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NuWave - Remembering Ernie Guerrera

Ernest "Ernie" Guerrera, founder of NuWave Technologies and treasured long-time member of the HPE NonStop community, passed away recently and left many friends and loved ones behind. He touched many lives with his kindness, his words of wisdom, and his sense of humor. In the NonStop industry, as elsewhere, Ernie was admired, well-respected, and is remembered fondly.

Although his death came as a shock to many, Ernie lived a very full, rich life. He worked just about every job there is, traveled all around the world, met countless people (probably all of whom he made laugh or at least smile), and was never not having fun, no matter what he was doing.

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A LUSIS PAYMENTS REFLECTION ON 2021

2021 has been another tough year for Covid-19 related challenges. Our thoughts continue for those who have been impacted by the virus especially those who are sick, we extend our heartfelt wishes for a full recovery.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our clients, partners and teammates for another extraordinary year.

The dramatic surge in demand for electronic payments continues from 2020 and the Lusis Payments delivery team has been hard at work helping customers grow their systems and businesses. Lusis completed a record number of projects in 2021 including:

A pan-European payments gateway for a major merchant acquirer
The first cloud-based TANGO deployment
A record number of migrations from legacy payments platforms onto TANGO
Continued expansion within the Latin America market with our Lusis team and clients
Expansion of our support office in Toronto CA

This summer, HPE selected TANGO as their preferred GreenLake financial payments solution. You can watch the HPE Discover interview with Lusis Payments CEO, Philippe Preval and Keith White, GM of HPE GreenLake cloud solutions here. “HPE is delighted to partner with Lusis Payments and TANGO as the premier Retail Payments solution for future generations.”- Keith White. Also this year, Lusis and HPE successfully demonstrated TANGO running at 4500 TPS on a HPE NS server the ATC – proving that TANGO is still the most performant and cost effective payments solution for HPE NonStop. To read more details about the test read the blog here.

Our product investments have continued in earnest, ensuring that TANGO remains at the forefront of FinTech payments. Some highlights include:

Support for cryptocurrency payments including direct integration with the Ethereum blockchain
New deployments of the TANGO AIF payments Fraud prevention system featuring AI and machine learning
Rollout of the new WebTango management console that includes enriched process monitoring

We are looking forward to the exciting adventures we will share in 2022 and would like to wish all of our customers, partners and staff a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!

Learn more about TANGO by visiting https://www.lusispayments.com/tango

Brian Miller
General Manager
Lusis Payments
www.lusispayments.com

Gravic Announces Shadowbase Version 6.700 for Other Server Platforms

Gravic, Inc. is pleased to announce the General Availability of Shadowbase software version 6.700 for Other Server platforms. Shadowbase is a comprehensive suite of software products that addresses all aspects of data replication and data and application integration for business continuity and other purposes:

· Sophisticated Business Continuity capabilities to ensure IT service availability

· Extensive Data Integration and Application Integration facilities for data distribution enabling real-time business intelligence

· Designed for HPE NonStop servers and heterogeneous platforms (IBM, Linux, Unix, Windows, etc.)

· Supports industry standard databases, including: HPE NonStop SQL/MX, SQL/MP, Enscribe, IBM Db2®, Oracle Enterprise, Oracle MySQL, SAP Sybase, and Microsoft SQL Server

· Enables Zero Downtime Migrations (ZDM) when migrating to a new platform, software release, or firmware upgrade

· Compare tool to validate database consistency

· Data Management tools for audit compliance and data integrity

· Administrative utilities to simplify installation, configuration, deployment, and day-to-day activities

· Available directly from HPE and supported by standard HPE GNSC support services

WARNING: A new license file is required to install and run HPE Shadowbase for Other Servers software version 6.700. This is due to a change in the format of the license file, current license terms are still valid and remain in force. Contact the HPE License Manager to request a new license file. DO NOT INSTALL HPE Shadowbase for Other Servers software version 6.700 until a new license file has been obtained.

Shadowbase software version 6.700 for Other Server platforms includes several key changes and fixes, along with a roll-up of the prior version 6.600 patches. Please reference the SOFTDOC, located at HPE Shadowbase Product Releases, for more information.

1. Support for the replication of SQL/MP and SQL/MX Sequence Objects from NSB in Guardian to OSB in OSS.

2. Support for PostgreSQL target replication has been added for ODBC target objects.

3.      The Visual Studio project for User Exit development has been added back into the Windows release of HPE Shadowbase.

4.      Support for more versions of the MySQL ODBC driver on Windows and Linux.

5.      Oracle database replication enhancements

a.      Support for collection of the Oracle types TIMESTAMP WITH TIMEZONE and TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIMEZONE has been added to HPE Shadowbase Log Source for Oracle.

b.      Support for the use of User Exits that can modify data with HPE Shadowbase Log Source for Oracle.

c.      Support for replicating Oracle column names that include spaces has been added with the use of the SHAD_OPCOLLECT_COLUMN_WRAP parameter to set the delimiters required by the target.

6.      Other miscellaneous usability enhancements and fixes.

Obtaining HPE Shadowbase for Other Servers 6.700

Shadowbase is built by Gravic, and globally sold and supported by HPE. HPE Shadowbase for Other Servers 6.700 is an Independent Product (IP) and hence is shipped, upon ordering, on its own DVD. The applicable HPE Product ID (PID) / Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) is given below:

HPE Product Name

PID/SKU

HPE Shadowbase Business Continuity (BC) Basic

WSA49V6T1/T2

HPE Shadowbase Business Continuity (BC) Advanced

WSA50V6T1/T2

HPE Shadowbase Data Integration Application Integration (DIAI) Basic

WSA51V6T1/T2

HPE Shadowbase Data Integration Application Integration (DIAI) Advanced

WSA52V6T1/T2

HPE Shadowbase Audit Log (SAL)

WSA53V6T1/T2

NOTE: SKU suffix T1 <= 8 logical processors / T2 > 8 logical processors

Customers already holding licenses for the above PIDs/SKUs having a valid support contract with HPE can download Shadowbase version 6.700 for HPE NonStop Server platforms via SCOUT at the NonStop eServices Portal.

The SPR IDs for Shadowbase version 6.700 for Other Server platforms are as follows:

SPR ID

Platform

Version

T1123^AAI

OSS

6.700*

T1124^AAE

HP-UX

6.700*

T1125^AAG

SUSE LINUX

6.700*

T1126^AAF

RHEL LINUX

6.700*

T1127^AAE

SOLARIS x86

6.700*

T1128^AAE

SOLARIS

6.700*

T1129^AAF

WINDOWS

6.700*

T1130^AAE

AIX

6.700*

*Note requirement for a new license file before installation, as discussed in the warning above.

More information about Shadowbase version 6.700 for Other Server platforms can be found at HPE Shadowbase Product Releases.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise globally sells and supports Shadowbase solutions under the name HPE Shadowbase. For more information, please contact your local HPE Shadowbase representative or visit our website. For additional information, please view our Shadowbase solution videos: https://vimeo.com/shadowbasesoftware.

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What do Stripe, Adyen, and checkpoint.com have in common?

As shoppers move fluidly between your online and in-store sales channels, there should be just one thought on your mind – to make that moment count.

Today’s shoppers expect a smooth omni-channel experience. Whether they begin their journey in-store and buy online, browse in-store and ship to home, or start their journey on their mobile device and complete their purchase in-store, they expect it to be fast and simple.

So how do you deliver a better than ever experience across online and in-store? And how can you improve conversion rates and make every payment moment count?

One of the chief strategies for addressing this is through a unified commerce platform.

A unified commerce platform synchronises all sales channels, harmonising them with other management systems and payments across every location and channel, so you can deliver an exceptional personalised shopping experience from start to finish, every time.

One name that has been slowly gaining ground in the payments world is Checkout.com. London-based with operations and clients growing across the world, checkout.com is anything but a household name, with over 1700 employees in 19 countries. Behind the scenes, it is helping to smooth the payment of experience of millions of consumers. It counts as its clients big names including NetFlix, Deliveroo, or Sony. The company sees a global market where every consumer still paying cash for a coffee represents a possible digital payment, yet to be converted.

The value of profitable Checkout is rising fast, with its latest valuation estimated at some $40bn, versus $55bn for Amsterdam-based Adyen, and Stripe’s $95bn. European payment providers appear to prefer the regulatory environment offered by London, compared with other jurisdictions which have seen their fair share of challenges (e.g. Germany’s Wirecard).

For our part, OmniPayments helps clicks & bricks acquirers both large and small to acquire transactions at the lowest possible cost, maximising revenues for the institutions who use us. Better still, you can up and running in no time at all. OmniPayments private Cloud service “OmniCloudX" brings you a ready-and-waiting powerful switch to process your transactions from as little as $5,000 per month.

OmniPayments combines all modern payment methods, including Smartphone, NFC cards, Barcode, vouchers, ApplePay, GooglePay enabling merchants to smooth the experience with the minimum of friction. Integrated with third party Trusted Service Managers, OmniPayments supports the issuing of cards and tokens embedded in modern devices and watches, making the payment experience totally seamless.

OmniPayments manages payments for a growing number of regional and global companies across the planet. Put your faith in OmniPayments and help your organisation to grow.

For further information, contact us as sales@omnipayments.com. Follow us on Twitter @omnipayments, and find our latest videos on YouTube.

NonStop Security Truths You Should Know

Cybersecurity and data breaches are a top story nearly every week, and it seems every software vendor’s messaging is about security - whether those vendors are security experts or not.

On the surface it must seem like everyone is saying the same thing. So how do you know where to invest your time, resources, and trust?

XYPRO’s trusted security solutions are innovative, modern, and backed by a global team of experienced security and software experts. We focus on next-gen technologies and methodologies like Zero Trust, cloud, ML/AI and use secure development practices to ensure our customers have the most up to date and secure solutions available on the market. True Strategic partnerships with HPE and the industry’s top cybersecurity companies reinforce that trust in us. No one has been doing this longer than XYPRO!

What makes XYPRO different?

There are a number of costly security solutions out there attempting to sell you something you already have! HPE counts on XYPRO security solutions and includes several XYPRO products with the HPE NonStop operating system. You can use them right now – nothing extra to purchase. How’s that for saving time and money?

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TIC SOFTWARE: API GATEWAY Overview

The term “API Gateway” is starting to create a lot of buzz in the NonStop circle.

Check out the first installment of TIC's Modernization Blog series on API Gateway.

This first blog provides a quick walkthrough of what API Gateway is and its common features and potential benefits.

Read Blog: http://blog.ticsoftware.com/index.php/api-blog-series/

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