Subject: upcoming sitara risk assignment release in order to prepare for the upcoming sitara release to production scheduled on 01 / 24 , sitara will be unavailable as follows : production 01 / 21 ( fri . ) 7 : 00 pm ( cst ) thru 01 / 23 ( sun . ) 12 : 00 pm ( cst ) conversion and checkout of data for risk assignment release ( sitara and cpr ) parallel 01 / 14 ( fri . ) 7 : 00 pm ( cst ) thru 02 / 01 ( tue . ) 8 : 00 am ( cst ) parallel environment will be used as hot back - up , view access only ( sitara ) i wanted to make sure everyone had plenty of advance notice . i would like each of you to review these times with your staff . the production release is the largest to date and the time required to convert the data cannot be shortened any more . production users will not be impacted by the lack of the parallel environment - we will continue to bridge deal updates to unify parallel as we do now for the period stated above ; however access to sitara parallel will be kept to view only . a list of items included in this release will be forthcoming , as well as training for groups impacted by the risk assignment change . i appreciate your help in making this happen . any questions , please do not hesitate to call myself or the sitara hotline ( x 37049 ) scott mills ( x 33548 )