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While ISO 8583 remains the foundation of card-based transactions, ISO 20022 is driving standardization and harmonization across a broader range of financial activities.

Applications that use relational databases take advantage of the powerful Structured Query Language (SQL) that expresses only what data is required but not how this data needs to be accessed. This takes away the effort to know the data structures and access methods of the data from a developer, however, on the other hand a performance analyst may have to spend the time to figure out how an application is accessing a database.

Expanding on their leadership positions in HPE NonStop Backup Storage Management and Cybersecurity Threat Detection, the latest partnership delivers enhanced levels

uLinga for Kafka, widely recognised as the best solution for integrating NonStop applications with Kafka, and uLinga Gateway, the newest product in the uLinga suite, have recently been enhanced to add powerful data transformation capabilities. 

For two decades, the payments security industry body the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has demanded compliance with an ever-growing set of rigorous technical and operational requirements in order to protect cardholder data. PCI DSS 4.0 is the biggest update to its payment card industry data security standard since its inception in 2004.

This is not merely another iteration of conventional business continuity methodologies such as disaster recovery, active-passive, or active-active. Instead, the emphasis lies on crafting, constructing, and implementing a fault-tolerant solution capable of confronting and autonomously resolving infrastructure failures without human intervention.

It’s always good to have something up your sleeve, so they say. An extra ace when playing cards; a Plan B if you like when situations change.

Greetings, HPE Community Members! So, it’s 2024 – Happy New Year to everyone! I hope your 2024 has started off

Similar to our interview with Karen Ramirez a few issues back, Connect wanted to hear from HPE Product Management Manager Ian Inglis. Ian has been in the position now for two NonStop Technical Boot Camp events, so it was high time to find out more about him and his NonStop Vision.

I had lofty goals when I came to Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD). I told the superintendent that I

Recently, a customer performing data validation identified some missing DR files and contacted Gravic for assistance.  Upon review, the customer

It seems like common sense, yet so many shops fail to keep their teams trained and refreshed on the technologies that drive their business and those of their customers. Minor mistakes can lead to catastrophic problems. HPE recently reported that 28% of customers have experienced data center downtime due to human error and that up to 70% of server outages can be tied back to configuration errors.

As you read more about NTI and its DRNet®/Unified product suite, you will likely conclude that there is much to

In the dynamic landscape of digital transactions, the imperative to secure financial data has reached unprecedented heights. Lusis Payments, a

2024 promises to be a year marked by unprecedented challenges and innovations. Picture this: a bustling metropolis where the heartbeat

PyODBC is a Python module that provides a simple and consistent interface to connect to databases using the Open Database

We all know what is now required of any residence to be considered modern. Whether harbor side residences in Australia,

Introduction One of the most interesting new technologies that went viral in 2023 is ChatGPT – the generative AI large

It is easy to project that for 2024, multiple topics will drive the conversations within the NonStop Community. Whether it’s

I am curious by nature. I like to know as much as possible about something before I talk about it