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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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Perform periodic scans of the information system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened or executed

External users can upload files to a mailbox. However, the files are not scanned for malicious content in mailbox. More Info - Perform periodic scans of the information system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloa...
about 3 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 2 Not under consideration

We need a Tool to Identify the Cause of HIPAA X12 Compliance Exceptions

Tool to Identify the Cause of HIPAA X12 Compliance Exceptions NASCO routinely receives very large HIPAA X12 transmissions from their business / trading partners. (Very large meaning millions of segments and tens of thousands of transactions.) Only...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking 1 Not under consideration

Enable users to see federated accounts

Currently, admins cannot easily see which users are federated and which are not. We have to actively reach out to IBM to see if the new user is federated then we can proceed with providing access. This process is long and labor intensive. Providin...
about 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Extend sourcing audit feature to inquiry APIs like findInventory API

The request is to have sourcing audit enabled for findInventory API and this is our requirement as we do sourcing optimization even before order is created at the time of checkout.
about 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Trigger SupplyChange Event based on change in timestamp in addition to quantity change

Currently, IV triggers supply change event for an item only when there is an update to supply bucket quantity. To make the event updates robust, we need capability to generate the events on the change of timestamps.
about 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 2 Not under consideration

Need to be HSPD12 compliant

IRS is trying to get Sterling Connect:Direct 6.1 approved for usage in the IRS and it is being requested that we inquire as to why this product is not HSPD12 compliant?
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Not under consideration

Managed AS2

Trying to make a new connection with Tracelink in order to transfer serial# information for drug products to comply with Pharmaceutical Industry Serialization requirements.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

Segregate PR and PP JMS properties instead of overloading them into one and forcing 2 copies of MountFiles

If embedded JMS is used, the Partner Repository and Partner Provisioner use different values in the same property "enable_jms_features" in Setup.cfg file. This makes it imperative to create two distinct copies of the entire MountFiles directory to...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Implementing a new adapter to convert encoded XML string to process data.

I have a BP which converts a JSON to XML using xmljsontransformer. The XML is then saved in textual format in the process data ("Output" tag) and subsequently I have to convert it to XML always in the process data. If get the output from the file ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Future consideration

Support updates for Alias Netmap.

Per IBM Presently Control Center cannot directly update the Alias. We need this to be able to support full netmap updates.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration