We are excited to announce the release and general availability of Usage Engine Private Edition 4.2! 

The key focus areas in this release are optimizing productivity and efficiency, enhancing scalability and performance, and improving security and compliance, including new features and enhancements related to integration & interoperability, usability, and scalability.  

Some key features are: 

Kafka Enhancements 

This feature encompasses a complete refactoring of the Kafka agents, introducing a new set of collector agents and a real-time forwarder agent with support for subscribing to multiple topics, using wildcards.

Improved support for batch processes also enhances efficiency when handling large volumes of data. The new agents enable automatic rebalancing and scale-out capabilities, ensuring that multiple workflows can efficiently manage and process data in parallel.

The new agents bring significant usability and efficiency improvements in configuration, management, and operation. , and enable you to seamlessly integrate Kafka with Usage Engine Private Edition for optimized data processing and management.

Integration with Amazon SQS
In this release we are introducing dedicated publisher and subscriber agents for integration with Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), enhancing compatibility with AWS cloud services for customers operating in hybrid environments.

These agents facilitate bidirectional communication between Usage Engine Private Edition and Amazon SQS, ensuring smooth messaging and data exchange within the AWS ecosystem.

The new agents provide control and flexibility in managing SQS message queues, enabling efficient data processing and seamless integration with AWS services. With these agents, you can optimize your workflows, improve operational efficiency, and ensure reliable data transfer in AWS cloud environments.

Support Google Secret Manager for Secrets and Security profiles
Securing sensitive information, such as passwords, certificates, and keys, is a fundamental requirement in today’s digital landscape. The integration with Google Secret Manager in this release provides centralized secret management, allowing users to securely store and retrieve secrets while associating them with specific environments.

This granular level of control ensures that only authorized individuals and systems can access the necessary credentials, offering a robust enhancement to overall security measures.

New Features

Usability

• Desktop Online Search

• Log Filter

New Connectors

• New Kafka Agents

• Amazon S3 Agents in Real-Time Workflows

• Amazon SQS Agents

MariaDB Support

• Supported Agents for MariaDB

• Additional APL Functions and Event Notifications Support MariaDB

Security and Authentication

• Google Secret Manager

Enhancements

• Extended Log Retention Periods

All of these are explained in more detail in Usage Engine 4.2 Release.

The release can be accessed: Release Information.

Overall user documentation is available at: Usage Engine Documentation 4.2 .

Enjoy! 🌟

We’re excited to announce the release and general availability of Usage Engine Private Edition 4.1! 

The key focus areas in this release are optimizing productivity and efficiency, enhancing quality and reliability, and improving security and compliance, including new features and enhancements related to usability, integration, and interoperability.  

Three of the key features are: 

Avro Encode/Decode with Schema Registry 

This is an enhancement to our existing capabilities. Building upon the previous setup, which involved passing schema registries into Ultra, this enhancement introduces a more streamlined approach.

Users now have the flexibility to reference external schema registries within a single workflow, such as distinct ones for the Decoder, Encoder, and APL functions. This enhancement not only facilitates efficient data serialization using the Avro format but also ensures schema consistency across distributed systems, see Avro Support(4.1).

SAP HANA Support for Data Veracity

We now support SAP HANA as a Backend Data Store for the Data Veracity function in Usage Engine, allowing customers to enhance data accuracy and reliability for informed decision-making and compliance. This integration enables efficient management of erroneous data within database tables, facilitating prompt identification and resolution of inconsistencies.  

Mutual TLS support for Kafka Agents

Mutual Transport Level Security( mTLS) is now supported for Kafka agents in Usage Engine. This feature implements robust encryption and authentication mechanisms, ensuring secure communication channels within the Kafka ecosystem. With mTLS, both Kafka agents and the Kafka infrastructure authenticate each other using digital certificates, guaranteeing data integrity and confidentiality.

We encourage you to explore all the detailed features and enhancements below to gain a comprehensive understanding of the capabilities in this release of usage Engine.

New Features

Authentication and Access

• Access Controller - Access Group Name

• Support for 2-way Authentication for Web Services Agents and Profiles

New Connectors

• Netia FTP Agent

• Telco agents for FTAM and FTP

Integration

• Avro Encoding and Decoding

• BER Indefinite Lenght Encoding

MariaDB Support

• MariaDB in Database Profile

• Reference Data Management Supports MariaDB

APL

• Database Table to Support tableGetMetaInfo Function

Usability

• Log Files UI

Enhancements

SAP HANA

• Duplicate UDR Supports SAP HANA and PostgreSQL Database

• Data Veracity Supports SAP HANA Database

5G

• 5G Profile Supports Multiple Primary NRF Address in HTTP/2 Server Agent

• 5G Profile Allows Retry for Failed Connections to Multiple NRF Address in HTTP/2 Server Agent

Extended Functionality

• Dynamic Fields in Aggregation Profile

• Kafka Agents Support mTLS

• User Security Improvements

• Support for OpenShift 4.15

All of these are explained in more detail in Usage Engine 4.1 Release .

The release can be accessed: Release Information .

Overall user documentation is available at: Usage Engine Documentation 4.1.

Enjoy! 🌟

This release contains the following new features and functionality:

• New Features

  • FTP EWSD Agent

  • Microsoft Message Queueing Agents (MSMQ Agents) for Real-Time Workflows

  • Authorization Server

  • Support for System Landscape Directory (SLD)

• Enhancements

  • Http/2 Server Agent Supports Proxy During Registration in NRF.

  • Database Support in Inter Workflow

  • Support of Amazon S3 in System Importer and System Exporter

  • Download Page for Desktop Launcher and mzcli

  • Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Support

Please check out the Release Information here for more details: Usage Engine 4.0 Release.

The release can be accessed from InfoZone: Release Information.

The overall user documentation for this release can also be found on InfoZone: Usage Engine Documentation 4.0 .

Enjoy! 🌟