Tandemworld eNewsletter for Sep 12

The award-winning case study involved HP Integrity NonStop NS1200 servers running Gravic Shadowbase software to establish a fault-tolerant architecture for a banking customer located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, which experiences frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity. With an active/active data replication solution in place, critical banking applications remain active and reachable even in the event of natural disasters. Gravic's HP and Intel based infrastructure allows the bank to avoid application downtime, both for planned and unplanned outages, as well as dramatically improves failover time. To read an article based on the winning submission, please click here. Additional information about the Mission-Critical Innovation Awards is available at www.hp.com/go/mcia.

CommitWork GmbH
recalling 2012

In 2012 CommitWork had an extremely creative period. New products for modernizing HP NonStop applications were created and brought to the market, like OmnivoScreenCOBOL Wizard with its OmnivoSwing library, as well as OmnivoRSC for modernizing clients. The last product in this set for 2012 was OmnivoMobile, following the slogan “HP NonStop goes mobile”.

Because of this new set of products in combination with previous products, it was obvious that we had to introduce a new name for the entire product family and we found OmnivoTribe to be most suitable for it.

In 2012 we also successfully concluded a major HP NonStop modernizing project at “Elmer Dienstleistungs GmbH&Co.KG“. At recent German GTUG- and French FTUG events we reported about our very positive project experiences in detail.

CommitWork Developer Suite (CDS), for traditional NonStop software development on NonStop, was continuously enhanced. CDS is very well accepted among a bigger group of customers using it intensively. Simply ask for a demo license on our website and get convinced of the advantages of our integrated development environment.

Also our long term project business with our customers was providing stability. It delivered familiar continuity within our base line business.

Finally we would like to take this opportunity, wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous and happy 2013.

Thank you, Connect, for hosting the recent NonStop Technical Boot Camp in San Jose, California. TANDsoft’s vendor participation in your well-organized event led to several trials now underway of TANDsoft’s Command Stream Replicator (CSR). The product automatically replicates DDL structure and other environment changes to target systems – changes and settings that normally are not replicated because they sit outside the TMF Audit Trail. CSR supports Enscribe, SQL/MP, and SQL/MX DDL as well as such HP utilities as FUP, SQLCI, MXCI, SCF, TACL, SAFECOM, PATHCOM, and others. Efficient, command-only replication ensures uninterrupted processing for DR or active-active environments.

No application modifications are required for CSR, and the product works with all NonStop data-replication solutions. It improves failover reliability between systems, supports active/active configurations, increases application availability, and eliminates operator intervention for DDL updates. By replicating what database replicators cannot, CSR ensures a production system in complete synchronization with its backup.

TANDsoft’s “best of breed, best in price” philosophy offers highly competitive value for all TANDsoft solutions. In addition to Command Stream Replicator, they include: the OPTA2000 virtual clock- and time-zone simulator; FileSync for automatic file synchronization and replication; the Enscribe-2-SQL and TMF-Audit Toolkits, which offer flexible, affordable alternatives to more expensive conversion products or manual conversion techniques; and OPTA-Trace, a real-time tracing and debugging utility. New to OPTA-Trace is an early-warning feature that detects the approach of a stack limit and sounds the alarm to prevent a stack overflow.

TANDsoft products require no application source-code modifications and are available for all HP NonStop servers. Free trials are available. For information about TANDsoft solutions, contact Jack Di Giacomo at +1 (514) 695-2234. Our Enscribe to SQL Migration Forum on LinkedIn is at 145 members and counting. www.tandsoft.com.

Web Portal

Using a cloud based CRM means we can implement a customer support web portal that empowers customers to open, close, and review the status of their cases without the need to request a list from the XYPRO Support team. Conveniences like this are just the tip of the iceberg and the portal will allow for this and much more. The portal is expected to go live in early 2013.

Robert Massa, Customer Support Manager, Robert_m@xypro.com

Back by Popular Demand

Our 2013 Webinar series schedule will soon be released. XYPRO's Webinar series is a premier information source for professionals from techies to strategists. These webinars will present our audiences with high-level concepts for planning to in-depth perspectives and training. Presented by our highly trained staff and strategic partners, the 2013 XYPRO Webinar series will cover the trends, issues, solutions and tactics that may have a direct impact on the successful implementation of your business strategies. As always, please feel free to contact us with webinar topics that would be most beneficial to you. Suggestions can be sent to barry_f@xypro.com.

Exciting news just in time for the Holidays!

Our two industry renowned books on HP NonStop Security are now available in electronic format through the Kindle store on Amazon. Snuggle up next to the fireplace this holiday season with your electronic version of our best selling books "HP NonStop Server Security" and "Securing HP NonStop Servers in an Open Systems World." Get your copy today or "Gift it" for that special someone on your list! J

The Digest’s Managing Editor, Dr. Bill Highleyman, is the holder and co-inventor of multiple U.S. patents. He has four books in print and has bylined over 500 of his own articles. That list expands greatly when factored in with the material he has ghost-authored for others, including HP NonStop partners.

Cloud Based CRM

Web Portal

Robert Massa, Customer Support Manager, Robert_m@xypro.com

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