PROBLEM:
A major provider of services to credit card companies needed to support its customers with fraud detection. Transactions were captured by the application running on HP NonStop Servers and replicated to a Solaris Server running Oracle. However this current system was extremely slow, taking several hours to detect a fraudulent credit card when it was trying to be used during a purchase transaction. The provider wanted the card flagged immediately, in sub-second time, so that the transaction could then be halted, and the card deactivated.
SHADOWBASE SOLUTION - Heterogeneous Application Integration Systems:
- The credit card transactions are transformed in-flight by Shadowbase to the format required by the Oracle database.
- Complex queries are run against the Oracle database to monitor card activity for suspected fraudulent activities, which if found, are then reported to the customer.
- If a suspected fraudulent transaction is detected, an indication of transaction is immediately returned to the NonStop system to prevent the transaction from taking place.
- The credit card is then deactivated.
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The above was adapted from the book: Breaking the Availability Barrier, Volume III: Active/Active Systems in Practice by Paul J. Holenstein, Dr. Bruce Holenstein, and Dr. Bill Highleyman. Click here for more information on the book.