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The preview release of InterSystems IRIS for Health 2019.1 is now available - try it out!

Kits and container images are available via WRC's preview download site.

InterSystems IRIS for Health 2019.1 is the second major version of InterSystems IRIS for Health.  It has many new capabilities including:

• Significant enhancements to SQL usability and performance
• Improved scalability and operations for sharded clusters
• Client language updates and performance boosts
• New interoperability capabilities that speed configuring and troubleshooting of productions
• Updates to FHIR support and message transformations.

The preview release of InterSystems IRIS 2019.1 is now available - give it a try!

Kits and container images are available via WRC's preview download site.

InterSystems IRIS Data Platform 2019.1 is the third major version of InterSystems IRIS.

Caché  2018.1.1 and Ensemble 2018.1.1 maintenance releases are now available!   

Full product installation kits can be downloaded from the WRC Software Distribution site.

For information about the corrections in this release, refer to the release notes.

This release is supported on the same platforms as Caché and Ensemble 2018.1.  You can see details in this Supported Platforms document.

The Atelier 1.3 stable release update site (https://atelier.artifactoryonline.com/atelier/updates/stable/1.3/) has been updated to 1.3.117.

For the best upgrade experience, InterSystems suggests that you install Eclipse Photon fresh before installing Atelier 1.3.

New Features

• Photon support - Install Atelier in Eclipse Photon and benefit from the fixes and enhancements in this new release!

InterSystems IRIS Data Platform™ version 2018.2 is now available as a preview release.  This is the first release in our new quarterly continuous-delivery (CD) release stream.  (Check out the announcement about InterSystems’ new release cadence for InterSystems IRIS)

InterSystems is pleased to announce that  InterSystems Caché and Ensemble 2018 are now released!

New in these releases are features that improve security and operations, including:

· Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) support
· Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) integration
· Integrated Windows Authentication support for HTTP
· SSH enhancements

InterSystems is pleased to announce availability of a field test version of Caché and Ensemble 2018.1

These kits can be downloaded from the Field Test portal page.

There are hundreds of bug fixes, and several new features, including:

• Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Integration
• Support for Microsoft Integrated Windows Authentication for HTTP Connections
• SSH Enhancements

All platforms are available, except Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for x86-64.  

We expect to update the field test kits about once a week, until release.

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of HealthShare Health Connect v15.032 on 2017.2.2

The platforms for this maintenance release are the same as for HealthShare Health Connect v15.03 on 2017.2.1.

• Full details can be found in this supported platforms document.

This release is based on core technology version 2017.2.2.865.0.18321 with the following HealthShare module:

• Core: 15.032.9685

The version number of the HealthShare Health Connect kits for this release is 2017.2.2HS.9685.0

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of Caché and Ensemble 2017.2.2

There are many corrections in these releases.  Please find a full list of the corrections in the release notes.

The version number of the kits is 2017.2.2.865.0.

The list of platforms is the same as for 2017.2.1.  For complete platform details please refer to the 2017.2 Supported Platforms document.

HealthShare Health Connect based on Ensemble 2017.2.2 is not yet available, but will be announced soon.

InterSystems is pleased to announce that InterSystems IRIS Data Platform 2018.1.0 is now released.

This press release was issued this morning.

InterSystems IRIS is a complete, unified data platform that makes it faster and easier to build real-time, data-rich applications.  It mirrors our design philosophy that software should be interoperable, reliable, intuitive, and scalable.

For information about InterSystems IRIS, please visit our website here.

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of these maintenance releases

·         Caché and Ensemble 2017.1.3

·         HealthShare Health Connect v15.03 for 2017.1.3

For Caché and Ensemble

·         Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for SPARC-64 and Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for x86-64 platforms are now approved for release.  They were not available for earlier 2017.1 releases.

·         The full list of corrections can be found in the release notes

·         The version number of the kits is 2017.1.3.317.0

HealthShare Health Connect v15.03 on core technology 2017.1.3.317.

Effective immediately InterSystems will no longer support Health Connect on Solaris. Previously released products starting with 2017.1 will also no longer offer this combination. This is in line with InterSystems HealthShare, which is not available on this platform.

As previously announced, 2017.1 on VSI OpenVMS 8.4-1H1 is the final major version of Caché and Ensemble.  2017.1 will not be available for VSI OpenVMS versions beyond 8.4-1H1.

Maintenance releases of 2017.1 on VSI OpenVMS may be announced but only to deliver critical corrections.  2017.1 on VSI OpenVMS will be the Minimum Supported Version from July 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020.  After December 31, 2020, no further maintenance releases will be made available.

Stable Releases of the Atelier plugin are now available from the Eclipse Marketplace. Just search for Atelier on the Eclipse website (https://marketplace.eclipse.org) or - even better - in the Eclipse IDE.

This is an convenient way to install this plugin, because you no longer have to enter the URL.

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of these maintenance releases:

·       Caché and Ensemble 2017.2.1

·       HealthShare Health Connect v15.03 for 2017.2.1

Caché and Ensemble 2017.2.1 details:

·       Platforms are the same as for 2017.2.0, with the addition of:

o   Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for SPARC-64

o   Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for x86-64

·       The version number of the kits for these releases is 2017.2.1.801.0

·       The full list of corrections can be found in the release notes

HealthShare Health Connect v15.03 on core technology 2017.2.1.801.

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of the following maintenance releases:

• Caché and Ensemble 2016.2.3
• HealthShare Health Connect v15.021 on core technology 2016.2.3

Caché and Ensemble 2016.2.3 are available on the same platforms as 2016.2.2

The full list of corrections can be found in the release notes.

• The version number of these releases is 2016.2.3.903.0
• For complete platform details, please refer to the 2016.2 Supported Platforms document.

HealthShare Health Connect v15.021 for core technology 2016.2.3.903.0 contains the following HealthShare module:

• Core: 15.021.

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of these maintenance releases:

• Caché and Ensemble 2017.1.2
• HealthShare Health Connect v15.03 for 2017.1.2

Caché and Ensemble are available on the same platforms as 2017.1.1

• The full list of corrections can be found in the release notes
• The version number of the kits for these releases is 2017.1.2.217.0
• Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for SPARC-64 and Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for x86-64 are not yet approved for release.  They are expected to be included in the next maintenance release.

HealthShare Health Connect v15.03 on core technology 2017.1.2.

InterSystems is pleased to announce the release of Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare Health Connect v15.03

Some highlights for Caché and Ensemble are:

• Parallel dejournaling to improve throughput of mirroring and journal restore
• New iFind and iKnow features like co-occurrence search, performance improvements, and more
• SQL enhancements in Query Auditing, optional ANSI SQL operator precedence, and Frozen Plan Evaluation, along with several query optimization improvements
• Ensemble updates include DICOM enhancements, XML performance, and XSLT2 activities in BPL.

I am pleased to announce that Release Candidates of Caché and Ensemble 2017.2 are now available.

Many customers have already downloaded the Field Test over the past few months, and we appreciate your feedback.

This release contains significant improvements, including:

• Parallel dejournaling to improve throughput of mirroring and journal restore.
• New iFind and iKnow features like co-occurrence search, performance improvements, and more.
• SQL enhancements in Query Auditing, optional ANSI SQL operator precedence, and Frozen Plan Evolution, along with our normal cast of query optimization improvements.

Project related quality assurance efforts have revealed a number of concerns for the current release of 2017.1.0 and 2017.1.1 on all OpenVMS platforms. In certain situations, the impact can be severe. InterSystems will address these issues with the upcoming 2017.1.2 release, and in the meantime, will remove all 2017.1.x kits for OpenVMS from our Download Servers.

 

If you have immediate needs correcting existing deployments of this version, please contact the InterSystems WRC (support@intersystems.com).

 

July 27, 2017 – Alert: Linux Defects Can Corrupt Mirror Copies of Journal Files

InterSystems has encountered defects in Linux which can corrupt copies of journal files that are generated on a mirror backup or async member; this occurs only in certain specific configurations. The original mirror journal file created on the primary member is not affected.

The risk is only exposed in Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare distributions beginning with version 2017.1.0. The risk only exists on Linux and only if a backup or async mirror member is configured to use the rtkaio library.

I am pleased to announce the Maintenance Release of HealthShare Health Connect v15.021 on data platforms 2016.1.4

This contains the HealthShare module Core: 15.021.8253

The version number for this kit is 2016.1.4HS.8253.0

The platform list is the same as for HealthShare Health Connect v15.02 for 2016.1.3. You can get details from the Supported Platforms document.

June 26, 2017 – Alert: Data Corruption with Mixed Endian Mirror Shadowing

InterSystems has corrected a defect that may result in corruption of Unicode data on a shadow system whose source is an async mirror member.

This defect affects all currently released Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare distributions beginning with version 2012.2.0.  All platforms and operating systems are affected.

In order to be exposed to the risk the configuration must include mirror primary and async members, and a shadow of the async member.

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of the Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.4 maintenance releases.

For a complete list of the corrections, please review the release notes.

Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.4 are available on the same platforms as 2016.1.3.  For complete platform details, please refer to the Supported Platforms document.

Availability of HealthShare Health Connect will be announced separately.

The version number of the kits for these releases is 2016.1.4.104.0

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of the following maintenance releases:

• Caché and Ensemble 2017.1.1
• HealthShare Health Connect v15.021 on core technology 2017.1.1

Caché and Ensemble are available on the same platforms as 2017.1.0, except as noted below

• The full list of corrections can be found in the release notes.
• The version number of the kits for these releases is 2017.1.1.111.0
• Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for SPARC-64 and Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for x86-64 are not yet approved.

HealthShare HealthConnect v15.021 on core technology 2017.1.1.111.

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of the following maintenance releases:

• Caché and Ensemble 2016.2.2
• HealthShare Health Connect v15.021 on two core technology releases, 2016.2.2 and 2017.1.0

Caché and Ensemble 2016.2.2 are available on the same platforms as 2016.2.1

• The full list of corrections can be found in the release notes.
• The build corresponding to these releases is 2016.2.2.853.0
• For complete platform details, please refer to the 2016.2 Supported Platforms document.

HealthShare Health Connect v15.021 for core technology 2016.2.2.853.

InterSystems is pleased to announce the simultaneous release of 2017.1.0 of Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare Health Connect v15.02 

Some notes for Caché and Ensemble, including highlights, are:

• Enhanced OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect
• FIPS 140-2 Validated Cryptography for database encryption
• iKnow REST API
• Improved DocBook Search and efficiency of Ensemble Message Search
• For complete technical details of what’s changed, review the Caché release notes and the Ensemble release notes.
• The version number for these kits is 2017.1.0.792.

I am pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2017.1 Release Candidate versions are now available for all platforms.

We appreciate the many customers who have downloaded, tried it, and given us feedback over the past few months.

Some things not in the original field test that you may want to check out include:

• Ubuntu is now a full production platform.
• OpenID Connect now supports JWKS with OpenID Connect Discovery and OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration.

There have been over 300 additions and corrections since the beginning of Field Test.

InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.3 are now available as maintenance releases.

For a complete list of the corrections in 2016.1.3, please review the release notes.

Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.3 are available on the same platforms as 2016.1.2.  The complete set of supported platforms, including specific point releases and patches, is detailed in the Supported Platforms document.

The HealthShare team will announce availability of its products separately.

The build corresponding to this release is 2016.1.3.306.0

November 22, 2016 – Alert: Database Integrity on UNIX^® and Linux Platforms

InterSystems has corrected a defect that may, in rare circumstances, result in database degradation on UNIX and Linux platforms.

This defect affects Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare distributions beginning with Caché version 2012.1. It is only a possible risk on UNIX and Linux platforms that are using asynchronous I/O for database writes. The following table specifies if asynchronous I/O is always on or optional for the affected platforms and releases: