#InterSystems Official

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 products (InterSystems IRIS, Caché and Ensemble) support AIX on Power 9 chips starting with:

Caché/Ensemble 2017.1.3

InterSystems IRIS 2018.1.1

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.

June 25, 2018 – Alert: Outer Join Query Results

InterSystems has corrected two defects that can cause SQL outer joins to return incorrect results. These defects can also impact DeepSee in Caché and Ensemble, as well as InterSystems Business Intelligence in InterSystems IRIS; in these cases, building and synchronizing some analytic models may result in build errors.

These issues exist on all platforms for the following released InterSystems Data Platform products:

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.

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 2017.1.3.317.0

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.  

InterSystems has performed various system and application benchmarks to determine the potential performance impact after the corrections for Meltdown have been applied.

Overall our tests have shown at worst a performance degradation of less than 2% and in some cases slightly better performance, but within the margin of error of testing. All tests confirm that the specific performance impact to a deployed application is directly related to how this application is using system resources. Specifically, this means that in certain cases (e.g. a query)  a larger performance impact is possible.

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 2017.2.1.801.0:

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:

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 2017.1.2.217.0

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

Some highlights for Caché and Ensemble are:

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:

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.

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 2017.1.1.111.0

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.

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-…

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.

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 2017.1.0.792.0

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.

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