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Add the ability to rotate the Agent api key

Currently there is no way to rotate your agent's API key when using the SASS product, it'd be nice if it were possible to e be able to rotate it for security purposes
about 4 hours ago in Instana / Agent Submitted

Support for Snowflake Cost Optimization Capabilities

Enhance visibility and control over Snowflake spend by identifying cost drivers, optimizing warehouse sizing and usage, reducing idle compute, and leveraging features like auto-suspend, query optimization, and storage tiering.
about 5 hours ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) Submitted

Named Custom Date Ranges for Reporting

Today, users can choose from standard absolute and relative date ranges (Last 7 Days, Month to Date, custom start/end dates, etc.) within each widget's or the UI's Time period selector. This is powerful but introduces friction for organizations wh...
about 5 hours ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Submitted

SSL Support for DB2 integration in Cloud Pak for AIOps

In a troubleshooting case that we have open, we have been informed that the DB2 integration for Cloud Pak for AIOps does not support SSL connection to the database. The security need for SSL should be self-evident; AIOps event data contains propri...
about 9 hours ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps Submitted

Provide SSL connections via the DB2 Connector in CP4AIOPs running on OCP

SSL connection for DB2 connector allows secure connections to DB2 from CP4AIOps. This will benefit customers who have a secure zone implemented in their environment.
about 13 hours ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps Submitted

Add a field to the API and UI to inform consumers if cost saving is using custom prices or falling back on retail prices

Currently there is no transparency around which price is being used which results in misreporting when we roll up the potentials saves to a higher Business Mapping level. The reality is that all of our services should match to a custom price, so t...
about 15 hours ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Enhance Cloud Visibility: Fetch VPC ID and VPC Name against VPC Services

Description: As an Apptio user, I'm facing challenges in fetching VPC ID and VPC name against VPC services. Currently, Apptio doesn't provide a straightforward way to retrieve these details, making it difficult to gain comprehensive visibility int...
about 15 hours ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Submitted

Normalized AI Cost Model visibility in Cloudability (Reduce Noise from AI Model Versions)

Nestle and other customers are requesting improved visibility into AI-related cloud spend in Cloudability, as current AI service and item descriptions introduce a high level of noise when used in graphs and reports. AI costs today appear as many n...
about 13 hours ago in Cloudability / AI/ML in Cloudability Submitted

RCG wants Apptio to natively support OU-level AWS tags (like “map_migrated”) instead of relying on workarounds such as Lambda-based replication, to avoid operational complexity and potential data integrity issues.

SITUATION: RCG wants to know why certain OU‑level AWS tags (e.g., “map_migrated”) are not appearing in Apptio despite being enabled in AWS cost allocation. STATUS: Currently, Apptio doesn't support importing OU level tags. SOLUTION: Implement an a...
1 day ago in Cloudability / Other Submitted

Commitment Support for GCP Vertex AI Provisioned Throughput

Vertex AI spend is increasing and there is a need to optimize it. Provisioned Throughput commitments offer a major discount off on-demand: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/provisioned-throughput-on-vertex-ai
1 day ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) Submitted

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