CONNEX: Comprehensive EFT Software

Solution for the HP NonStop Platform

CONNEX software is one of the most-used EFT software solutions in the world – not to CONNEX on HP
mention one of the most powerful, most reliable and most cost-effective. Add the renowned NonStop
reliability and performance of the HP NonStop platform and you have a total EFT solution that active-active multi-
lets you take on processing with confidence. node architecture
ATM and POS
Providing everything you need to operate a full-service EFT processing center within your
terminal support
organization, CONNEX is a comprehensive solution for ATM and POS terminal driving;
• Diebold
transaction acquiring; switching and authorization; interfacing to processors and hosts; linking
to all major regional, national and international networks; network monitoring and operational • NCR
control. CONNEX leverages the fault tolerant, redundant architecture of the HP NonStop • Wincor-Nixdorf
hardware platform to provide a robust, high volume, high availability and highly scalable • Hyosung
switch processing environment – including the ability to run a multi-node, active-active • Fujitsu
environment to facilitate our clients’ business continuity and disaster recovery strategies. • Triton
• Tidel
With CONNEX on the HP NonStop, you have the power of a large-scale EFT processor, for • Verifone
a cost-effective hardware and software investment. With CONNEX software, you’re ready • Hypercom
to take on virtually any processing need, including ATM and POS driving. With the high • Envelope Less Cash
availability of CONNEX software, you can acquire transactions from a wide variety of ATM and
• Envelope Less
POS terminal types. The CONNEX solution enables in-house or third-party authorization and
Checks
verification for online and offline debit cards, credit cards and paper and electronic checks.
CONNEX simplifies the management of complex local, regional, national and global network • Remote Key
relationships. And, CONNEX software provides “smart” routing capabilities to ensure that • Open Account
transactions are promptly and readily processed – and that alternative routing is established Relationship
when primary routes are unavailable. • Electronic
Journaling
Flexible Configuration • Communications
CONNEX software is the premier EFT solution used by financial institutions, networks, retailers Protocol
and third-party processors of all sizes, worldwide. CONNEX’s flexible, modular architecture • SNA
allows you to configure a solution that is right for your business by licensing the components • TCP/IP
that you need today, and adding functionality in the future when you need it, as your EFT • X.25
business grows. • Bisync
• Async
With CONNEX you don’t need to live in fear of changes in your processing business. CONNEX
employs a configuration database for quick and easy changes. Best of all configuration
changes are implemented dynamically, eliminating the need for system downtime.

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Solution for the HP NonStop Platform

Transaction routing Unparalleled Performance

interfaces to local, Built for truly high-speed processing, CONNEX has been clocked at more than 1,500 transactions
regional, national and per second. The key to this success is CONNEX’s decentralized architecture, which divides
international networks processing tasks into independent processes. These processes can even be replicated across
authorization system available system resources for the highest possible throughput. The result: cost-efficient, high-
• Stand-in volume EFT processing that’s free of bottlenecks.
• Cooperative
• Stand Alone Always Available
• Account Balances In this business, uptime is money. With up to 99.999 percent availability, CONNEX continues to
• Daily Usage be the industry leader in processing availability. CONNEX software is optimized with continuous
• Cardholder Status processing for the highest possible throughput. It is the only EFT software to offer continuous
• EMV processing to increase availability beyond the 99.999 percent level. With continuous processing,
• Contactless you can run CONNEX software on multiple nodes so you can handle system outages with no
• Web Interface downtime, and you can support volume spikes with world-class customer service.
• Hot Card
Because our own data center is one of our largest customers, we have developed efficiencies
• GUI Parameter
through hands-on experience. For example, our health-monitoring capabilities allow CONNEX to
Maintenance see potential problems and notify you before a failure occurs.
Interface

Monitoring and
Scale Your Way to Success
CONNEX offers considerably more capacity than most organizations will need. But, should you
operations
require additional processing muscle, you have cost-effective options. In conjunction with HP
security and NonStop platform, CONNEX offers linear scalability, so increasing transaction volume won’t
encryption services require a significant investment.
• 3DES Data
Encryption
• Atalla AKB
Take the Guesswork Out of Conversions
FIS has a proven track-record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget. We have
• Thales successfully supported conversion projects for some of the world’s largest networks and financial
• Eracom institutions. Our full-service team of EFT software development and support professionals follows
• FutureX a thorough, four-stage conversion process that takes all the worry out of crossing over. Throughout
• A98 interface the process, we provide extensive support to your people so they can be self-sufficient in the years
• 3DES to come. The bottom line: we make sure your solution works for you and we provide the training
• Remote Key and support to keep it that way.
• Pin Validate
• Pin Translate Trust the Industry Leader
• Pin Offset FIS is an EFT software specialist that knows the EFT business better than anyone. Our experience
• CVV/CVV2/dCVV/ stretches back more than 40 years to the advent of ATMs and EFT processing. FIS has been
iCVV there every step of the way, leading the industry with superior solutions and leveraging high
• EMV Cryptograms performance technology to meet the increasing demands and exceed the expectations of the EFT
processing business.

The comprehensive capabilities of our CONNEX software, combined with the expertise of the
FIS development and support staff, helps ensure your EFT business success. No matter where the
payments road leads you, FIS and our CONNEX software will help you get there by planning for
today, while preparing for tomorrow.

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Solution for the HP NonStop Platform

On platform fraud Get the Full, Award-Winning Power of CONNEX Software

protection options CONNEX software has won some of the industry’s most prestigious awards, year after year,
• Authorization including the International HP NonStop User Group Availability Award, the STAR Annual Top
Blocking Performing Processor Award, and the VisaNet Processor Service Quality Performance Award
• Statistics Monitor – to name a few. Why? We’ve earned the trust of clients and analysts throughout the world by
• Proactive providing a level of security, efficiency, and reliability you can only get from an EFT expert and
Monitoring software technology leader.
• Statistics Gathering
and Comparison Leading financial institutions, networks, retailers and third-party processors throughout the world
rely on FIS, and our CONNEX software, to power tens of billions of transactions every year.
• User-defined
Whether you are ready to take your EFT processing in-house, or looking for an alternative to
Triggers
your existing in-house solution, get ready for the speed, functionality, flexibility and scalability of
• Operator Alerts CONNEX software, delivered and supported by the pioneers of the EFT industry.
• Inquiry Function
and Reporting
Functions
Contact Us
For more information about FIS EFT solutions, call 1.800.822.6758 or visit us
• Transaction
at www.fisglobal.com.
Distributor
• Load Balancing for
Network Interfaces
• Self Service
Gateway
• Multi-language
• Multi-currency
• PA-DSS Compliant
• EMV Support
• IFX Device Driver
• Contactless
• Source Code

Go to www.fisglobal.com
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