Platform and Software Support Changes

This section lists current and future planned changes to platform and software support. The complete list of platform and software support is available in the 11.0 Platform and Software Support section of the System Update and Patch Notes documentation .

The changes in platform and software support from version 10.3 to 11.0 are listed below. Customer action may be required.

Current Updates

Support has been added for:

  • RHEL / Oracle Linux 8.5 support

  • Adobe InDesign CC 2022 (support for CC 2021 continues)

Support for the items listed below has ended:

  • STEP version 9.1 (ended on January 1, 2022)

  • Adobe InDesign CC 2019 and CC 2020 are no longer supported and have been removed as options within the STEP InDesign Plugins.

  • MS Windows-based servers will be desupported for existing customers starting with the 11.0 release. Contact Stibo Systems to review your options for making the transition to a supported platform.

Future Updates and End of Life Notifications

The support for the items below will end with the next feature release (Fall 2022) or as indicated:

  • macOS 10.15 (Catalina)

  • The Dun & Bradstreet Direct 2.0 platform is scheduled to be discontinued as of December 31, 2022, and as of January 1, 2023, D&B Licensed Products may only be accessed via Direct+.

  • Support ends in 2022 for these STEP versions:

    9.2 — ends on August 1

    9.3 — ends on November 1

  • Support ends in 2023 for these STEP versions:

    10.0 — ends on May 1

    10.1 — ends on December 1

Customers should update as soon as possible to the latest release of Stibo Systems Enterprise Platform (STEP). Contact Stibo Systems if you have questions and/or to receive help and guidance on how to update to a supported release.

Software errors reported for the versions shown above may be rejected after the listed effective dates. Application support issues in progress for the releases being desupported will be closed on the desupport date. It is not possible to extend the support services for desupported versions.