April 14-16, 2026 — Gravic At eGTUG in Munich, Germany

New Town Hall, Marienplatz

This year’s eGTUG in Munich, Germany, turned out to be an amazing event.  The show was stacked with high-energy, enlightening sessions and fantastic networking events.

From deep-dive technical talks and trainings to brewery tours and Bavarian music, eGTUG 2026 will be hard to top.

Drew Bauernschmidt, ITL and Support Product Analyst, presenting “Staying Ahead with Shadowbase: New Solutions, New Releases, New Possibilities”

Shadowbase Training Session – Staying Ahead with Shadowbase: New Solutions, New Releases, New Possibilities

The conference opened with a training day where Drew Bauernschmidt, ITL and Support Product Analyst, led the Shadowbase session: “Staying Ahead with Shadowbase: New Solutions, New Releases, New Possibilities”.  Drew gave the attendees a guided tour of the latest Shadowbase capabilities, with key takeaways including:

• Understanding of the most recent Shadowbase releases, new and enhanced functionality, and the product roadmap
• Updated Shadowbase DIAI capabilities for data streaming to cloud environments, data warehouses, and event-driven applications in real time
• ZDM playbooks that reduce risk and avoid planned downtime during platform or database changes
• Insight into enhanced Shadowbase Compare capabilities, including enhanced wildcarding options
• Deeper understanding of Shadowbase Zero Data Loss solution

Shadowbase Technical Session – Turbocharging Nonstop Data Streaming: High-Performance Data Integration and Cross-Platform Data Validation with Shadowbase Solutions

Ken Scudder presenting: “Turbocharging Nonstop Data Streaming: High-Performance Data Integration and Cross-Platform Data Validation with Shadowbase Solutions”

The second day of the conference was packed with great sessions.  The Shadowbase technical session: “Turbocharging Nonstop Data Streaming: High-Performance Data Integration and Cross-Platform Data Validation with Shadowbase Solutions” was led by Ken Scudder, Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development. Ken walked the audience through key enhancements in Shadowbase Solutions for HPE Nonstop software that significantly improve throughput and scalability for Nonstop to “other server” environments, especially for higher-latency use cases like streaming data to the cloud. Key topics included:

• Enhanced array-based replication that optimizes high volume data streaming from Nonstop to other enterprise databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL, especially for few table, heavy traffic workloads, large initial loads, and Zero Downtime Migration projects, regardless if they are row-oriented or column-oriented table architectures.
• Options for handling UPDATE operations (including DELETE/INSERT patterns) to better align with the performance characteristics of modern relational and analytic engines.
• Heterogeneous data validation using Shadowbase Compare Plus to verify Nonstop Enscribe and SQL data against open system SQL targets, even when schemas or data types differ.
• Techniques for detecting and safely repairing inconsistencies without disrupting production workloads, supporting stronger data quality and audit readiness.
• Guidance on when to favor array-based versus traditional transactional apply, and how to integrate cross-platform comparison and repair into ongoing operational procedures for robust Nonstop to enterprise replication architectures.
• Shadowbase Solutions product roadmap and recent customer projects.

Casey Taylor presenting the Keynote

HPE Business Momentum

HPE shared many pieces of positive news about the health of the Nonstop business, starting with the Keynote Nonstop Business Update from Casey Taylor, Vice President and General Manager of HPE Nonstop Solutions.  Attendees heard encouraging news about Nonstop’s momentum, customer adoption, and roadmap direction.  Casey highlighted HPE’s continued investment in Nonstop technology, reaffirming HPE’s commitment to mission-critical computing.  In addition, HPE mentioned new customers have recently joined the Nonstop community, further reinforcing the health of the Nonstop platform.  HPE also hired three new specialists focused on the manufacturing industry, strengthening Nonstop’s presence in the sector, which increasingly depends on real-time data, automation, and resilient operations.

Munich in Style

Traditional German dancing at Augustiner’s

After each day of sessions and training, the Shadowbase team found time for some extra fun at eGTUG’s networking events.

On the first day of the show, after all the training was complete, the team met up at Spaten München brewery for an inside look at how the famous German beer is brewed.  The team got to see the giant copper kettles where the beer is brewed and learn about centuries-old fermentation traditions that make Spaten München beer so delicious.

The next day, the team was treated to a lively evening at Augustiners, where they saw a lively German band and traditional Bavarian dancers. In addition, they sampled classic local dishes and beer.