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Cloudability

Upgrade Optimizations

Include Options to upgrade EC2 / servers in the cloud tenants. What is the current older resource version and the recommendation for a newer, more cost effective resource type. This capability is available in AWS portal Compute Optimization Dashbo...
1 day ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

Add recommendations for rightsizing Compute within same instance family

In the Cloudability rightsizing module, each resource ID typically receives 3–5 recommendations, which appear to be ranked by estimated savings and risk. However, in many of the tickets we’ve reviewed, the tool does not suggest downsizing within t...
13 days 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.
3 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization Functionality already exists

Rightsaving Policies for less than a dollar of savings

Mayo Clinic has several rightsizing Requests that have less than $1 of savings, while these are small, adding up this could lead to thousands of missed savings
19 days 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

In CFP, Ability to View Forecast Variance by Month

[Cloudability Government] Currently on the Forecast Variance Details tab within CFP, you have the ability to see the Variance by Quarter or YTD. It would be beneficial for some of our applications to have the option of seeing a Monthly Variance as...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Government / 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.
about 1 year ago in Cloudability / Vendor Credentials and Integrations Functionality already exists

Include Container Recs in Rightsizing Explorer

I want my end users to be able to see all rightsizing recommendations including Containers generated by Cloudability and have that captured under Rightsizing Explorer.
3 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 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...
12 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 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.
about 1 year ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI Functionality already exists