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The iRODS User Group Meeting is a few weeks away. We're working hard to make sure things are ready. Attend in-person or virtually to learn what people are doing with iRODS and how it can help you with your data management requirements. Visit https://irods.org/ugm2026 to register now.

For the server, we've strengthened security for authentication by making certain cases report a…

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The list of accepted talks for this year's User Group Meeting are now public. You can view the list and register for the event at https://irods.org/ugm2026.

Work on Logical Quotas is complete and has been merged into the server. It is the second plugin to be absorbed into the server and aligns with the goals of the 2025 roadmap.

Work to support FIPS-enabled environments is making…

Hello reader,

This year's iRODS User Group Meeting is right around the corner. If you're working on cool stuff and would like to give a talk, please reach out to us. Registration for the event can be found at https://irods.org/ugm2026. We hope to see you there!

For this month's update, we're going to start things off with the initial release of the iRODS Policy Composition rule engine plugin.…

Researchers from Cornell University have developed what they call "the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale," a tool designed to measure how impressed people are by business school-style jargon that sounds strategic but says very little.

The findings, described in a recent study, suggest that employees who rate this sort of language as insightful are more likely to struggle with analytical…

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iRODS 4.3.5 is available for download, bringing the 4.3 series to a close. We will continue to provide support by answering questions and possibly fixing bugs in plugins until the 4.3 series is declared EOL. A lot of effort went into this release and we hope users find it to be a solid addition to the series. The release notes are available at…

Hello reader,

iRODS 4.3.5 is coming together very well. For those who aren't aware, it is the final release of the 4.3 series. We've closed a little over 100 issues and plan to resolve a few more before starting release testing.

Let's talk about what's happened since last month. Starting with the server, we've taught the UnregDataObj and RegReplica APIs to honor logical locking. The…