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PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...
PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...

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Improve JSON mapping

JSON handling is very static. The entire JSON structure must be predefined and we can only string-substitue into values. When API calls require certain keys to be included or excluded depending on the operation, this means we must create multiple ...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 1 Not under consideration

oceans as inexhaustible source of hydrogen

Some years ago, I was the P.I. for a proposal to the EU with German, Spanish and Polish partners, for Autonomous Sailboats Moving Turbines to harvest hydrogen from sea water. The key to the economics of this how much of the energy obtained from th...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Not under consideration

Update SNMP support to v3

Security benefits, as per security issues detailed here: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA17-156A
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Not under consideration

Capability to Monitor IBM MQ Servers (Not MQ FTE) using IBM Control Center

Could you please add the capability to Monitor IBM MQ Servers using IBM Control Center.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Would like to be able to backorder a single line on a release

Once an order is released, we would like the ability to back order a single line. At this time we are only able to back order a full release.
almost 2 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 4 Not under consideration

In the BPN Tool, "Search" screen, when we search for a BA, the SCI company ID / GBilling code of a Business Alias to be displayed.

In the BPN Tool, "Search" screen, when we search for a BA, the SCI company ID / GBilling code of a Business Alias to be displayed.
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Add equivalent of cdai_verifyUpgrade parameter

For silent install, users get a chance to set upgrade options (parameters). One of those is cdai_verifyUpgrade which enables/disables step that performs loopback transfer after upgrade to verify if upgrade was successful. If loopback transfer is n...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 1 Future consideration

Add ability to suppress health check (log message)

Simple configuration on/off switch
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 4 Functionality already exists

Add Optimizer configuration to allow expedited orders to bypass backlog consideration

Add a configuration option to allow Order Optimizer to bypass backlog consideration / penalty for expedited orders (e.g. 1-day or 2-day service levels were purchased). This configuration option should allow for configuration choices between:1. cur...
almost 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Order Optimizer support for additional air carrier capacity constraint

Add Order Optimizer support for an additional 'carrier capacity' constraint. This configurable network level constraint would stop using a specific carrier once a configured number of orders for that day has been assigned to that carrier. Order Op...
almost 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration