What's changed in 2020

The following sections include information about the changes to features in the previous releases.

Release 20.2

IBM WebSphere Liberty application server upgrade to the latest version

The IBM WebSphere Liberty application server version on all Sterling™ Order Management System cloud environments is upgraded to the latest version. Customer deployments can now take advantage of all the security fixes and the new enhancements that are part of this release.

Upgrade Impact: No.

IBM MQ version upgrade to the latest version

The IBM MQ version on all Sterling Order Management System cloud environments is upgraded to the latest version to address vulnerabilities reported by IBM Security team.

Upgrade Impact: No.

Stack upgrade for developer toolkit environment

The middleware is updated to leverage in setting up an Sterling Order Management System developer environment through developer toolkit to keep parity with the stack upgrade of IBM Sterling® Order Management System cloud environments.

Upgrade Impact: No.

Java minor version upgrade

Java is upgraded with a minor version to mitigate security vulnerabilities.

Upgrade Impact: No.

Note: As a best practice, you must always import the full certificate chain for any third party integrations. Though this was not mandatory in the earlier versions of Java, it is now mandatory with this minor version upgrade.

Maintenance of DB Index

Any new indices that are added to improve performance are no longer dropped as part of BCR (Build Customized Runtime).

Upgrade Impact: No.