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Innovations to unleash the power of cloud agility (2 min read)

Tech Talk: Open Liberty and Out-of-this-world demo (7 min video)

Liberty InstantOn startup for cloud native Java applications (10 min read)

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Proving the WebSphere Modernization Path to Liberty on OpenShift at Discover (6 min read)

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina brings greater agility to customer service and more (5 min read)

WebSphere Application Server Support Restatement (3 min read) 

Let’s create a better software delivery experience

Dear IBM Customers, Business Partners and IBMers, 

I hope you’ve already had a fantastic start into 2023 and thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter.

There is a short 5 min survey coming up in March, please be for the lookout for that.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out!

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Announcements | Find Out More

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WebSphere Hybrid Edition | WebSphere Automation | WebSphere Liberty

IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition - Link

Boost ROI and cloud-enable WebSphere with the new IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition | webinar

WebSphere Liberty Operator v1.0.2 is now available. WebSphere Hybrid Edition What's New

WebSphere Liberty
Java SE 19 and distributed security cache support in Open Liberty 22.0.0.11

More Jakarta EE 10 and MicroProfile 6 features make their debut in Open Liberty 22.0.0.12-beta!

Fast iterative cloud-native Java application development with Liberty Tools

Let’s try Open Liberty InstantOn on Intel Mac

Looking back at 2022: A year of Open Liberty in review  

Open Liberty and WebSphere Liberty 22.0.0.12 and Open Liberty 23.0.0.1 are available now | Open Liberty Blog | Guide | Vulnerabilities List | Documentation

CVE and many other notable bug fixes in Open Liberty 22.0.0.12

Ensure continuous security compliance with proactive CVE protection for WebSphere.

WebSphere Automation 1.4

·       Learn more - watch the webinar 

·       Try WebSphere Automation – all you need is an IBM ID and a browser  

• Revised information: IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps is renamed to IBM WebSphere Automation

Hybrid DevOps - Let’s create a better software delivery experience

IBM DevOps News:  Watch the IBM DevOps community for a report with results from the 2022 DevOps Automation Efficiency Survey. IBM will share insights and advice related to software delivery realities and best practices.  

·       IBM ClearCase and ClearQuest released version 10 in December 2022. These were significant releases with important new functionality. Read the blog here and register for the webinars in February that will take us through the updates.

·       In case you missed it, a short technical deep dive recording is available on “Persisting data between virtual services using Rational Integration Tester”. This is a replay of the Dec 1st session.

·       If you have heard about IBM DevOps Velocity but don’t know what problems it solves, check out the short 1-minute videos posted here.

IBM Automation

Discover how to make people more productive, processes more efficient, and IT systems more proactive

Read real stories of automation success

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• WebSphere User Group (WUG) Roadshow Q1 2023
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• WebSphere Automation : How To Efficiently Manage Your WebSphere Traditional
• What are the most common metrics to monitor from your Liberty servers?
• Lessons from the Field #25: A new diagnostic application for WebSphere Liberty
• Migrating IBM WAS to Liberty on Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide
• What are the most common metrics to monitor from your WAS servers?
• Modernizing to Jakarta EE

Recordings:

• WAS CAB January 13 Recording: 2023 Kick-off for WebSphere/Application Platform Strategy and Direction
• WAS CAB December-9 Recording: WebSphere Security Update for Client Advisory Board
• WAS CAB December 2 Recording: GitOps Benefits and challenges
• WAS CAB December 1 Recording: IBM UrbanCode Deploy

Sessions:

Runtime Modernization with WebSphere Liberty Webinar

Feb 7, 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM (ET)

WAS&Liberty CAB: WebSphere & Liberty product management in an update

Feb 10, 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM (ET)

Fast iterative cloud-native Java application development with Liberty Tools Webinar

Feb 15, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)

Kickstart your cloud-native Java applications on AWS with Liberty Webinar

Feb 22, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)

Monitoring and Automating WAS Webinar

Feb 28, 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM (ET)

Cloud Native without Compromise Webinar

Mar 2, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)

Software Announcements

• Python AI Toolkit for IBM z/OS 1.1.0 delivers IBM scanned and vetted open source Python packages relevant for artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads running on IBM z/OS
• IBM Safer Payments 6.5 delivers enhanced detection efficacy, security, reliability, ease of use, and operational efficiencies
• Revised technical support: IBM WebSphere Application Server family of products
• IBM Environmental Intelligence Suite delivers Vegetation Management LiDAR add-ons that use Geiger-mode Light Detection and Ranging data
• IBM Watson NLP Library for Embed, IBM Watson Speech to Text Library for Embed, and IBM Watson Text to Speech Library for Embed add an ordering option
• IBM Data Science and MLOps Express, IBM Data Governance Express, IBM AI Governance, and IBM ELT Pushdown Express are bundles of services designed to kick-start your data fabric journey
• Instabug is a third-party offering designed to improve the mobile user experience with integrated, robust observability of your full technology stack
• IBM InfoSphere Optim Archive Viewer provides high performance, open, ODBC and JDBC data in Optim archive files
• IBM Robotic Process Automation 23.0.0 and IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service deliver new features, enhancements, and updates to the Continuous Delivery release cycle
• IBM Rational ClearCase 10.0 and IBM Rational ClearQuest 10.0 add capabilities and enhancements to support and facilitate enterprise collaborative change and configuration management solutions for software and systems development teams
• IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 18.0 delivers updates to Node.js, V8 JavaScript engine, and IBM z/OS specific enhancements
• IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 3.11 is delivered to make the features from the open source community Python 3.11 and a number of IBM-specific features available to users
• IBM Host Access Client Package 15.0 delivers a robust security upgrade with TLS 1.3 support, user productivity enhancements, and improved automation support
• IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson 11.2.4 offers long-term support, enhances feature set, and improves performance
• IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps 3.6 helps operations management teams effectively assess, diagnose, and resolve incidents across mission-critical workloads
• IBM Environmental Intelligence Suite delivers IBM Environmental Intelligence Suite Advanced Edition

Hardware Announcements

• Revised product naming and feature information: IBM Power to Cloud Rewards Program for selected IBM Power servers
• IBM i System Subscription offering enhanced with customization features
• IBM Storage Networking offers additional transceiver features for Gen 6 b-type products
• Revised technical information for PCIe3 4-port 10 GbE BASE-T RJ45 adapter; statement of direction for IBM Power S1014 technology-based server

Services Announcements

• IBM Software Support Services - Service Extension for IBM AIX 7.1

Withdrawal Announcements

• Services withdrawal: Declaration of plan to discontinue lease, rental, and maintenance services for select IBM DS8000 and IBM Cloud Object Storage machines - Some replacements available
• Licensed program software withdrawal: Select IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions part numbers
• Software support discontinuance: IBM OpenPages for Cloud Pak for Data 8.2.x
• Cloud service withdrawal and discontinuance of access: IBM Sterling Web Forms
• Hardware withdrawal: IBM DS8880 models 84E, 85E, and 86E and select features for machine types 2831, 2832, 2833, and 2834 - No replacements available
• Hardware withdrawal: IBM DS8880 models 85E, 86E, and 88E and select features for machine types 5331, 5332, 5333, 5334, and 5341 - No replacements available
• Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: Palantir for Cloud Pak for Data 1.0.0 and Palantir for Cloud Pak for Data - Addition 1.0.0 - No replacements
• Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: Select IBM Storwize V5000 software offerings
• Cloud service withdrawal: IBM TradeLens
• Software support discontinuance: IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - No replacements
• Hardware withdrawal: Miscellaneous IBM Tape features - No replacements available
• Hardware withdrawal: Cisco MDS 9148S 16G Multilayer Fabric Switch for IBM System Storage - Some replacements available
• Software discontinuance of support: IBM Content Manager on Demand for i 7.3.0
• Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM Storage Networking b-type features - Replacements available
• Cloud service withdrawal: Select IBM App Connect on IBM Cloud part numbers
• Software withdrawal: IBM WebSphere Application Server Family Edition - Replacements available
• Licensed program software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM Parallel ESSL for Linux on Power, Version 5 - No replacements

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