[BESAdmin-Announcements] New Release: IBM Endpoint Manager Platform 9.0 Now Available!

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

IBM is pleased to announce the availability of version 9.0.586.0 of the IBM
Endpoint Manager Platform!

Version 9.0 is the latest version of the Endpoint Manager platform and
contains a number of new and exciting features including:

   Client Authentication – Enable authentication on DMZ relays to manage
   roaming users and mobile devices more effectively and prevent
   unauthorized access.
   Client Mailboxing – Encrypt and send data securely to individual
   computers.  This feature also enables actions to be sent to directly to
   targeted endpoints rather than broadcast across the deployment to ensure
   faster processing and performance when targeting endpoints by name or
   client ID.
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux/DB2 Server Support – Opt to install the
   Endpoint Manager server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 with an IBM
   DB2 10.1 database. This is in addition to existing support for the
   Endpoint Manager server on Windows Servers with a  SQL Server backend.
   Currently the deployment size recommendation for RHEL/DB2 deployments is
   10,000 seats or less.
   New REST API – Simplify integrations with the Endpoint Manager platform
   through the new REST API. This feature also includes a lightweight
   command line wrapper to provide convenient methods for user
   authentication, session management and HTTP request/response generation
   and parsing.
   Expanded OS Support – Enhanced agent support for Windows 8/Server 2012,
   Mac OSX 10.8, and Solaris 11. New agent support for Debian 6, and Ubuntu
   12.04.  Server/relay support for Windows Server 2012. View the full list
   of supported platforms here.

This upgrade is available to all IBM Endpoint Manager customers at no
charge. IBM recommends upgrading whenever possible to take advantage of new
features, optimizations, and bug fixes.  As with all Endpoint Manager
platform upgrades, you can upgrade any component manually or by using
Fixlet messages available on the BES Support Fixlet site.

Published Site Versions:
BES Support,  v. 1041

Additional Notes:
- The full IBM Endpoint Manager Platform 9.0 technical change list is
available at http://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-90.txt
- Manual upgrade instructions are available at
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Upgrading
- Upgrade Fixlet messages for previous versions of IBM Endpoint Manager are
available athttp://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/beswindowsarchive.html

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IBM Endpoint Manager Product Team
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