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IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Liberty , WebSphere Hybrid Editionand WebSphere Automation

IBM WebSphere Liberty 21.0.0.9 is available now Link |Support & Download| Blog

Liberty 21.0.0.7,8,9 Technical Overview, Update, and Q&A (Session 1) Webinar

Liberty 21.0.0.7,8,9 Technical Overview, Update, and Q&A (Session 2) Webinar

WebSphere Hybrid Edition | Link

Up to 8x more capacity: Start your journey to containers with IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition. On the way, take advantage of flexible entitlements and tools for modernization to get up to eight times more capacity* within your existing entitlement.

WebSphere Automation | Learn how! https://www.ibm.com/cloud/websphere-automation

IBM® WebSphere® Automation software can help reduce costs and increase ROI. Use it to enable your teams to optimize their operations, respond to incidents efficiently and promote stronger security of their IT estate.

According to Gartner, AI will help businesses recover 6.2 billion hours of productivity in 2021. Use that extra time to focus on unlocking new value for WebSphere while reducing the effort and risk of addressing common vulnerabilities and automating tasks.

Join the  WebSphere Customer Advisory Board (WAS CAB).

Meetings are every Thursday and Friday 9:15 am EST no registration required.  

WAS CAB Treat: Cloud Pak for Data System (CPDS) and Netezza update

WAS CAB: (MQ) Interested in costs of messaging software vs appliances?

WAS & Liberty CAB: Running WebSphere Traditional on Azure Virtual Machines

WAS & Liberty CAB: Route to live: How to manage the development life-cycle of integrations

IBM Cloud Paks   

AI-powered software for hybrid cloud 

IBM Automation Platform Update | Link

Read analyst must-haves

Explore Live sessions

Reclaim 50% of your time with intelligent automation

IBM Cloud Pak for Data  | LINK | Trial Link | product hub

Unlock data faster with a data fabric

Learn about the latest version of IBM Cloud Pak for Data, Version 4.0.

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation | LINK | Free Trial Link

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation is a set of integrated market-leading software designed to help you solve your toughest operational challenges. 

·       IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation 21.0.2

IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps | LINK | Try the Demo

Innovate faster, reduce operational cost and transform IT operations with an AIOPs solution that delivers visibility into performance data and dependencies across environments. Embrace the changing operations landscape with automation that alerts IT staff to problems, their root causes, and recommended solutions without the need for human intervention.

If you’re looking for IBM® Netcool® Operations Insight or any previous IBM IT management offerings, IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps is the evolution of your current entitlement.

·       An SRE journey to AIOps

·       Case study

·       EMA study

·       Demos and Use Cases

·       Hands on Lab

IBM Cloud Pak for Integration  | Automate Integrations

• IBM Cloud Pak for Integration in 2 minutes
• IBM Cloud Pak for Integration 2021.2.1 adds new features, including automation, AI, and machine learning capabilities for testing as well as tracing and delivers additional storage option

IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation | LINK 

Omdia Whitepaper

• IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation 2.1 delivers standards-based, full-stack automation focused on virtualized Open Radio Access Networks

·       Transform your network with cloud and AI-powered automation, part of the IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 

·       Deploy new 5G services faster | Demo

·       How cloud and AI-powered automation are transforming the telco operations model

·       IBM Telco Network Cloud Manager 1.3

·       TRB Whitepaper

IBM Cloud Pak for Security 
IBM Security introduces:

IBM Cloud Pak for Security as a Service, which simplifies how organizations deploy a zero-trust architecture across the enterprise. | Learn More

·       IBM Cloud Pak for Security 1.7.2  

·       Connected security for a hybrid, multicloud world | Demo

·       Learn about the SaaS Platform

·       Product tour

IBM Cloud Pak System | LINK 

·       IBM Cloud Pak System W3550 2.3.3.0 documentation

·       A Hurwitz White Paper

·       Highly available hardware foundation includes CPU, memory storage and network

·       Efficient VMware virtualization extends your hardware investments

·       Integrated container platform features Red Hat Enterprise Linux® virtual machines, Red Hat OpenShift cloud platform, and container orchestration with Kubernetes*

·       Robust management tool set helps you manage templates, users and security, maintenance and upgrades, and backup and disaster recovery

WebSphere Hybrid Edition | Link

Up to 8x more capacity: Start your journey to containers with IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition. On the way, take advantage of flexible entitlements and tools for modernization to get up to eight times more capacity* within your existing entitlement.

IBM Cloud Pak for Applications

• IBM Cloud Pak for Applications 5.1 streamlines its programs portfolio to improve user experience and drive more effective results  

GitLab Ultimate for IBM Cloud Paks | BLOGS

·       GitLab Ultimate for IBM Cloud Paks 

·       GitLab Ultimate for IBM Cloud Paks is now available to IBM clients to extend their DevOps workflow 

·       Solution Brief

·       Webinar Replay

·       GitLab Ultimate for IBM Cloud® Paks helps you achieve an open and hybrid DevOps automation solution to embrace and manage diverse toolchains. The IBM DevOps automation platform streamlines the execution of more secure and robust software delivery workflows.

IBM Expert TV - Experts always on. AI, Automation and Cloud.

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·       Disruption!  View more  

·       Let's Code   View more 

·       App Transformers   View more

·       WebSphere Community Spotlight   View more  

·       Spotlights on Cloud Native    View more   

•  App Transformers: Operational concepts and differences between deployment environments - September 21 at 12:30 ET
• Startups with Sassi & Ralls: brought to you by OSPREE - September 29 at 12:00 ET
• z/Action!: Overcoming the IT and Business Disconnect - September 30 at 11:00 ET

Blogs

Introducing the WebSphere Performance Engineering Team blog series

JSR-352 (Java Batch) Post #154: How-To: Using Splits and Flows

Community Highlights - 14 September 2021 - Topics include Liberty, Migration Toolkit updates, and Java

Liberty Container Performance Optimizations

Best Practices for WebSphere Connection Pool Configuration and Tuning

JSR-352 (Java Batch) Post #153: How-To: Setting the Job Exit Status

User-defined Rules in the Migration Toolkit for Application Binaries

What's new in the WebSphere Migration Tools 21.0.0.3?

JSR-352 (Java Batch) Post #152: How-To: Passing Data Between Steps

Security Attribute Propagation in WebSphere Traditional

Community Highlights - 31 August 2021 - Topics include WebSphere Automation, Java performance, and Liberty

Garbage Collection – Fundamental to Java App Server Performance

Recipe: DevSecOps using Aquasec Trivy - Steps to implement Aquasec Trivy image scanning in Jenkins and Tekton pipelines

Community events   - these are coming up soon!

Making the Move to API Connect V10 webinar

·       IBM Expert TV: Operational concepts and differences between deployment environments

·       IBM Expert TV: Best Practices for Liberty Connection Pool Configuration and Tuning

·       Liberty 21.0.0.7,8,9 Technical Overview, Update, and Q&A (Session 1) Webinar

·       WAS CAB Treat: Cloud Pak for Data System (CPDS) and Netezza update

·       WAS CAB: (MQ) Interested in costs of messaging software vs appliances?

·       Liberty 21.0.0.7,8,9 Technical Overview, Update, and Q&A (Session 2) Webinar

·       WAS & Liberty CAB: Running WebSphere Traditional on Azure Virtual Machines

·       WAS & Liberty CAB: Route to live: How to manage the development life-cycle of integrations

·       Go beyond efficiency gains, Automation is all about growing revenue webinar

·       AI factory - best practices in ModelOps (with Industry Thought Leader)

·       IBM Innovation Preview: Advances in AI and Lifecycle Automation

·      2022 Top 10 AI and technology solution trends for your business

Announcements 

Hardware Announcements

• IBM TS4500 Tape Library supports IBM Ultrium Linear Tape-Open (LTO) 9 tape drive technology
• IBM Ultrium 9 18 TB Data Cartridge models 553 and 653 deliver increased capacity than previous generation LTO Ultrium cartridges
• IBM Spectrum Fusion HCI delivers an intuitive, hyperconverged Red Hat OpenShift and hybrid cloud data platform with four- and five-year IBM Storage Expert Care options
• IBM Cloud Object Storage Gen2 hardware offers additional network interface card (NIC) and small form-factor pluggable 28 (SFP28) features

Software Announcements

• IBM Security Verify Privilege Vault On-Premises 11.0 and IBM Security Verify Privilege Vault deliver increased support and configuration features
• IBM Supply Chain Intelligence Suite, an AI-based supply chain optimization and automation solution, detects supply chain issues in near real-time, provides actionable insights, and enables intelligent workflows and automation
• IBM Support for Hyperledger Fabric delivers elite-level technical support for blockchain developers using the Hyperledger Fabric open-source framework to create enterprise-grade blockchain solutions
• IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager Standard Edition 6.2 advances support for hybrid cloud deployment with Red Hat certified containers
• DBmaestro 1.0 offers additional license option for improved ordering flexibility
• Revised support information: IBM Engineering select offerings for versions 6.0.6.0 and 6.0.6.1
• IBM Security Guardium Data Protection 11.4 extends real-time analytics on user access to sensitive data to reinforce zero trust principles, supports new data sources for monitoring, and enhances ease of use
• Revised migration information: Turbonomic Application Resource Management for IBM Cloud Paks
• Revised ordering information: IBM TechU Digital Subscription
• IBM Z Open Automation Utilities 1.2 delivers services to help ease IBM z/OS development through task automation
• IBM Sterling Connect:Direct 6.2 continues a UI modernization journey to simplify user experiences while also expanding hybrid cloud storage capabilities and simplifying administrative management activities
• Revised withdrawal information: IBM Cloud Pak for Data System
• IBM Observability by Instana Application Performance Monitoring on z/OS 1.1 offers extended capabilities to monitor a wide range of IBM z/OS application environments
• IBM Edge Application Manager 4.3 provides autonomous management of edge workloads to help organizations with continuous operations and faster response times
• Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation for IBM Z and LinuxONE 4.8 enables running Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE servers
• IBM Spectrum Archive product family supports LTO 9 tape drives
• IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS, 6.2 advances transition to common web console for IBM z/OS and all supported platforms, delivers security enhancements, and simplifies file management administration
• IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Automotive Compliance 1.0.3 helps streamline adherence to UN R155 and ISO/SAE 21434 for cybersecurity
• IBM Services Software Inspector Wearable 1.0 delivers superior inspection capabilities with an AI-enabled mobile app that runs on hands-free headsets supported by IBM Services Software Model Builder 1.0 and IBM Services Software Inspection Suite Fast Start
• IBM Db2 Merge Backup for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 3.5.0, IBM Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 5.5.0, IBM Optim High Performance Unload for Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 6.5.0, and IBM Db2 Advanced Edition for SAP Solutions 11.5.6 offer additional license options
• IBM Sterling Supply Chain Business Network introduces new support for NAESB standard and provides updates to services for RosettaNet standard
• IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium 9.3 adds enhanced data acquisition and external searching capabilities and an i2 notebook link analysis client to speed the analysis of data from multiple sources
• IBM IoT Connected Vehicle Insights Private 3.2 simplifies licensing for environments with more than 10,000 vehicles
• IBM Spectrum Fusion HCI software offers simplified deployment and data management for Kubernetes applications on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform with four- and five-year IBM Storage Expert Care options
• Revised withdrawal from marketing date: IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Check Services
• IBM Z Anomaly Analytics with Watson 5.1 delivers intelligent anomaly detection to avoid costly incidents; IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 5.1 accelerates hybrid incident identification with real-time operational analytics
• IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Check 4.0.4 extends IBM Financial Transaction Manager with check processing capability in a hybrid cloud environment deployment
• IBM InfoSphere Optim delivers Archive File Access that provides tools to access data in archive files after initial archiving activities as well as manage archive files
• IBM InfoSphere Optim for z/OS delivers Archive File Access that provides tools to access data in archive files after initial archiving activities as well as manage archive files

Withdrawal Announcements

• Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: Select IBM Automation, IBM Data and AI, IBM AI Applications & Blockchain, IBM Security, IBM Watson Health, IBM Public Cloud, IBM Cloud Garage, IBM Storage Software, IBM Strategy and Development, IBM Z & LinuxOne, IBM Digital Commerce & SaaS products or part numbers - Some replacements available
• Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM Power Systems models and features
• Software withdrawal: Select RHEL 7 LE and Red Hat OpenStack features
• Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM CICS Explorer 5.4 and CICS Transaction Server build toolkit 5.4
• Software support discontinuance: IBM Cloud Pak for Data System
• Software support discontinuance: IBM InfoSphere Optim Solution for Application Retirement 11.3, IBM InfoSphere Optim Solution for Application Retirement - Open Data Manager 11.3; Software withdrawal: Select IBM InfoSphere Optim products - No replacements
• Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM FlashSystem A9000R, FlashSystem 900, SAN Volume Controller, and FlashSystem 7000 features - No replacements available
• Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Check Services - No replacements available
• Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM Check Processing Control System and IBM Item Capture System - No replacements available
• Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: Select IBM InfoSphere Optim products for z/OS - No replacements

Services Announcements

• IBM Multicloud Deployment Services 4.4 provides cloud engineering solution that enables enterprises to transform infrastructure, streamline development operations, and modernize applications to help make client journey to the cloud more agile, efficient, secure, and predictable
• IBM Storage Expert Care adds 4-year and 5-year options for IBM Spectrum Fusion 9155

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