InterSystems Official Andreas Dieckow · Jan 5, 2018 InterSystems Response to Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities InterSystems continuously monitors our systems for any evidence of attempts to exploit vulnerabilities such as the newly announced Meltdown and Spectre attack vectors. At this time we have seen no indications of attempts to target InterSystems systems or technology using these vulnerabilities. · InterSystems is aware of recently reported cybersecurity vulnerabilities known as Meltdown and Spectre that affect a wide range of computer processors (See US-CERT Alert TA 18-004A, Meltdown and Spectre Side-Channel Vulnerability Guidance, #Security #InterSystems Official 7 0 0 1,025
InterSystems Official Andreas Dieckow · Jan 3, 2018 Atelier now available via the Eclipse Marketplace 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. #Development Environment #Release #InterSystems Official 6 4 0 1,021
InterSystems Official Andreas Dieckow · Aug 21, 2017 Caché and Ensemble 2017.1.x on OpenVMS - Recall 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. #OpenVMS #Platforms #Release #Caché #Ensemble #InterSystems Official 3 0 0 587
InterSystems Official Andreas Dieckow · Apr 27, 2017 Supporting FIPS 140-2 With the recent release of Caché and Ensemble 2017.1, InterSystems customers can now create configurations where the data-at-rest cryptographic library used is compliant with FIPS 140-2.Caché and Ensemble now provides you with the option to enable FIPS mode on RedHat 6.6, 7.1 on x86-64. This means is, that InterSystems products will no longer use the supplied crypto libraries that come with the kit, but will use the FIPS validated libraries provided by the Operating Systems vendor. #Security #InterSystems Official 2 0 0 318
InterSystems Official Andreas Dieckow · Apr 27, 2017 VSI OpenVMS The last version of Caché, Ensemble released for VSI OpenVMS is 2017.1. Unlike HP OpenVMS (Alpha and Itanium), VSI OpenVMS on Itanium continues to be supported. This means that critical corrections or changes required to support customer’s hardware purchases will all be based on 2017.1 or earlier versions.Related announcement: https://community.intersystems.com/post/platform-compatibility-hp-open-vms #Compatibility #OpenVMS #Caché #InterSystems Official 0 0 0 628
InterSystems Official Andreas Dieckow · Dec 7, 2016 Platform Compatibility: macOS (OS X) Beginning with the next release after 2017.1, InterSystems products will no longer be offered on macOS (OS X) as a Server platform. This platform has been re-classified and will be available as a Development platform in future releases.Products: Caché, Ensemble Expected Availability: next major release after 2017.1 #Apple macOS #Compatibility #Platforms #Caché #Ensemble #InterSystems Official 2 0 0 412
InterSystems Official Andreas Dieckow · Dec 7, 2016 Platform Compatibility: HP Open VMS Post has been edited for clarification: Both HP Open VMS versions (for Itanium and for Alpha) are discontinued for future InterSystems releases. Future product releases, beginning with the next major release after 2017.1, will no longer be offered for the following platforms: HP OpenVMS for ItaniumHP OpenVMS for Alpha Products: Caché, Ensemble Expected Availability: next major release after 2017.1 #Compatibility #OpenVMS #Platforms #Caché #Ensemble #InterSystems Official 3 1 0 1,027
InterSystems Official Andreas Dieckow · Dec 6, 2016 Licensing: Ubuntu and SUSE with 2017.1 and later Starting with 2017.1, InterSystems is adding Ubuntu (64-bit) as a third linux server platform. Prior to 2017.1 Ubuntu was already available as a development platform and customers could use InterSystems distributions build for SUSE to run on Ubuntu. As a result there are a few license key implications for 64-bit linux versions starting with Caché and Ensemble 2017.1:a) Customers using RedHat will observe no changesb) Customers using InterSystems products(1) for SUSE on SUSE will need new license keys (no charge) #Compatibility #Platforms #Ubuntu #InterSystems Official 9 13 0 1,138
InterSystems Official Andreas Dieckow · Nov 7, 2016 Feature Tracker in 2017.1 Starting with the Field Test of 2017.1 InterSystems products will include Feature Tracker. It is enabled by default during the Field Test and is explained more fully in the product documentation included below. Information collected by Feature Tracker is limited to technology usage information and instance identification. This tool has been carefully crafted to not transmit sensitive information related to customer applications or data. #System Administration #InterSystems Official 3 0 0 801
InterSystems Official Andreas Dieckow · Nov 7, 2016 macOS with 2017.1 and later Starting with 2017.1, InterSystems has moved macOS from being a server platform to a development platform. 2017.1 will only support macOS 10.12 and will no longer be available as dmg kits.Verification of macOS 10.12 has not been completed at this time and Field Test kits for this platform are not yet available. #Apple macOS #Compatibility #Platforms #InterSystems Official 0 2 0 410