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Single Sign-on (SSO) with SAML or OIDC authentication is required for the Sterling User Interfaces (UIs), including C:D, SSP, SEAS, SFG, SCCM and SCCD. Migration from a legacy LDAP connection to a federated (SAML or OIDC) connection is required for all UIs, by US Federal Agencies.

This is required to comply with US Federal Security requirements mandated to all US Federal Agencies.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 4 Delivered

Workflow Completion Notificaton

One of my workflow clients is putting the inventory controller at the end of the approval workflow so the controller is aware that approvals have completed. This is highly inefficient as it causes an additional lag in processing time (particularly...
about 3 years ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 2 Delivered

BULK Attachment option to add in BULK Edit

At Present, while creating a bulk workflow -- we need to go into each item to add an attachment (e.g. if create a Bulk workflow of 100 materials, then we need to go into each material 100 times to add an attachment to have a future reference) It ...
about 3 years ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 2 Delivered

Add TLS 1.3 Support to Connect:Direct

TLS v1.3 was recently released, and we would like to see it added to Connect:Direct w/Secure+ as an available security option for all platforms that support it.
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 5 Delivered

Add Biannually (every six months) as a frequency option for work queues

Add Biannually (every six months) as a frequency option for work queues
11 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Delivered

Add filters/search capability for conditions and expressions included in DET's.

Often, I would like to be able to see how many DET's call on a specific field or expression. This might be because we are thinking about changing/repurposing that field or simply understanding the impact of that field. For instance, how many DET's...
11 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Delivered

User Role Page should have the ability to see the users assigned to particular role

This feature will be very useful for Client Admins to see the names of the users to whom a particular role is assigned. Also, for IBM team it will be good to know from UI who the client admins are for every client and we can keep a check on number...
over 1 year ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Delivered

Connect:Direct Win/Unix Interface to Cyberark or other Priviledged Account Solutions

If a PAM-tool like Cyberark is in use, users don't have real logon-credentials for Windows- or Unix-Server any more; these are maintained by Cyberark.
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 3 Delivered

Password Vault Support for Connect Direct for Windows

IT Security forbids the use of static passwords and mandates that they are changed periodically.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Delivered

Certificate CRL check for Sterling Connect:Direct

It's not practical to use SEAS for certificate CRL check for Connect:Direct in a large enterprise environment where there are thousands of Connect:Direct nodes. Query-based CRL check via SEAS could greatly degrade the performance of Secure+ file t...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Delivered