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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Support for Azure Blob Storage

Following our multi-cloud strategy the support for Blob Storage from Azure is important since Azure is one of the main players in public cloud, hence the native support for Azure Blob Storage is a request we have had from different customers.

Support MS windows 2019 clustered servers for CD Windows install

As, Enterprise is moving towards the recent MS windows available version, CD should support clustering on 2019. Per IBM Sterling Connect:Direct system requirements published link, Connect:Direct will support MS windows 2019 on standalone and do NO...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Delivered

Allow for an upload of the CD export as text file for defining rules

Connect Direct Administration, File Agent Configuration: There is no business justification for the time needed to rebuild a ser file should it ever become corrupt. The File agent configuration has a nice feature to export to text. However the opp...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 5 Delivered

Support for MS Windows Server 2019

Please add Microsoft Windows Server 2019 to the list of supported OSes for Connect:Direct for Windows v4.7 and higher.

Certify SQLServer2017 for Connect:Direct for Windows

Support for the later versions of supporting software

Connect Direct File Agent: Add a search function to search on File Agent rule names

Please add a search feature for File Agent so if we know the File Agent rule name, we can search on it and then select. This would easier than using the scroll bar or using the wheel on the mouse especially if a File Agent configuration has numero...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Delivered

ConnectDirect for Linux on PowerPC LE

We have to install ConnectDirect on SLES PPC LE.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

Connect:Direct Web UI

The existing Connect:Direct Browser interface is very dated. A new one has been in development which I had an opportunity to review last year. The new web UI would be a significant enhancement for improved usability for the product. We recently re...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Delivered

Add LDAP binding to containerized CDU

Containerized CDU doesn't support LDAP binding attributes below in sssd.conf using values.yaml parameter : ldap_default_bind_dn = cn=testers,ou=test,o=abc,dc=xyz,dc=com ldap_default_authtok_type = bind123 ldap_default_authtok = bind
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 3 Delivered

Add TLS 1.3 Support to Connect:Direct for i5/OS( IBM i)

Security enhancement request to support IBMi 7.4 OS with TLS1.3
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 2 Delivered