Skip to Main Content
Cloud and AIOps


This is an IBM Automation portal for Cloud Management, Technology Cost Management, Network Automation and AIOps products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).

Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas
  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.

Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

Clear

Cloudability

Possibility to override default values for cost basis & analysis period in rightsizing dashboard

Hello, We want to override default values for Cost Basis in Optimizations / Rightsizing dashboard.This override can be set up in Rightsizing preferences page. Cost Basis : From "On Demand" to "Effective"Analysis period: From "10 days" to "30 days"...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

Request for ec2 permissions be added: DescribeInstances permission to be provided for all AWS linked accounts, which would be needed to determine whether a given instance was explicitly terminated.

The client was experiencing an issue with the recommendations that Cloudability shows. In the Optimize section there is a subsection called Rightsizing, which is where we can see the optimization recommendations based on the resources we have in t...
over 1 year ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

Increase Account Group Limit

We are currently facing a limitation where the account group field setting allows a maximum of only ten groups, which is no longer sufficient for our customers. Therefore, we hope to increase the number of available account group fields.
7 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization Functionality already exists

Instance Modernization Recommendations

Many recommendations suggest moving to older instance generations even though newer generations may have lower costs.
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

Add ticket information in download

What I experience: Often I want to analyze my opportunities, currently present with or with a tick already created. I often take a download from the tool and pivot the data to help my stakeholders take appropriate action. The export I get from the...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

account level budgeting in tool and associated alerts

the ability to set a budget against an account id business dimension to then be tracked against account spend and create alerts
2 months ago in Cloudability / Planning Functionality already exists

Integration of Alibaba with Cloudability

Omnicom Team would like to integrate their Alibaba cloud with Cloudability to have a better visibility of their cloud spend which spans across various Hyperscalers including Alibaba.
over 1 year ago in Cloudability / Vendor Credentials and Integrations Functionality already exists

Utilization data for Azure and GCP via Reports in Appti BI.

Customer wants Utilization data for Azure and GCP via Reports in Apptio BI. As of now we were supporting a few products of AWS but not AZURE and GCP.
over 1 year ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI Functionality already exists

The right sizing resources which are displayed should be able to filtered based on the business dimension

When it comes to right-sizing, all the filtering currently happens at the account level, while the information displayed is at the resource level (by resource ID). There needs to be a way to link these two levels so the process becomes more practi...
over 1 year ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

As a user, I am looking to include six business dimensions for budgets and forecasting within Cloudability Financial Planning. The current limit is restricted to four.

The current budget and forecast workflow and costing allocations is set for six Business Dimensions. Unfortunately, this limitation is preventing full adoption and value for CFP within our FinOps model and practice.
4 months ago in Cloudability / Planning Functionality already exists