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With his opening words, “It’s not where we are headed but how fast we will get there,” the boss of all things NonStop, Jeff Kyle, set the tone for the latest NonStop Technical Boot Camp (NonStop TBC 22). “We are a platform and not a server; the platform we are perfecting for mission critical applications. We create the data and we transact the data!” Jeff referenced the ongoing expansion into new markets, including manufacturing, retail and transportation but equally as important for the NonStop community Jeff referenced digital transformation and highlighted how we are all going through this digital transformation on our way to modernization and yes, it’s truly all about the data. “NonStop as a platform is a critical component of digital transformation and the innovation we are bringing to NonStop (is a further illustration) of how NonStop is now a platform.” Among Jeff’s opening slides happened to be one titled, “The Data Realities of Digital Transformation” where the business object...

  There is always a car or two on the exhibition floor This past weekend we had the opportunity to combine just a little business with a weekend at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. If up until now you hadn’t come to the realization that Margo and I are both into cars then let me break the news gently, we had an opportunity to attend the three day carnival of speed (and noise) as a highlight of the quarter, but as Margo and I walked around the venue   we realized that we were indeed simply enjoying another event where similarities to past NonStop events couldn’t be ignored. Take for example the use the event made of the convention center. Packed into this venue were aisles littered with exhibits. Almost all the teams involved in racing that weekend had stalls attended by the marketing types you typically come across at any other event you care to name. Outside of the convention center there were many other stalls selling trinkets together with numerous food and drink pavil...