strategy for the firm. “Most impressive”, says Gilbank, “is ... read more
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Published by: NonStop Insider
Towards the end of last month’s column I continued with the theme of change and of what I anticipated will be concerning the leadership of HPE. At the time I had written that, while nothing was announced at HPE Discover 2017, the buzz all across the floor of the exhibition was that something was afoot. I also noted how Executive VP, ... read more
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Published by: Striim
If you want to be an actor, your path will eventually take you to Hollywood or perhaps to Broadway. If you are really into advertising, then you will more than likely find yourself drawn to New York’s Madison Avenue. As for Fashion, it would be a toss-up between Paris and Milan. On the other hand, if you are into technology, then the ... read more
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