Gravic is pleased to announce that we have published a new article, “Ensuring Enterprise Data Integrity Across Platforms: The Growing Importance of Cross Platform Validation and the Power of Shadowbase Compare Plus”, in the March/April 2026 issue of The Connection. The article explores why validating data across hybrid, cloud, and multi-database environments has become essential...
Gravic was excited to take part in the MexTUG Chapter Meeting on March 19 in Mexico City, bringing together members of the HPE Nonstop community for a day of insights, collaboration, and forward-looking discussion. Representing Gravic, Maria Lusa Mendoza led our session: Shadowbase Solutions: Consistent Data. Continuous Operations., highlighting how organizations can achieve continuous operations and...
On Friday, March 6th, the Shadowbase team had a fantastic time attending SunTUG 2026 in Tampa, Florida. Though the event took place over a single day, it provided a valuable opportunity for members of the HPE Nonstop community to reconnect, share ideas, and explore the latest developments in the ecosystem. We would like to extend...
We’re excited to announce that our team will be attending eGTUG 2026, the European Nonstop user group conference, taking place April 14–16, 2026, in Munich, Germany. This annual event brings together HPE Nonstop professionals, partners, and customers from around the world to share knowledge, explore new solutions, and connect with the community. If you’re planning...
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Our new article explores why fast, reliable data replication is essential as enterprises adopt cloud and hybrid environments, and how Shadowbase version 6.820 builds on existing capabilities...
Version 6.820 for Other Server Software is now available. Features include:• Array-based “SET” processing enabled for all supported Other Server platforms and databases (except Solaris SPARC and HP-UX)• Bi-directional “SET” array-based processing support for Oracle environments• Optimizations for initial target database loads• Improved performance for long-distance, high-latency environments, including on-premise to cloud integrations• Digitally signed...
Welcome to our Shadowbase Fall 2025 Newsletter! As the last of the regional events draws to a close and we wrap up the year through the upcoming holidays, we want to thank you all for an amazing set of achievements in 2025! This has been a year of great growth and excitement as we have...
Gravic presented "HPE Shadowbase Digital Resilience for Ransomware Protection and Data Recovery" at the BITUG Little SIG event in London. With Malware and Ransomware threats growing rapidly, data reliability and recovery are urgent business concerns.
HPE NonStop TBC 2025 was such a fantastic experience! As the event comes to a close, we’re grateful for the positive energy and momentum it created. The gathering was both close-knit and lively, leaving us with meaningful ins...
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Gravic recently published the article Unleash the Power of Your Trapped Data Across the Enterprise, to the Cloud, and Beyond in the September/October issue of The Connection. The piece explores how organizations can unlock th...
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Gravic recently published the article: Follow The 3-2-1-1 Rule to Protect Your Mission-Critical Data from Ransomware in the July/August issue of The Connection. Gravic describes the growing need for robust data protection....
This year’s eBITUG at the Clayton Hotel on Burlington Road turned out to be one of the most epic shows in a long time: Several incredible tours happened in historic Dublin The Keynotes were downright inspiring The community developed as people networked and collaborated Familiar faces and industry peers were reunited in significant ways HPE...
The Spring season brings a positive aura of growth, fresh perspectives, and newness. The plants are finally budding, we are starting to see the fruits of our labor in several key areas that we are excited to share with you, ...
This year’s CTUG at the HPE Office in Mississauga turned out to be a tremendous event in terms of interaction, networking, and quality sessions: It was a pleasure to reconnect with longtime customers and discuss how we are doing, what their plans are, and how we can help; We were quite pleased with the engaging...
The 2025 NYTUG event, held on May 13th in Berkeley Heights, NJ, was a fantastic success, bringing together multiple customers for a day of insightful presentations, valuable networking, and engaging discussions. It was a pleasure to reconnect with longtime customers. Many expressed how meaningful it was to reunite with familiar faces and industry peers. This year’s...
Many great talks were presented at the N2TUG Meeting at Hilton's Hurst Conference Center near Dallas. N2TUG was well-attended with excellent opportunities for networking and conversation with customers and other vendors! We provided an HPE Shadowbase overview and update on our developing Data Recovery solution for Digital Resilience.
Gravic Presented at the MexTUG Chapter Meeting Held in Mexico City on April 10. Our presentation, HPE Shadowbase: Alta Disponibilidad e integración de Datos para Sistemas HPE NonStop (High Availability and Data Integration for HPE NonStop Systems), was given by Kenneth Scudder, VP, Global Sales and Business Development, and María Luisa Mendoza Topete, Gerente de Desarrollo de Negocios, LATAM.
Gravic presented at the SunTUG Sunshine Summit held in Tampa last week. Karen Ramirez (HPE) provided a NonStop Business Update and John Vollers (HPE) presented the NonStop Product Roadmap, followed by several vendor presentations, including Paden Holenstein presenting on HPE Shadowbase Digital Resilience for NonStop Systems.
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
In the March/April issue of The Connection, Gravic published the cover story: "My NonStop Journey with HPE Shadowbase" on improving BASE24™ performance and resilience with HPE Shadowbase software and TMF auditing. ...
Gravic presented on High Availability and Digital Resilience at the inaugural ChileTUG NonStop user group event held in Santiago last week.
HPE NonStop Virtual Webinar: Unlock the Future of Innovation with NuWave, TCM, and Gravic! NuWave Technologies, TCM Solutions, and Gravic unveiled our latest innovations, cutting-edge solutions, and exciting new product releases. Watch this webinar here.
The OZTUG NonStop Technology Summit 2025 was held on March 4 (Sydney) and 6 (Melbourne). This year’s theme was NonStop – the Next Gen Reloaded. Paden Holenstein and Ken Scudder presented on HPE Shadowbase, where they laid out an exciting roadmap for HPE Shadowbase innovations including Digital Resilience, Zero Data Loss, and Heterogeneous Compare.
Philip J. Nye writes how to enable improved performance and Disaster Recovery for BASE24 applications using standard HPE NonStop Products such as the Transaction Management Facility (TMF) and NonStop AutoTMF.
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
In the January/February issue of The Connection we announced two new synchronization facilities: HPE Shadowbase Zero Data Loss and HPE Shadowbase DoLockStep Synchronization Facility. Our Development Team has been hard at wor...
Gravic, Inc. is pleased to announce the General Availability of HPE Shadowbase software version 6.810 for Other Servers.
Gravic publishes its Shadowbase Fall Newsletter, announcing the HPE NonStop Shadowbase Zero Data Loss (ZDL) Technology with Version 7.000!
Gravic, Inc. is pleased to announce the General Availability of HPE Shadowbase software version 7.000 for HPE NonStop Servers (SPR ID: T1122L70).
We hope that you enjoy our article in the November/December Connection: How HPE Shadowbase is Helping Customers Around the World. Customers around the world improved their businesses using HPE Shadowbase solutions.
Gravic presented "HPE Shadowbase Digital Resilience for Ransomware Protection and Data Recovery" at the BITUG Little SIG event in London. With Malware and Ransomware threats growing rapidly, data reliability and recovery are urgent business concerns.
Gravic is pleased to present the 2024 HPE Shadowbase Hall of Fame Awards to Amy Sochipun Vajropala (DataOne Asia CEO) and Darshan Mandrekar (HPE Mission Critical Solutions Sales) and Peter Ow (HPE Solution Architect) for Outs...
It was enlightening to hear the Executive Keynote with Casey Taylor, Kristi Elizondo (Connect Worldwide CEO), Mark Pollans (HPE Principal Product Manager), Arun Fernandes (HPE Director of NonStop Engineering), and Ian Inglis (Manager Product Management. All provided an excellent reminder of HPE’s commitment to HPE NonStop.
Gravic published an article, Announcing HPE Shadowbase Zero Data Loss – Synchronous Replication Technology in the July/August issue of The Connection.
Gravic publishes its Shadowbase Spring Newsletter, with articles covering the Executive Vice President’s Letter; Focus on Product Management; Business Development News; Development News; ITL & Deployment News; Delivery News; and Market Update.
Last week, HPE Discover was held at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada. HPE Atmosphere was combined with HPE Discover, making for a much larger attendance than previous years. Antonio Neri, HPE CEO, provided the Keynote Address in the Sphere, the first keynote to happen in this venue. Antonio said, “Data is your most valuable asset.”
This year, the BITUG Big SIG was held at the beautiful Trinity House in London. Early in the day, the volume of lively discussion was noticeable as the attendees quickly were reconnecting. It was great to see some new customer personnel at the event.
The CTUG (Canadian Tandem User Group) event was held this week at the Mississauga HPE Office near Toronto, Canada. Paul Holenstein, Kenneth Scudder, and Paden Holenstein jointly presented to an engaged group on "HPE Shadowbase Digital Resilience for HPE NonStop Systems."
The Connection, by Gravic, Inc.
Gravic published an article, "Gravic, Inc. Celebrates its 45th Anniversary – Then vs. Now," in the May/June issue of The Connection. It shares stories from our origins and history, while expressing our gratitude for everyone...
The NYTUG event this year, held in Berkeley Heights, NJ, was a resounding success, with15 customers attending! The feedback from partners and customers alike was positive. It was great to reconnect with customers who we had not seen in some time.
MexTUG 2024 was held at the Sofitel Hotel in Mexico City and was a blast for everyone who attended. Similar to last year, presentations started later than planned because everyone was very much enjoying reconnecting. Speakers...
The MATUG meeting went smoothly at the HPE office in the Reston Town Center, Virginia. The presentations began and ended with two interesting HPE presentations: John Vollers presented HPE Strategy and NonStop Roadmap, and John Zimsky presented Deploying REST Applications to NonStop.
Gravic attended N2TUG held at the Hurst Conference Center in Hurst, Texas. It was a full day of networking and presentations, followed by a cocktail gathering that allowed for more one-on-one and small group networking. Karen Ramirez (HPE Director of NonStop North America Sales) presented a NonStop Business Update and Richard Conine (HPE Solutions Architect) presented on Digital Resilience.
Digital Resilience and Ransomware were a major focus at this year’s premier European NonStop event, eGTUG 2024, held in April in Berlin. There was a lot of energy at the conference with nearly 200 customers, partners, and HPE team members coming together to get the latest information on the NonStop platform and to learn about new developments in a wide range of solution areas.
Dr. Bruce Holenstein, President and CEO, and Paul J. Holenstein, EVP and Chief Technologist, formed our first company, Compucon Services Corp., soon after Tandem started, and we are celebrating our 45th year working in the HPE NonStop world! In 2001, we renamed our company “Gravic,” based on the word “gravity.”
Please watch the podcast or read the cover article, where Paul J. Holenstein, Executive Vice President and Chief Technologist, and his son and colleague, Paden Holenstein, Business Development and Marketing Coordinator, interview each other on a variety of topics, including:
Last week, the Gravic team traveled to Sydney and Melbourne to present, HPE Shadowbase Solutions: Maximize NonStop Digital Resilience with Data Replication, Integration, and Validation. In this session, they discussed how HPE Shadowbase solutions can help maximize Digital Resilience and address business needs.
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Gravic published a use case article, Real-world Use Case: Avoid Data Corruption by Switching from Passive Replication to Automated Failover and Recovery in the January/February issue of The Connection...
On January 17th, the Chilean NonStop Community gathered for HPE NonStop FY24 Chile in Santiago. Held in the Madrid Ballroom of the NH Collection Plaza Santiago Hotel......
We announce HPE NonStop Shadowbase Compare for SQL 6.802 with simplified syntax, a new parallel thread limit, and additional output and reporting settings.
Please check out our new web page on HPE Shadowbase Digital Resilience Solutions and learn how to recover critical applications and data after a Malware or Ransomware attack.
Gravic presented on HPE Shadowbase Digital Resilience and Data Recovery at the BITUG Little SIG held in London. Data is a key aspect of digital resilience, and ensuring its continuous availability has never been more...
Gravic presented on HPE Shadowbase Digital Resilience and Data Recovery at the BITUG Little SIG held in London. Data is a key aspect of digital resilience, and ensuring its continuous availability has never been more...
The Connection, by Peter Schvarcz and Andrew Baurenschmidt
Gravic recently published the use case article, "Major UK Bank Migrates its BASE24 Application to Active/Active for Continuous Availability" in the November/December issue of The Connection....
HPE NonStop Shadowbase Version 6.801 (T1122^ABF) is a full release that includes a large number of new and improved features, including SQL/MP exact SYSKEY replication, Entry-sequenced SQL/MP tables, and STATS Command...
Gravic and HPE Present on HPE Shadowbase Solutions at VNUG (Viking NonStop User Group). Paul Denzinger (HPE Master Architect) presented on various topics including Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI & ML), ChatGPT...
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Gravic published the article, Ransomware Protection and Data Recovery, in the September/October issue of The Connection, based on our presentation at the recent Connect Technical Boot Camp (TBC). Threats from Malware and...
The NonStop TBC 2023 was held at the Hilton Denver City on September 12-14. We greatly appreciate everyone who made the journey to attend this event and are sorry to hear that some folks had to cancel their travel plans and...
Gravic is pleased to recognize the HPE Asia Pacific Team for its rapid return to in-person, country-specific, bootcamp, roadshow, and User Group events in 2023. Over the first six months of the year, they arranged and execute...
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Each “Stepping Stone” (Step) of a Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) requires acceptance before moving onto the next step. We created this infographic to illustrate how to safely cross the “migration river” by eliminating the ...
HPE Discover 2023 provided a good opportunity to network with peers, and experience anything and everything going on in HPE. The show was held at the Venetian in Las Vegas, which provided good food and drink and plenty of...
Mission critical computing requires three pillars: Reliability, Availability, and Scalability – “RAS” for short. Availability and Scalability are well-known and served by Active/Active data replication architectures...
High availability and data integration have never been more important for HPE NonStop customers. This is especially true with new regulations such as DORA (Digital Operations Resilience Act), mandates from the UK Financial...
After a four-year hiatus, N2TUG turned out to be a content-heavy, yet interactive show. The show was held at the Hilton Garden Inn Dallas Hurst Center. Several attendees commented that they were pleasantly delighted with the ...
HPE Discover 2023 provided a good opportunity to network with peers, and experience anything and everything going on in HPE. The show was held at the Venetian in Las Vegas, which provided good food and drink and plenty of...
The Mexican NonStop community had the opportunity to gather once more for the MexTUG 2023 event, which took place in the beautiful Versailles Ballroom, at the Sofitel Hotel. The venue, located on the 40th floor, provided...
During the week of May 22 Gravic joined the three-cities-in-four-days OzTUG tour events in Auckland, New Zealand, Sydney, and Melbourne, Australia. It was a whirlwind week full of customer and partner engagement,...
A large bank in the UK provides lending, wealth management, card processing, and many other services for over 48 million customers worldwide. The bank’s original Disaster Recovery solution reached Mature product status, and ...
The ATUG Meeting turned out to be a busy, content-heavy day at the HPE office in Alpharetta, Georgia. The day started out with mingling, and quickly switched to in-depth sessions.
Aprenda cómo lograr la disponibilidad continua de los servicios y la validación e integración de datos en una única solución: Haga que su Empresa no sufra interrupciones. Learn how to achieve Continuous availability of services and validation and integrating data into a single solution: Make Your Business ‘Nonstop’.
The ATUG Meeting turned out to be a busy, content-heavy day at the HPE office in Alpharetta, Georgia. The day started out with mingling, and quickly switched to in-depth sessions.
Gravic recently published the white paper, The Advantages of Transaction Protection – Avoid the Dangers of Non-audited Environments for Mission Critical Applications. Myths persist that the use of transaction management (TM) software and audited data comes at considerable cost, which outweighs the benefits. However, far from being an impediment, use of a TM and audited...
After a long Amtrak train ride from Southeastern Pennsylvania to downtown Manhattan, Paden and Paul Holenstein along with Chris Dunlap, attended the NYTUG meeting at the HPE Customer Innovation Center in downtown Manhattan (NYC).
After all the planning, the MATUG meeting went smoothly at the HPE office in the Reston Town Center. It was great to meet a few new faces (first-time TUG attendees!) and reconnect with existing friends. The day started with a continental breakfast and networking.
After a 40-hour (record-setting) flight and layover, Jonathan Sechrist, Director – Business Development, Asia-Pacific & Japan, finally arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia to represent Gravic at this exciting event. On the first day, Jonathan presented on HPE Shadowbase Business Continuity to potential NonStop customers and on HPE Shadowbase Data Replication and Utilities to existing NonStop customers....
This year’s SunTUG event was a blast. At the show, Jeff Kyle, VP & GM, HPC/AI – Data Solutions, opened the show by discussing how HPE NonStop computing has achieved growth over the past four years, the developing trend of HPE NonStop software running on public cloud providers and hot industry topics and trends. HPE’s...
Version 6.700 of HPE Shadowbase for NonStop Servers is now generally available. Note, a new license file is required to install and run HPE Shadowbase (for HPE NonStop and Other Servers) software version 6.700.
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Gravic published an article, Data Validation – a Must-have for Mission-Critical Databases, in the March/April issue of The Connection. In Business Continuity architectures, consistency between the production and backup...
Gravic is proud to announce that Ken Scudder has joined our Shadowbase Business Development team as VP, Global Business Development. Ken has more than two decades of enterprise software experience in...
Gravic is proud to announce that Ken Scudder has joined our Shadowbase Business Development team as VP, Global Business Development. Ken has more than two decades of enterprise software experience in...
We Proudly Announce that Nelson Wong is the 2020 recipient of the HPE Shadowbase Hall of Fame Project Award. Nelson was vital in his role of implementing HPE Shadowbase at a customer site in the Asia-Pacific/Japan region. The project involved replacing Attunity products with HPE Shadowbase data replication solutions for active/active HPE NonStop/NonStop business continuity...
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HPE Shadowbase data replication solutions provide all the capabilities necessary to keep databases replicated and synchronized across multiple systems...
After a three-year hiatus, the HPE team was able to host this event in picturesque Bangkok, Thailand. We were honored to be invited. Thankfully, neither the heat nor the rain was a significant challenge for the trip. We enjoyed reconnecting with colleagues and partners in the Asia-Pacific Japan region. The Boot Camp focused on key...
The NonStop TBC 2022 was held at the Hyatt Regency SFO in Burlingame, California on November 8-10. We greatly appreciated everyone who made the journey to attend this event. Traveling is not easy, especially for our friends from other time zones (who had to endure jet lag plus the Daylight Savings Time change on Sunday)....
This past week, Gravic attended the CTUG (Canadian Tandem User Group) Fall Conference at the HPE Office in Toronto. Luckily for us, travel was not a significant challenge during this trip. The Conference Day kicked off on Wednesday with a breakfast reception and a brief CTUG update from Jack McAuley, CTUG President. There was even...
This article highlights physical tape, virtual tape, and the backup problem. An Online Backup of an Active Database via the Traditional Backup Method is summarized and discussed. However, The Better Backup Method significantly and efficiently uses backup media and backup/restore processing to improve current techniques, providing performance and efficiency improvements. Finally, The Best Backup Method...
Businesses with continuous access to real-time online transactional data have a competitive advantage. HPE Shadowbase data replication solutions support low-latency, uni-directional (one-way), and bi-directional...
The Connection, by Paden Holenstein
Access to Data is Required 24×7. Consequently, so too are the demands placed on real-time data replication solutions. Data is needed everywhere, all the time. With time, requirements change. Solutions that met yesterday’s...
HPE NonStop Shadowbase Version 6.700 (T1122^AAW) is a full release that includes a large number of new and improved features and includes a new license file requirement. (All customers need to acquire a new license file to run this release.) New License File Requirement For customers upgrading to HPE Shadowbase Version 6.700, you will need...
This past week, Gravic attended HPE Discover 2022 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Luckily for us, travel was not a significant challenge during this trip. For some of our team members, it was their first time at this show, and they were wowed. HPE Discover is a three-day conference, centered on the “edge-to-cloud” concept,...
Gravic is proud to announce that Jonathan Sechrist has joined our Shadowbase team, with a focus on developing business in Japan. Jonathan started working at Tandem Computers in 1984 straight out of college (University of Illinois) and was with Tandem -> Compaq -> HP -> HPE until March 2020. He began his career as a...
Have You Seen our Demo? HPE Shadowbase Compare and Repair are popular solutions in the HPE NonStop business continuity space. This demo illustrates existing features along with new features in our next release. Why Do You Need Shadowbase Compare? Verification of replication software products for business continuity is critical and requires independent methods to ensure...
London was a very beautiful host city for the recent in-person BITUG (British Isles Tandem User Group) event, where attendees enjoyed a reunion among friends, colleagues, and HPE NonStop legends of old. At long last, BITUG was able to reconvene after being canceled for several years due to the COVID pandemic. The face-to-face nature of...
Gravic published an article, Use HPE Shadowbase Compare and Repair Software for Data Validation and Verification, in the May/June issue of The Connection. Data replication is at the center of the HPE Shadowbase product portfolio. It is important to monitor and correct data in order to detect and resolve improper behavior, ensure continuation of proper...
At the recent in-person MATUG (Mid-Atlantic Tandem User Group) event, attendees enjoyed a reunion among friends, colleagues, and HPE NonStop legends of old. At long last, MATUG was able to reconvene after being canceled for several years due to the COVID pandemic. Attendees enjoyed HPE NonStop Middleware and Aide along with HPE NonStop Product Roadmap...
New Improvements and Authors’ Note We recently transformed this content from an article into a full-blown white paper. We feel it is critically important to address this topic because we continue to find that considerable misinformation still exists regarding the use of TMF and data auditing in general on HPE NonStop systems. New Diagrams Along...
At the recent virtual German NonStop User Group (GTUG) event, there were several presentations of interest. ING presented Active/Active Migration, which contained insights into this customer’s journey and progress in pursuing its active/active application availability goals. HPE Product Management attended, with Mark Pollans presenting NonStop Platforms, Ideas, and Concepts, and Prashanth Kamath U presenting The...
Gravic published Leverage Heterogeneous Data Transformation and Distribution to Create New Business Opportunities in the March/April issue of The Connection. This article highlights some interesting developments in how data replication engines are not only useful for business continuity architectures, but also in providing data integration for value-add solutions. The article discusses the industry’s shift and focus...
We presented on HPE Shadowbase Product News at the in-person 2022 SunTUG Sunshine Summit, held for the Florida NonStop community in Tampa. A number of HPE corporate presentations were given, including an Update on the HPE NonStop Product Line by Kevin Shabow (Director of Sales for HPE NonStop North America), and Middleware and AIDE: Partner...
Customers recently approached us several times as they searched for a replacement product for their Attunity Connect and Attunity Replicate products that are reaching end-of-service-life (EOSL). HPE Shadowbase uses a data replication/data integration architecture to replace these Attunity products and has experience successfully replacing Attunity at a number of customer sites. The two most popular...
We are pleased to release a Spanish version of our article, “Easily Modernize and Expose Valuable Enscribe Data – Eliminate Data Silos with HPE Shadowbase.” La traducción al español se puede encontrar aquí. (A Spanish translation is available here.) If there is another article or publication that you would like to read in a different...
Gravic released Shadowbase for Other Servers Version 6.700 (T1123^AAI, T1124^AAE, T1125^AAG, T1126^AAF, T1127^AAE, T1128^AAE, T1129^AAF, T1130^AAE). This is a full release that includes one mature feature, four deprecated features, fourteen special notes, and nine new features, several corrected problems, and other changes. WARNING: A new license file is required to install and run HPE Shadowbase...
We presented on HPE Shadowbase Zero Downtime Migration and Compare/Repair Solutions at the virtual 2021 Bite-Sized eBITUG (British Isles Tandem User Group), held for the European NonStop community. A number of HPE corporate presentations (on the latest updates from the TBC), as well as presentations from vendors and customers, were given. We would like to...
Gravic released Shadowbase for HPE NonStop Version 6.611 (T1122^AAU). This is a patch release that includes several corrected problems and a new feature for J and L series Guardian NonStop operating system versions. Problems corrected: Shadowbase Consumer error 580, which occurred when opening target files in 32-bit mode when applying PURGEDATA events to it Shadowbase...
Gravic published its Shadowbase Fall Newsletter with the Executive Vice President’s Letter, and informative sections with Focus on Product Management, Delivery & Integration Team Lead (ITL), and a Recap of Recent Fall Shows.
Gravic published two articles in the November/December issue of The Connection. The first article, New Data Integrity Architectures for Mission Critical Systems, highlights some interesting work from Gravic Labs, Gravic’s Research and Development group, in the area of increasing the data integrity of mission critical systems. The article expands on our talk on Validation Architecture...
At the virtual HPE Asia Pacific Mission Critical Server Technical Bootcamp (HPE APAC MCS TBC) show, we presented on HPE Shadowbase Zero Downtime Migration and Compare/Repair Solutions. A few of the other presentations were given by customers from their perspectives via testimonials, which are always enjoyable to see. We would like to thank Gelin Cheng,...
At the recurring German Tandem User Group (GTUG) event, Alfio Rapisarda of SIX Group, presented “Anwenderprasentation: ‘Replikation mit Shadowbase’ Erfahrungen.” Alfio discussed various business factors and events, how the team learned more about HPE Shadowbase software, and their experiences using it. Alfio received and fielded numerous questions regarding his customer experience. We hope that the...
At the CTUG Virtual Session held at the end of October, Gravic presented on HPE Shadowbase – New Features and Product Solutions. We discussed HPE Shadowbase Zero Downtime Migration architectures and techniques along with data integrity problems that can be fixed with HPE Shadowbase Compare and Repair. We also provided a short review of new HPE...
In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) TBC21-DV4 – Developer Chat: Business Continuity – HPE Shadowbase and RDF In this Developer Chat, Mark Pollans, HPE NonStop Senior Worldwide Product Manager, Paul J. Holenstein, Gravic Executive Vice President, and Jonathan Ziegler, Gravic Senior Manager of Product Development discussing: Recent HPE product developments That RDF is in the...
In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) In this talk, Paul J. Holenstein, Gravic Executive Vice President, along with Peter O’Hara, a Programmer, and Vuk Petrovic, a Programmer Analyst discuss and demo HPE Shadowbase Compare software. HPE Shadowbase Compare software, one of our hottest products, is the number one data validation product in the NonStop space!...
Gravic recently published a new technical brief on HPE Shadowbase Mapping Facility (SBMAP), which is a SQL-like scripting facility for transforming large data sets...
Gravic presented on HPE Shadowbase Updates (by Paden Holenstein – YouTube) at this virtual event in June. We reviewed HPE Shadowbase product updates and new...
A database must first be loaded before it is of any use (for example, when installing a new backup system for business continuity, or when performing a...
Gravic published its Shadowbase Spring Newsletter, with articles covering the Executive Vice President’s Letter; Focus on Product Management; Development News; Deployment News; Delivery & Support Tips; and a New Shadowbase Video and Four Articles.
Connect Converge, by Paden Holenstein
Several customers recently approached us looking for solutions to their remote data access/connection requirements. HPE Shadowbase software uses a data...
The Connection, by Paden Holenstein
Headquartered in the midwest, this multibillion-dollar company has 5,000 employees. Its sales associates service a customer base primarily comprised of original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and maintenance, repair, and...
Please enjoy our newly released video on Shadowbase Compare and Repair Software for Data Validation. We hope that you find it interesting and informative! Please share it with your colleagues!
Considerable Misinformation Regarding TMF In this article, Only the Truth: Debunking TMF NonStop Data Protection Myths, we address considerable misinformation regarding the use of TMF and data auditing in general on HPE NonStop systems...
Please note that Shadowbase supports BASE24™ full or partial CAF and PBF Refreshes. In fact, there is a guide for doing so: Reference: HPE NonStop Shadowbase Installation and Planning Manual (Appendix B)
At the virtual Connect HPE Technical Boot Camp, Gravic announced that Japanese reseller, High Availability Systems (HAS) and HPE solution architect, David Jones, are the 2020 recipients of the HPE Shadowbase Hall of Fame Project Award. Each were vital this past year in their role of implementing HPE Shadowbase at various customer sites. The HAS...
Gravic recently published the article, Thinking of Migrating During a Pandemic? You Are Not Alone! in the November/December issue of The Connection.
Please enjoy our newly released video on Shadowbase Zero Downtime Migration solutions. We hope that you find it interesting and informative! Please share it with your colleagues!
Gravic publishes its Shadowbase Fall Newsletter, with articles covering the Executive Vice President’s Letter; Focus on Product Management; Development News; Deployment News; Presentations for the virtual Connect HPE NonStop TBC; and a Shadowbase Marketing Update — New Shadowbase Video, White Paper, Article, Briefs, and Infographic.
We are very humbled to be featured in this beautiful infographic posted by Cloud28+ on Twitter. If you have not had the chance, take a look at their tweets. Cloud28+ is a worldwide community that exists to "foster collaboration to increase knowledge sharing, create new business alliances, and accelerate business outcomes."
This week, the HPE Shadowbase Total Replication Solutions for HPE NonStop white paper is featured on the Cloud28+ North America home web page. We are honored to be featured, and take this moment to acknowledge our Development Team for their extensive hard work on HPE Shadowbase solutions over recent years.
Version 6.610 is Now Available Features Include The Consumer directly processes Enscribe and SQL/MP CREATE, PURGE, PURGEDATA, and ALTER events to allow for more efficient processing Enscribe Compare supports comparison processing over TCP/IP HPE Shadowbase for NonStop Gateway product enables SOLVNV to compare Enscribe files over TCP/IP connections and SOLV and SOLVNV to work between...
Extract Database Changes or Initial Load Data The HPE Shadowbase ETL Toolkit is used to extract database changes or initial load data into flat files for subsequent ETL loading into a target environment using comma-separated value (CSV), fixed-position, variable length, and tab-delimited formats. It can feed high-volume data quantities into a data warehouse, and row-based...
Managing Latency One of the most critical aspects of data replication performance is latency. The two most important types are replication latency and application latency. Replication latency is the time period when the change data is in the replication pipeline and is affected by system utilization, process priorities, and network bandwidth. Application latency occurs when...
This article/case study explains how a large European manufacturer runs its online shop floor operations on an HPE NonStop Server and uses HPE Shadowbase data replication to exploit the currency and value of this online, trapped, and siloed data.
Data Replication is not Only Used for Providing Backups for Business Continuity
It is also used for moving isolated data in real-time in order to leverage its value for competitive advantage and building new business solutions...
Shadowbase Zero Data Loss (ZDL) Shadowbase ZDL business continuity and data integration replication is for those applications where no data loss can be tolerated. Using unique and patented synchronous replication...
Gravic published the white paper, The Benefits of Switching from Scale-up to Scale-out Architectures, which explains how the traditional scale-up approach suffers from significant limitations and cost issues that prevent it from satisfying the ever-increasing workloads of a 24×7 online society. It also discusses massive parallel processing (MPP), along with other related topics.
The Shadowbase Team presented Surviving Uncertain Times during Connect Worldwide’s first-ever VIRTU-NUG meeting. We discussed recent macro environmental shifts due to COVID-19, how companies are reacting, and new HPE Shadowbase data replication releases.
Gravic publishes its Shadowbase Spring/Summer Newsletter, with articles covering the Executive Vice President’s Letter; Focus on Product Management; Development News; ITL and Deployment News; and a Shadowbase Marketing Update — Video, White Paper, Articles, and Web Pages.
Gravic published the article, Data Replication and Integration – Applications in Financial Services in the May/June edition of The Connection. This article/case study explains how a merchant provider gradually expanded its data replication and integration software to add new capabilities and features to its financial switch. The company used HPE Shadowbase data replication to provide active/passive...
Version 6.600 for Other Servers is Now Available Features Include Support for SAP Hana as a target Improved replication into SAP ASE and Db2® target databases (utilizing the Shadowbase statement caching ODBC engine) Enhanced Db2 source replication (including z/OS environments) with new configuration options supporting MQCONNX security features New SBFILE command options for displaying transaction...
Several customers recently approached us looking for solutions to their remote data access/connection requirements. HPE Shadowbase uses a data replication/data integration architecture to meet these needs, and has experience successfully deploying these solutions at a number of customer sites. The following HPE Shadowbase architectures are popular and have significant advantages over alternative architectures. • HPE...
You may say: Trust, but verify! We say: Replicate, but compare! HPE Shadowbase Compare is designed to provide you with accurate information describing the consistency between two copies of your HPE NonStop data, regardless of the block or file/table structure, partitioning, index or alternate key layouts, etc. The data being compared does not require the...
TIC Software As a Gravic partner, TIC Software specializes in providing consulting services and add-on products to ensure that Shadowbase users get the most out of User Exits. We focus on helping customers implement special custom logic in data transformation, as well as optimizing the performance of their User Exit code. As many of you...
Gravic recently published the web page, Switch Your Data Replication Engine to HPE Shadowbase Solutions. Data replication is critical in today’s IT landscape. It is also imperative that enterprise IT teams are able to manage data replication in order to fully recognize its benefits. Periodically, companies replace their existing replication engine with HPE Shadowbase solutions...
Gravic published the cover story, Shadowbase Software: Synchronous Replication, in the March/April edition of The Connection. Jonathan Ziegler, Gravic’s Senior Manager of Product Development for the Shadowbase Products Group, discusses Shadowbase software synchronous data replication for Zero Data Loss (ZDL), as well as the business continuity continuum. Data loss is one of the main issues...
We recently created a Performance FAQ web page with Shadowbase performance-related questions and answers for our customers and partners. We expect this information to evolve over time and encourage users to continue submitting questions.
During this COVID-19 Pandemic, Gravic and the Shadowbase Products Group is open and operating with remote support and access. To reach Shadowbase Support, please use your normal Support contact information or use Support. Please use Contact Us for all other inquiries. We hope for the best for you and your family, Gravic and the Shadowbase...
Please enjoy our newly released video on Shadowbase Data and Application Integration. We soon will be adding subtitles. We hope that you find it interesting and informative! Please share it with your colleagues!
Gravic recently published the white paper, HPE Shadowbase Compare – Validate that a Source and Target Database Match. HPE Shadowbase Compare validates that two HPE NonStop databases match, and highlights any differences found by creating a summary or detailed report. Shadowbase Compare works with: SQL/MP, SQL/MX, Enscribe, and OSS Regular files, and is recommended for...
Version 6.600 for HPE NonStop is now available. Features include: HPE Shadowbase DDL Command Replication (DCR) Shadowbase Online Loading and Verification Utility for OSS Regular Files (SOLVUTIL) Improved Shadowbase Compare, Repair, and SBDDLUTL features Additional enhancements and bug fixes For more detailed information on this release, please see our SPRs (Shadowbase Product Releases).
At the Partner Technical Update held at the annual HPE Technical Boot Camp, Gravic announced that HPE solution architects, Clive Abrahams, Grant Adonis, and Praveen Gupta are the 2019 recipients of the HPE Shadowbase Hall of Fame Project Award.
Please enjoy our newly released video on Shadowbase Business Continuity, which is also available with Japanese subtitles. We will be soon be adding more subtitles. We hope that you find it interesting and informative! Please share it with your colleagues!
At the MexTUG Meeting, held in Mexico City, we enjoyed catching up with the customers, meeting new faces, and hearing Arturo Camargo’s talk on HPE’s humble beginnings to its big vision for the future, as well as Mercedes Fabila’s talk about HPE’s product portfolio and hardware. We also experienced authentic local Mexican cuisine and the...
Gravic recently published, Discover Meaningful Patterns Using Data Integration in the September/October issue of The Connection. HPE Shadowbase Streams for Data Integration uses CDC technology to stream data generated by one application to target database and application environments, eliminating data silos and providing the facilities for integrating existing applications at the data or event-driven level...
Gravic recently published the white paper, HPE Shadowbase SOLV Product Suite — Online Database Loading, Copying, Synchronizing, and Unloading. SOLV loading utilizes special patented features that allow it to properly merge the data being loaded with the data being replicated. However, note that SOLV loading can also occur without HPE Shadowbase replication being active/in-use. In...
This past week, Paul and Paden Holenstein attended the HPE NonStop Innovation Summit 2019 in Seoul and the HPE NonStop & MCS Technology Day in Taipei. They flew into Incheon International airport, took a shuttle to the Conrad Seoul, arriving late at night. They enjoyed a smorgasbord of food at the hotel breakfast buffet and...
Please enjoy our newly released Shadowbase Overview Video, which is also available with Korean and Chinese Simplified subtitles. We hope that you find it interesting and informative, and will share it with your colleagues!
This past week, Gravic’s HPE Shadowbase team attended HPE Discover at the Venetian/Palazzo and the Sands Expo in Las Vegas. Gravic was awarded the HPE Momentum Technology Partner of the Year 2019 Award and Paul J. Holenstein was interviewed about the award. He was also recognized (pictured) for his HPE MASE (Master Accredited Solution Expert)...
This past week, we participated in the HPE NonStop Customer Event held in Santiago, Chile. On Wednesday, attendees enjoyed an official welcoming by Orlando Riquelme and various presentations, including two given by Alfredo Villarroel: NonStop Present and Future and HPE Shadowbase Use Case Solutions and Product Updates. On Thursday, attendees viewed a short NonStop video...
Sometimes things just don’t add up. Use HPE Shadowbase Compare and HPE Shadowbase Repair to make sense of your data. HPE Shadowbase Compare and Repair
Gravic recently published the article, A Modern Look at Reliability, Availability, and Scalability, in the May/June issue of The Connection. Availability and reliability are complimentary measures, and they each deserve equal consideration for mission-critical applications. Enterprises want both 100% availability and 100% reliability but can never achieve 100% for either. Availability is the proportion of...
Gravic recently published the article, From Hacker to Hackathon – History in the Making! in the May/June issue of The Connection. The article includes highlights from planning, scheduling, coordinating, and hosting our first-ever hackathon, which has now become a highly anticipated annual event. Our employees enjoyed a tremendous team-building experience, were exposed to new ways...
This past week at the ETBC, we participated in a Partner Technical Update and also presented a new case study, Using Data Replication to Offload Online Host Processing and Enable New Business Applications. Attendees enjoyed our other presentation, HPE Shadowbase Product Update and Enterprise Use Cases. During this event, we reconvened with customers and HPE...
At the NYTUG Meeting, Paul Holenstein and Gary Strickler visited the HPE office in Berkeley Heights, NJ. Gary enjoyed reconnecting with old faces, while Paul enjoyed chatting with our HPE colleagues and customers. Several of the presentations were particularly appropriate. For example, Paul Densinger discussed how to effectively modernize data and “open it” by migrating...
In 2019, our 40th year of business, we take time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. Over the past forty years, we overcame economic cycles, Section 1702 and the inception of GDPR and other regulation changes, and the rise and fall of IT analyst fads as opportunities. Some may ask:...
Gravic recently published an article in the Spring issue of Connect Converge: Using Data Replication to Offload Online Host Processing and Enable New Business Applications. The current data in online transaction processing systems is some of the most valuable. If this data is trapped in that system, and not available to enable other real-time business...
At this event in Tampa, we enjoyed talking with the local HPE NonStop users, presenting HPE Shadowbase Use Cases, meeting with HPE personnel, and learning what updates the other vendors are talking about. Karen Copeland opened the show with HPE NonStop Strategy and the Migration to x86. Each vendor ran out of give-a-ways in the...
IT Systems Come in Many Colors. HPE Shadowbase Data and Application Integration Adapts to them All! HPE Shadowbase Data and Application Integration
During this event in Thailand, we enjoyed meeting with local HPE MCS personnel, HPE corporate, and several customers in the region. We presented HPE Shadowbase Data Replication Solutions to Solve Business Challenges and HPE Shadowbase Enterprise Use Cases and Product Update to attendees, reviewing our latest feature and solution enhancements, along with discussing our future product...
