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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">We have added lot of features and enhancements in 9.x platform releases. We would like you to note the announcement that were recently made regarding the end of support for 8.1 and 8.2. </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Customers using version 8.x of the platform are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible to continue receiving product support. Please note that in addition to the many improvements in 9.x platform releases, many of our latest application offerings use functionality that is not compatible with 8.x and older platform versions. Upgrading is the best way to take advantage of all of the latest product capabilities of Endpoint Manager.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Here are the list of key features you would get if you upgrade to 9.x.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>64-bit server components:</b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> Windows Server Components (Server, Console, Web Reports, FillDB, and BESAdmin) are now 64-bit Windows applications. This improves performance for large IEM deployments</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Expanded OS support: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Debian 6, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Windows Server 2012, RHEL 7</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Enhanced Security: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Disable SHA-1 signatures in favor of SHA-256, Support for TLS 1.2 and root certificate key strength increased from 1024 to 4096 bits</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Common Criteria security certification: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> Increased server audit logging and configurable attributes for Console and Web reports</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>New agent inspectors: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">SSID for WiFi inspector, SQLite inspectors, JSON inspectors, SHA-2 inspectors, TCP/UDP port inspectors (supported on Windows 7+, Windows Server 2008+), Inspectors for tracking long Fixlet evaluation times, SHA-2 inspectors</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Granularity of Access Control: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">This allows NMO users to manage actions</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Improved relay resiliency: </b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Relay recoverability from errors and data corruption has been added</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b><u>Additional notes:</u></b></font><br>
<a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-90.txt"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">9.0 changelist</font></a><br>
<a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-91.txt"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">9.1 changelist</font></a><br>
<a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-92.txt"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">9.2 changelist</font></a><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Manual upgrade instructions are available at: </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Upgrading"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Upgrading</font></a><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Upgrade Fixlets for previous versions of IBM Endpoint Manager are available at: </font><a href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/beswindowsarchive.html"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/beswindowsarchive.html</font></a><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Version 8.1 of Tivoli Endpoint Manager effective end of support March 31</font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><sup>st</sup></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> 2015. IBM official announce letter 914-182 (</font><a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS914-182"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><u>http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS914-182</u></font></a><font size="2" face="sans-serif">)</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Version 8.2 of Tivoli Endpoint Manager effective end of support April 30</font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><sup>th</sup></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> 2016. IBM official announce letter 915-114 (</font><a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS915-114/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en#abstrx"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><u>http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS915-114/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en#abstrx</u></font></a><font size="2" face="sans-serif">)</font><br>
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Regards,<br>
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Ashwin Manekar<br>
Product Manager, Endpoint Manager and Mobility Solutions<br>
IBM, Emeryville, CA<br>
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