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Certify NetApp S3 Object Storage with Connect:Direct

Usage of Non-AWS S3 based object storage is increasing with NetApp NAS filers being amongst the leaders in this space.

Support IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS run on IBM i 7.6

In April 2025, IBM released version 7.6 of IBM i, the successor to IBM i 7.5.However, we have been informed by the Offering Manager that, at this time, there are no plans to support IBM i 7.6 for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS, which has hi...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 7 Planned for future release

provide WmTNStub package to IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration

In webmethods cloud container a solution is available to seamlessly migrate Trading Network solutions developed on-prem to the cloud.it is possible to import all TN assets to B2B cloud and all integration server packages that have a dependency on ...
6 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Under review

Support service mesh for container deployments

Enterprise customers looking to deploy containers under kubernetes, especially in OpenShift, specify that service mesh must be used, in this case Red Hat's Service Mesh based on istio
24 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Future consideration

S3 support for Linux on Power.

I would like to kindly request that S3 support be extended to IBM Sterling Connect:Direct versions running on Power systems. Many of our clients use Power platforms and are in need of this feature to meet their integration requirements.
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Future consideration

TPA enhancement and MWS/TN

We are using TPA under MWS/TN. In TPA we have multiple sections. One of the sections called Dynamic Mapping which used to configure the XPATH to change the values of the XML based on the condition. We have option to restrict the complete TPA to al...
about 1 month ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

To install Connect:Direct on Kubernetes using OpenShift Restricted SCC

When operating in Connect Direct for Unix operating in Standard User Mode, the SCC allows the following capabilities and SETUID and SETGID requires Privilege Escalation. The customer request the Privilege Escalation to be false. The product should...
7 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 3 Future consideration

Choose different colors for different environments

In Integration it is possible to choose different colors for different environments, we would like this possiblity also in the B2B product so we don't accidently make changes in wrong environment.
9 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Planned for future release

Connect Direct File Agent 1.4.0.3-SterlingConnectDirectFileAgent-iFix012 upgrade on Window 2012 upgrade failing when userID is already a part of Admin group

Being a part of admin group, user was not able to upgrade while trying to upgrade CDFA 1.4.0.3 iFix012. Now suggestion is to add this User as a designated admin user of window box. This addition of user as admin is not allowed because this practic...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 3 Not under consideration

Read-only capability of Sterling File Gateway

We request a read-only option for Sterling File Gateway. The current setup allows us to create partner profiles and routing channels, but we need the ability to grant certain users read-only permissions so they can simply view existing configurati...
3 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Reporting 0 Submitted