Andy Vasey
Editorial June 2025
So, BITUG is behind us and two things stand out from the submissions to this June issue of the Nonstop Insider: the positive reaction to the announcement of the availability of the two new Nonstop converged systems and a marketing effort on the part of HPE to change the capitalized S in the Nonstop to the lower case Nonstop, adding Compute. As in Nonstop compute …
Like it or not, it is happening and surely all new collateral will reflect it. If you like to truly, deeply follow the spirit of this marketing change you may want to splurge on re-doing your older collateral, although I think it will not be mandated – well, at least not for the independent products, those not included on the HPE Nonstop Compute price list.
Hmm, unexpected benefit of not being included?
As for this issues submissions, the comforte article talks about the company’s contribution to helping you make educated decisions:
“Not all data protection methods are equal. Tokenization? Format-preserving encryption? Masking? Each has its pros, limitations, and best-use scenarios.
That’s why we put together a free guide that breaks it all down. It’s designed for security and IT teams who need to make informed decisions fast. The ebook, “Data-Centric Security Guide: Evaluating the Different Protection Methods for Enterprise Data,” is worth looking into – check the article for a link to the ebook.
ETI-NET submission starts with: “Coming off a series of highly successful HPE Nonstop Compute events held across the Western Hemisphere with CTUG having been the latest, it was the E-BITUG European Nonstop Symposium where we saw the biggest gathering of the Nonstop Compute community. We had gone into this event in Dublin with high expectations and we weren’t disappointed. Central to our message for the second half of 2025 remained our file and data backup solutions and enjoyed the many conversations on backup that the conference created.”
Read the article for more on the benefits of their implementation.
Shadowbase v 7.000 by Gravic has been discussed in the May-June issue of the Connection: “Within the article the release of Shadowbase version 7.000 is highlighted as well as the importance of the features it contains. Up until this point all HPE Nonstop data replication products use asynchronous data replication technology (with the exception of RDF/ZLT which is a special case we would be happy to discuss with you). Shadowbase Zero Data Loss, however, uses synchronous data replication technology. This means no more data at risk of being lost should the source system become unavailable.”
NTI’s article talks about the changes and progress of the product: “Kafka and indeed GoldenGate conversions were topics addressed by multiple vendors but the evidence from migrations already completed, as is the case with GoldenGate migrations, is without peer. Zero data loss? All replication products available today for Nonstop come with proven reliability with none reporting any loss of transactional data. Likewise, there is growing requirement for modernization and this is where NTI leads with DRNet® as other competing offerings still linger in the past, highlighting their legacy protocols.
‘It was encouraging to see the response that came from Nonstop Compute customers over the reliability of DRNet® when combined with uLinga Kafka,’ said Tim Dunne, ‘we are witnessing the preference shifting from legacy synchronous web services to modern asynchronous event streaming services – a situation that DRNet® together with Infrasoft are addressing.’”
The article from Lusis Payments may be of interest to you:
“The payments industry in 2025 is characterized by rapid innovation and the convergence of multiple technological advancements. Lusis Payments is uniquely positioned to navigate this complex landscape, offering solutions that address the critical needs of real-time processing, fraud prevention, regulatory compliance, and customer engagement. By embracing change and fostering innovation, Lusis Payments empowers financial institutions to thrive in the evolving digital economy.”
The Nuwave’s article may surprise you: “HPE Nonstop customers demand both flexibility and security when integrating legacy applications into modern enterprise architectures. LightWave Authentication Exits provide a robust, scalable solution for centralized authentication, enabling seamless integration with external identity providers, token services, and customer-specific authentication mechanisms – all while minimizing development overhead.” Read the article!
The TANDsoft’s article contains a lot of information, but I think it is best if you read it and then follow the recommendation: ”We’re excited to report that TANDsoft has launched a new web site. The site features a new, user-friendly design, updated content, and enhanced functionality.
Be sure to visit tandsoft.com to see the new site, as well as the latest news and offerings. At the site, you can browse the FS Compare and Repair page or sign up for a free trial. “
To entice you to read the entertaining article from TCM let me show you this short teaser: “With the E-BITUG European Nonstop Symposium that just wrapped up a matter of days ago, this was very much at the heart of presentations delivered by TCM. None more so than the session jointly given by Danial Craig, TCM’s Managing Director and TCM’s Andy Vasey. With a heading ‘TCM Insight, it’s good to talk’ perhaps it was better to include a reference to the subtext, ‘The Big Slice.’
In an entertaining introduction, Danial Craig walked the audience through the pitfalls of golf – playing despite striking the ball only to see it slice away far from its intended direction.”
Richard Buckle in his Opinion article touches on the tar baby, the not capitalized “s”:
“More relevant for the HPE Nonstop community or should I correct myself by saying, the HPE Nonstop Compute community, I am left with uncertainty bordering on indifference. Whereas the new HPE logo may move the needle a little (in a positive direction) dropping the capitalization of the S from Nonstop to the simplified Nonstop and adding Compute will not likely create any newsworthy flurries in the marketplace.”
From Keith Moore, Distinguished Technologist at HPE, you will read “Polyglot programming techniques are a common way to build executables that are cross-platform and provide a great deal choice for the programming paradigm (and language) used to build a solution. Nonstop supports polyglot design using NSJ17 (the JVM) and various build tools like Gradle and Maven which (ironically) have their own “language” of configuration build that support making an executable with disparate languages like Java, Kotlin, Scala, Clojure, and many others. Nonstop also supports access to other domain specific languages like SQL (JDBC) and frameworks that allow mixing languages that access databases into server classes that run on Nonstop with the special capabilities that the platform provides.”
If you want, you can do all of this on Nonstop!
Richard touches on another sensitive topic in his Real Time View column:
“For the majority of the NSC community, the extension of the NSn Xn line of converged systems coming at a time where less than two years ago all pre-announcements indicated a major move to virtual systems. Nonstop Compute going to all-software option was going to be real. Fortunately, the NSC community became active and in the customer interviews that followed, there was almost no support of an all-software direction for the NSC product line. As an option, sure, but not as the principal product offering. HPE leadership then demonstrated their full commitment to the NSC community and changed course.”
While reading articles in this issue of Nonstop Insider if you would like to see a question included in the next issue of the publication or you have any comments you would like to see published, don’t hesitate to send an email to me, at:
Thank you,
Margo Holen
Managing Editor
