IBM Cloudability Features

Allows users to schedule instances, changes or other operational tasks in advance.

Efficiently scales resource usage to optimize spend whith increased or decreased resource usage requirements.

Allows users to track and control cloud spend across cloud services and providers.

Tracks infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste.

Ability to project spend based on contracts, usage trends, and predicted growth.

Provides use-specific recommendations regarding performance and resource utilization.

Provides ability to track and/or map spending on all cloud spend across departments with little to no manual entry.

Creates reports outlining resource, underutilization, cost trends, and/or functional overlap.

Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way.

Import trial balance, monthly P&L, balance sheets, and other types of financial data

Define budget structure elements and how they are linked hierarchically

Keeps track of all versions of a budget and allows users to compare versions

Include budgeting formulas to estimate direct and indirect costs, operating and non-operating revenues

Test the potential financial impact of business decisions on revenues and expenses

Users can customize standard budget periods (3, 9, or 12 months)

Consolidate multiple budgets from different departments or business entities

Users with administrative access rights can modify budgets

Workflows are used to define the steps required to alter budgets and who needs to approve changes

Forecasting is based on past transactions and historical financial or operational data

Ability to recreate forecasts to include new information that may impact budgets

Support multiple types of forecasts such as balance sheet and cash flow forecasts

Used to review and update budgeting assumptions for a predefined period (usually one year)

Uses AI algorithms and models to predict future trends and outcomes, based on historical data and patterns

Project out as the year progresses to accommodate trends that affect key business drivers.

compare Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow for multiple periods

Forward-looking Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statements are synchronized with GL data

Consolidate viewing and management of multiple clouds in one solution.

Optimize cloud performance and integration with disparate systems.

Provide cost management insights and analytics regarding cloud usage.

Manually or automatically manage cloud resource usage and scaling.

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives