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NonStop Technical Boot Camp

XYPRO Acquires SAP HANA SECURITY Solution from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Please Attend These HPE Shadowbase Presentations  at the NonStop TBC

Migration Services

Please Attend HPE Shadowbase Presentations and Compare Demo at the NonStop TBC

GDPR 2021 – Compliance and Penalties; 3 Years Later

Join CSP’s Virtual Presentation on Wednesday, October 6

 

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What’s coming down the pipe at OmniPayments?

Payments Apps and Database Security. It’s Business as Usual. Until it’s Not.

TIC SOFTWARE: Modernize Your Middleware with REST

TANDsoft’s FS Compare and Repair – Blazing Speed, Unparalleled Reliability – Offers SQL/MX Support in Version 4.1

NEXT GENERATION ATM SERVICES

 

   
 

 

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XYPRO Acquires SAP HANA SECURITY Solution from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Los Angeles – August 31, 2021 –XYPRO Technology Corporation (XYPRO), a leader in cybersecurity, announced it has acquired Workload Aware Security (WASL), a critical security and compliance monitoring platform for Linux and SAP HANA environments from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).   This acquisition brings XYPRO’s mission critical security expertise to the Open Systems and SAP HANA market and customers. With the acquisition, HPE will continue to sell and distribute WASL, with XYPRO supporting existing WASL deployments along with ongoing renewals, as well as innovate the platform to ensure SAP HANA customers remain secure and compliant.

The hardest part of becoming Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) compliant is going through controls and figuring out which ones are not compatible with your application. WASL simplifies SAP HANA deployments by providing a single click assessment and remediation of Linux workloads and HANA environments, reducing time to achieve compliance from WEEKS to MINUTES, translating to significant cost and time savings.

“This acquisition further solidifies the strong partnership between XYPRO and Hewlett Packard Enterprise and positions XYPRO for even greater growth into new market segments. Just like NonStop customers have for over 35 years,  SAP HANA customers now benefit from XYPRO’s cybersecurity experience, secure development practices and strategic business relationships while enjoying great support and leading edge security solutions.” said Steve Tcherchian, Chief Product Officer, XYPRO.

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If you are participating in the HPE NonStop TBC event in October, we hope that you will visit our virtual booth and attend one of our presentations, demo, or panel discussion. We look forward to discussing with you how the HPE Shadowbase product suite can provide solutions to your most pressing business issues for business continuity, data integration and synchronization, and application integration.

  

Please attend Business Continuity Product Update and HPE Shadowbase Product News and learn about recent HPE Shadowbase releases and new features to solve various enterprise challenges:

·        Business Continuity – maintain consistency and recoverability with active/passive, sizzling-hot-takeover, and active/active replication architectures

·        Data Integration and Synchronization – feed data warehouses, data marts, and operational data stores

·        Application Integration – build real-time business intelligence systems for sales, fraud detection, and more

·        Zero Downtime Migration – eliminate planned application downtime, and minimize the risks associated with hardware and software changes

·        Compare and Repair – ensure audit compliance and validate that the standby/target database matches the source while working alongside any replication engine

 

Our second presentation is on New Data Integrity Architectures for Mission Critical Systems. The three pillars of mission critical computing are Reliability, Availability, and Scalability – “RAS” for short. Reliability encompasses data integrity, but receives much less attention in the industry than Availability or Scalability. However, it is just as important. Data integrity is a critical customer and regulatory concern, and is adversely affected by software bugs, hardware errors, malware, and many other common problems. We briefly review the three pillars, focusing on innovative new HPE NonStop Server architectures and technologies that maximize Reliability and data integrity, in addition to Availability and Scalability. We also review a case study on preventing election hacking with NonStop Servers that illustrates this new technology. We will also be participating in the Business Continuity Panel Discussion.

 

We will present a demo of HPE Shadowbase Data Validation product suite featuring the HPE Shadowbase Compare software, one of our hottest products, and is the number one data validation product in the NonStop space! It is an essential component of every NonStop business continuity environment, regardless of the data replication product in use. Almost all HPE Shadowbase business continuity solution sales include the HPE Shadowbase data validation software – it is simply that important. Ensuring that a target database matches its source is necessary for mission critical applications that must provide 24x7 continuous operations. Failing over to a backup database that is out of sync is simply unacceptable! HPE Shadowbase Compare proves data integrity to key stakeholders and your auditors that the environment works, is implemented correctly and completely, helps satisfy regulatory requirements, and ensures that the target environment is ready to take over at any time.

 

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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GDPR 2021 – Compliance and Penalties; 3 Years Later

The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is a major piece of legislation adopted in 2018. It is designed to address the protection and responsible use of every European Union citizen’s personal data. However, GDPR is not an EU-only regulation. It affects ANY business or individual handling the data of EU citizens, regardless of where that business or individual is based.

We were warned that the penalties for non-compliance could be stiff: Up to €20 million (about $24 Million USD) or 4 percent of annual global turnover, whichever is greater.

What Has GDPR Done Lately?

Over the last 3+ years, GDPR has received mixed reviews. It’s often a slow process to bring a complaint because the companies involved may operate in many countries, but have their corporate headquarters in countries where litigation is exponentially more complex. To add to the delays, in most instances there is an opportunity for all other EU countries to join a complaint, extending the process and adding to the complexity of evidence gathering. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), was set up to promote cooperation between the EU’s data protection regulators and  acknowledge that the system isn’t all it could be. In the April 8th, 2021 edition of WIRED Magazine an EDPB spokesperson was quoted, saying “Enforcing at a national level and at the same time resolving cross-border cases is time and resource intensive. Slowly, but steadily, we are seeing results”. This claim is punctuated by the fact that there have been 254 final decisions from filed complaints.

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Join CSP’s Virtual Presentation on Wednesday, October 6

 

CSP is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the 2021 NonStop Technical Boot CampCSP's General Manager, Henry Fonseca, will present CSP's new Cloud-Native Application for Multi-factor authentication, which now supports High availability, Kubernetes Deployments, and additional features.

CSP will also present the new enhancements to CSP Authenticator+®, our multi-factor authentication solution built for universal Application and System (TACL and OSS) access. CSP Authenticator+ allows security administrators to easily implement one or several authentication methods, including token-based systems such as RSA or similar providers.

We are very excited to show the NonStop community what we have been developing over the past year.

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What’s coming down the pipe at OmniPayments?

 

OmniPayments is busy preparing for the TBC Connect online event coming next week (5-7 October.  While we’re as disappointed as everyone about the pivot to a virtual event, the good news is that our product portfolio continues to move forward to meet the needs of our clients and prospects alike.

The processing and switching of Card Payment transactions sits within a broader infrastructure to enable businesses to make the most of the valuable data that they process.  The monetization of our behavior as consumers is a growing trend amongst data providers.

It’s no longer enough to simply extract data at the end of the business day.  We need to share and feed the aggregation of data on Business Intelligence (BI) platforms so that business users can not only see the broader picture of what is going on in their business, but also to market this aggregated data to others.

Businesses deploy a wide range of enterprise database infrastructure from Oracle, Teradata and Hadoop, together with Machine Learning engines like Kafka where clients need an event streaming platform for messaging, storage, processing, and integration at scale in real-time with zero downtime and zero data loss. 

OmniPayments will be introducing the innovative adapters that we launching to meet such needs.

 

 Meanwhile the core competences of a payment switch are still important and valid whether on-premise or in the cloud based on the OmniPayments OmniCloudX solution.  Consumers want choice of payment options and OmniPayments is delivering it through its cloud-based solution.  Merchants who want to expand their payment choices can now deploy flexibly with OmniPayments.

 

 

OmniPayments offers the dynamism of a true real time card processing system, one that can both create a virtual card record entry in real time, capture enough of the customer’s details and associate that purchase with that same card record, and be ready to generate communication with the clients to remind of the due payment and options for payment. 

OmniPayments includes a wide choice of payments options to consumers while enabling Card Switching, Card Authorisation, Card Issuing, Transaction aggregation Loyalty, and Fraud Management Portfolio.  We also help organisations to modernize their own existing switches.

 

For more information on how we can help you integrate OmniPayments into your
 internet payment gateway, please see our illuminating YouTube videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHioqS1ZXOA), follow us on Twitter “@omnipayments”  or visit www.OmniPayments.com for further information.

 


Payments Apps and Database Security. It’s Business as Usual. Until it’s Not.

CashApp, Zelle, Venmo, ApplePay, Square – the payments industry is growing and expanding into areas we hadn’t imagined.  Everyone relied on it before the pandemic – now it’s critical infrastructure and embedded into our everyday habits.

For payments providers, how are you protecting your payments application and databases?

Applications store their data in a database in order to efficiently retrieve and make use of it.  A database may contain everything from configuration data, usernames and passwords, to critical information such as results of your last medical examination.  Some databases know you owe money and to whom, what you posted on a social media app two years ago, what you typically order for lunch and much more.  Needless to say, this is a treasure trove for thieves, and a huge target.  All this data is shared under the assumption that the application creator is doing everything possible to protect our most personal information.  The tools exist to address it.  So…… “how are the bad guys getting access to our data?”

One of the most common database attacks, and interestingly enough, one of the simplest to protect against, is SQL injection (SQLi).

 

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TIC SOFTWARE: Modernize Your Middleware with REST

 

 

Are you still using old middleware technology like RSC or Picolo to support your mission-critical applications on your NonStop Systems? If so, it is time for a change!

There are many good reasons why you should switch to a modern middleware solution like REST!

Surprisingly, there are still many users using old proprietary technology like RSC or Piccolo for their middleware. These tools may still be able to perform the basic functions that they were designed for over 20+ years ago, but continuous usage of these “mature” products opens up unnecessary risks and hinders system performance. Read blog

 

 


TANDsoft’s FS Compare and Repair – Blazing Speed, Unparalleled Reliability – Offers SQL/MX Support in Version 4.1



It’s official. TANDsoft’s FS Compare and Repair is the most rapid and reliable compare/repair product for use in the HPE NonStop environment. It reads files at the block level, regardless of block size, and can compare 10 million records in just 13 seconds. FS Compare and Repair identifies, reports, and resolves rows, records, columns and field discrepancies in Enscribe files, OSS files, and SQL/MP tables for both live and offline databases.

With the introduction of Version 4.1, FS Compare and Repair adds support for SQL/MX. Same blazing speed, same superior reliability, all the popular features and benefits of earlier versions.

FS Compare and Repair Features in All Versions

- Uses block technology to send only changed data to a backup database
- Block resynchronization instead of whole file rebuild. Hours to fix are reduced to seconds
- Repairs all file types
- Compares database files regardless of physical structure. The number of partitions can be different. The number of indices or alternate key files can be different. The number of columns and fields can be different. Row and record sizes can be different
- Supports physical block and logical block repair modes
- Performs multiple partition and index comparisons in parallel rather than sequentially
- Wildcarding and qualified expressions can be specified for Guardian filesets
- EMS alerts are generated when data discrepancies are detected
- Out-of-sync data discrepancies are listed in SQL-DML format – Insert, Update, Delete
- The find command is used to specify OSS filesets
- Control the number of parallel processing tasks started simultaneously
- End a compare job after a specified number of out-of-sync blocks are detected
- Specify the CPUs where the processing tasks will execute
- Compare and repair individual partitions
- Historical and per-job statistics are available for equal files, EOF, blocks, FUP reloads, rows, columns, block splits, zero length records

Superior Reliability

Much has been made about the speed of FS Compare and Repair. What makes the product even more attractive is its superior reliability. Users are confident that their PROD and DR databases are the same throughout the update process. Once a customer assigns the appropriate replication lag time for the environment, FS Compare and Repair efficiently and accurately detects, reports, and corrects true discrepancies both in active/passive and active/active environments. Moving parts, one-way or two-way, do not compromise the reliability of FS Compare and Repair.

FS Compare and Repair removes the complexities that so often accompany source and target synchronization. Take, for instance, a database with multiple partitions. FS Compare and Repair accurately processes multiple-partition comparisons in parallel rather than sequentially and does so in a timely manner.

FS Compare and Repair can run during normal business hours, complements all NonStop data replication products, and is certified on all NonStop servers. Zero application modifications are required. Find additional information at https://bit.ly/2Vz6MUc. Ask about our free trials.

TANDsoft Will Exhibit at the TBC21 Digital Experience

We can’t wait to see you this October. TANDsoft will exhibit both new products and flagship products at the upcoming NonStop Technical Boot Camp. The virtual event runs from Tuesday, October 5th through Thursday, October 7th. Visit TANDsoft’s virtual booth at any time throughout the conference, but plan to attend TANDsoft’s product demo on Tuesday from 12:20 pm to 12:50 pm CDT. Company Principal Jack Di Giacomo will present “Accessing SQL/MX Data from Enscribe Applications, Transparent to the Application, and Blazing Fast.” For information and to register for either event, https://www.nonstoptbc.com. TBC21 is free to attendees.


TANDsoft is a global provider of innovative HPE NonStop software solutions for use in time virtualization, application modernization, security, and business continuity. Many NonStop customers use our intercept technology to enhance application functionality with no program modifications or even in the absence of source code. Learn more about any or all TANDsoft products by contacting Jack Di Giacomo (+1 514-695-2234 / jack.digiacomo@tandsoft.com) or Dieter Orlowski (+1 303-263-4381 / dieter.orlowski@tandsoft.com.)
 

 

 


NEXT GENERATION ATM SERVICES

 

 

THE CHANGING ATM LANDSCAPE
Over the last decade, innovation in ATM services has been severely restricted as a result of several factors, including monopolistic business practices, restrictive legacy message protocols, and proprietary systems that became isolated from other banking channels and investment.

However, the exciting news is that this situation is poised for rapid, and positive, change. The ATMIA's new blueprint architecture specifically calls for cloud- based processing, the use of modern integration options including ISO 20022 and APIs, and greater flexibility for ATM deployers to tailor the consumer's experience themselves.

As a global leader in Retail Payments solutions, Lusis Payments is a strong contributor to the NextGen ATM initiative through its well proven TANGO transaction orchestration engine.

When it comes to payments processing, TANGO is simply in a class of its own with 4 of the top 10 banks already using TANGO to empower their consumer payments strategies. TANGO is functionally-rich and well proven within both large and small banks and processors around the world.

PERSONALIZED SERVICE: The New Battleground
Consumer expectations and payments technology have both changed significantly since the early days of ATM services. In particular, the personalization of services to match a specific customer’s need is now commonplace for most digital channels.

There is no doubt that business stakeholders are extremely interested in the attraction and retention of customers. In this respect the personalization of consumer service interactions is rightfully receiving significant investment.

The replacement of the restrictive legacy ATM message protocols with XML and JSON alternatives is re-writing the market opportunities for providing a personalized ATM experience to everyone. In a NextGen world, a consumer's journey can be continually refined in real time by the provision of relevant, consumer-specific information that dynamically enhances transaction workflows based on the consumer's profile and choices. Of course, this power requires the transaction switch to have the flexibility to retrieve and distribute the consumer's data securely and without unreasonable processing delays.

TANGO: The Decisive Difference
TANGO has built-in Active / Active support as standard, ensuring the highest possible service availability. Furthermore, TANGO is engineered for maximum processing efficiency and has been benchmarked at 10,000 transactions per second. Not only does TANGO's extreme efficiency reduce the overall computing costs, it also ensures the maximum available time for sharing real time information with other host systems, including fraud detection, loyalty, and CRM systems.

However, it is not just raw, engineered power that sets TANGO ahead of the competition. TANGO is also designed for ease of change and operational simplicity. TANGO has a proven track record of enabling payments organizations to deliver new services faster, and more rapidly, than their previous systems allowed.

Read the entire article by visiting https://www.lusispayments.com/news/next-generation-atm-services.

 

Brian Miller
General Manager
Lusis Payments
www.lusispayments.com

 


 

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