The Quantum Computing Encryption Problem

Problem Summary Whilst generally-supported opinion is that we are still a number of years away from a functional quantum computer, there is a significant quantum computing-related problem that needs to be considered right now. Firstly, it is generally agreed that Shor’s algorithm will at some point allow quantum computers to break a number of currently […]

uLinga’s New Data Transformation Capabilities – Including ISO8583 Support

Powerful new feature provides extensive data manipulation options 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.  This article gives an introductory overview to these capabilities, and then takes […]

uLinga for Kafka – The Best NonStop-Kafka Integration Solution

Introduction Apache Kafka, one of the world’s most popular solutions for streaming massive amounts of data, continues to grow in popularity.  At the recent NonStop TBC, Infrasoft saw this in sharp focus, with a number of customers and HPE NonStop partners talking to us about potential NonStop-Kafka use cases. This article will give a summary […]

uLinga for Kafka – Now with Kafka Consumer Support

Introduction HPE NonStop users are becoming more familiar with Kafka, as Kafka in turn becomes more and more prevalent inside those large environments where the NonStop platform is often present. Kafka is being used by thousands of companies, including 60% of the Fortune 100.    These organizations use Kafka to manage “streams” of data, which have […]

uLinga for Kafka – Support for Custom Code via User Exits

Introduction HPE NonStop users are becoming more familiar with Kafka, as Kafka in turn becomes more and more prevalent inside large enterprise environments.  Kafka is now used by thousands of companies, including 60% of the Fortune 100, and many NonStop shops.  Well known users in the finance space include Goldman Sachs, Rabobank, Barclays, Jack Henry […]

uLinga for Kafka – High Performance, Fault-Tolerant Kafka Streaming

Introduction HPE NonStop users are becoming more familiar with Kafka, as Kafka in turn becomes more and more prevalent inside large enterprise environments.  Kafka is now used by thousands of companies, including 60% of the Fortune 100, and many NonStop shops.  Well known users in the finance space include Goldman Sachs, Rabobank, Barclays, Jack Henry […]

uLinga for Kafka – EMS Use Case

Introduction In the Sept-Oct 2021 edition of The Connection, we gave an overview of Kafka, and how it is being used by many Fortune 500 companies to manage “streams” of data, which have become prevalent as internet usage massively boosts the amount of data being generated, and requiring processing.  Kafka allows these huge volumes of […]

uLinga for Kafka – A Different Approach

Introduction There’s been a lot of talk over the last few years about Kafka, but what is it, and how might it impact NonStop applications and data?  According to the Kafka Apache project, Kafka is “the most popular open-source stream-processing software for collecting, processing, storing and analyzing data at scale.”  Kafka is used by thousands […]