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As I look back at the past year perhaps the best way to describe it was how there were many times where things were broken. I am not talking about the occasional drinking glass or dinner plate but objects that mattered to us. When things are broken their performance is hindered to where in some cases they no longer serve any useful purpose. Replacement appears to be the order of the day. Mind you, I am not talking about the weather here in Colorado as I have lost track of how many days have passed without a meaningful snow fall. This morning may have been the exception as a little rain together with what might pass as a little sleet did fall but not for long enough to stick to anything. Enjoying December days that have climbed into the 70sF (20sC) would surely pass as unusual even if we didn’t talk about weather patterns that look to be broken. However, before developing this story line further, please be happy for us as remedies for almost everything have been found. But what was brok...

Clouds go offline; data centers are compromised; critical infrastructure is held to ransom. Thank goodness for today’s modern HPE NonStop systems that we can run any which way we like! “Crash your car?” “What?” “Would you like me to crash your car?” You can imagine the look on my face as this dialogue continued. True, my hearing may not be as good as it once was and true, the cars I drive are low and working any sort of credit card reader through a car’s window can be problematic but seriously, crash my car? As it so happened to be on this occasion the attendant at the car wash was only asking me whether he could “cash my card?” He happily took my credit card, inserted it into the machine and we were on our way. For any member of the NonStop community, the above exchange might arouse a wry smile or two but it continues to be crashes of another type that only create a shaking of the head. In this day and age, surely systems shouldn’t be crashing for any reason especially those we in...