All SPOCs and Technical Contacts:
As stated in the communication sent by CWDS Customer Relations on December 23, 2025, the CWDS Executive Leadership Team has decided to cancel the CWS-CARES Production Pilot. In place of the Production Pilot, CWS-CARES will implement a Production Simulation environment.
The primary focus of CWS/CMS Release 9.7 was to enable IBM to deliver the technical solution required for the planned CWS-CARES Production Pilot. Since this activity is no longer needed for the newly planned CWS-CARES Production Simulation environment, CWS/CMS Release 9.7 is no longer required.
The next scheduled CWS/CMS release will be Release 9.8. The primary focus of this release is to add a mechanism that will allow CWS/CMS to be placed in a read-only state when CWS-CARES is implemented in October 2026. The CWDS Project is currently working with IBM to determine how many, if any, Data Quality improvement System Change Requests (SCRs) can be included with this release.
Release 9.8 is the projected final release for CWS/CMS. It is tentatively scheduled for implementation in June 2026. Further information will be announced as the release details are finalized.
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