This year, organizations around the world faced accelerating threats to their essential data, new emerging regulations (such as DORA), and greater demand for hybrid cloud integration and data immutability.
For mission-critical HPE Nonstop environments, those pressures translated into a single imperative: make data recoverable, consistent, and available, even under the worst of conditions. Gravic spent 2025 working hard to meet that ever-growing imperative.
New Products
- Shadowbase Zero Data Loss (ZDL):
- Shadowbase ZDL provides Synchronous replication protection so that no committed transaction data will be lost in the event of catastrophic failure of the source production environment (RPO=0).
- This is an important innovation for customers that simply cannot lose any data, ever. Unfortunately, most customers use a form of Asynchronous replication and do not realize that they can, indeed, lose data when a failure occurs.
- How much data? Perhaps a lot, all based on your replication latency. Think about it – at 5000 TPS, 1 second of replication latency means you can lose 5000 transactions worth. 2 seconds of replication latency, 10,000 transactions lost.
Contact us to discuss your needs and how Shadowbase ZDL can help you protect your high-value data.
- New Shadowbase Compare Wildcarding Parameters:
- “Awesome feature” for Enscribe files and SQL/MX tables that dramatically reduces configuration time by using wildcards.
- For example, “*” will include a specific system / volume / subvolume and file names (other wildcard features are available for matching and filtering as well).
- Shadowbase for Other Servers 6.810:
- Released with array-based target processing to enable enterprises to use high-latency cloud environments, faster database loading performance, improved latency reporting and DOC I/O statistics, and several new features that ease cloud integrations and tuning for high-volume environments.
Upcoming Products
We are actively working on a variety of key new solutions in the following areas:
- Heterogeneous Compare:
- Called Shadowbase Compare Plus, we are extending our innovative Compare technology to include comparing Nonstop databases (Enscribe, SQL/MP, and SQL/MX) with off-platform SQL databases.
- This is a stand-alone product that leverages the capabilities of Compare such as parallelism and repair, to allow verifying and validating any environment where you maintain copies of data in differing databases and formats.
- Shadowbase ZDL – Release 2
- Adds in bi-directional support and additional capabilities to our new synchronous replication product (which currently supports Enscribe and SQL/MP).
- Shadowbase Digital Resilience
- A new product to address the burgeoning malware/ransomware threats facing businesses. A
- rchitectures include “simple” data vaulting and immutable storage on up through Rapid Recovery Servers with fully built out production environments.
- Shadowbase DoLockStep
- DoLockStep enables coordinating application and replication processing so applications can verify that data has been safe-stored or applied at the target before proceeding with critical actions on the source.
- It’s also positioned as a modern upgrade for RDF’s DOLOCKSTEP capability.
- More extensive Shadowbase Data and Application Integration
- New adapters to easily integrate Nonstop data and environments with Splunk and myriad cloud-based environments.
- Future Innovation
- Further down the road, we plan on directing our focus towards Malware Detection and Prevention, ZDL Releases R3 & R4, pursuing new Splunk and Cloud APIs, and more.
Community Engagement
Gravic presented across the globe, sharing both strategy and implementation details:
- TBC 2025:
- Gravic had an incredible time at HPE NonStop TBC 2025, enjoying a week of inspiring sessions, strong community connections, and fun!
- Highlights included talks by Kenneth Scudder and Paden Holenstein, a Hall of Fame award to FIS for 30 years of Shadowbase excellence, and insights from partners like DataOne Asia.
- The event wrapped up with engaging sessions on business continuity and data consistency, plus a Texas-style BBQ and lively Nonstop Rodeo!
- eBITUG:
- Gravic had an outstanding time at eBITUG 2025 in Dublin, where the community gathered for inspiring sessions, networking, and major announcements like HPE’s launch of the new NS5 and NS9 “Starship” platforms.
- Paul Holenstein co-led advanced DORA compliance training, Ken Scudder presented on HPE Shadowbase digital resilience and awarded Rick Stather of TCM Solutions the Shadowbase Hall of Fame honor, and Paden Holenstein discussed ransomware protection and data recovery.
- The week wrapped up with ETI-NET’s unforgettable gala dinner featuring The Merry Ploughboys, an event many called the best in years!
- Regional TUGs:
- From OZTUG to ChileTUG, MexTUG, SunTUG, N2TUG, NYTUG, and CTUG, our team presented on digital resilience, Zero Data Loss, Heterogeneous Compare, and modern recovery architectures.
- These sessions emphasized practical implementations, air-gapped recovery, immutable storage, and migration strategies, and stimulated detailed customer conversations.
- Virtual Engagements:
- In collaboration with NuWave and TCM, our HPE Nonstop virtual webinar showcased integration use cases, new add-ons, and cross-company solutions for Nonstop modernization.
The Bigger Picture
This year was a year of progress, new innovations, and collaboration among friends and customers both old and new for Gravic:
- We continued to strengthen digital resilience for mission-critical Nonstop environments through groundbreaking solutions like Shadowbase ZDL and DoLockStep, while deepening engagement with the global Nonstop community.
- As risks and regulatory demands grow, Gravic remains steadfast in helping organizations ensure their data is always recoverable, consistent, and available, no matter what challenges lie ahead.
Want to learn more? Contact us today!
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