October 2023 IT Asset Management 2023 R1.4 Part Number: 20.5.0. Release Date: October 11, 2023. EMEA and APAC release date: October 4, 2023. North America release date: October 11, 2023. New Features SAM Publisher Hub Intelligent license allocation and exemption Accurate visibility and licensing of production and non-production instances for IBM Cloud Pak licenses New support for proxy authentication in the FlexNet Beacon application. Changes from Previous Releases Changes to supported operating systems and compatibility with other products.