CAST Highlight Features

Supports a useful and wide variety of programming languages.

Integrates seamlessly with the build environment and development tools like repositories, package managers, etc.

Grants comprehensive user-friendly insight into all open source components.

Provides relevant and helpful suggestions for vulnerability remediation upon detection.

Monitors open source components proactively and continuously.

Comprehensively identifies all open source version updates, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues.

Assess the existing physical and virtual servers and compile it

Evaluate cost savings with TCO analysis

Allows mapping with on-premises applications and identify dependencies

Supports relevant SBOM formats such as cycloneDX and SPDX.

Provides robust, industry standard SBOM annotation functionality.

Generates thorough evidence of compliance including component relationships, licenses, and more.

Automatically and continuously monitors components to alert users of noncompliant elements.

Presents a transparent and easy to use dashboard for performing SBOM management.

Includes controls for role-based access permissions.

Produces intuitive visualizations for software architecture and dependencies.

Identifies and quanitifies technical debt.

Reports on the overall health of the codebase using a variety of relevant metrics.

Provides practical recommendations for improving the codebase.

Allows users to query for architecture insights using natural language.

Readily integrates with the existing software development environment.

Provides a digestible user interface for understanding software architecture.

Define strategic objectives related to project and portfolio management

Support the creation of roadmaps that visualize the timeline and interdependencies of various portfolio elements

Capture, evaluate, and prioritize demand from different parts of the organization, ensuring that resources are allocated to the most valuable initiatives.

Assist with dynamic portfolio-level resource planning and what-if scenario modeling

Create plans to implement activities to achieve strategic objectives

Simulate the outcomes of various business case scenarios and mix of projects

Assign priorities to projects and portfolios based on strategic objectives

Align project and portfolios with the strategic objectives of the company

Provide a 360 view of all projects and portfolios and their corresponding strategies

Monitor the efficiency of strategic plans and how they are impacted by projects and portfolios

Mitigate risks related to projects and portfolios that may impact strategic objectives

Deploy strategic planning to project and portfolio management activities

Facilitate the process of managing changes within the portfolio, including scope changes, resource adjustments, and schedule updates

Help with continuous improvement and to adapt to strategy updates and market changes

Provide pre-defined strategy models that can be customized and combined by users

Support multiple strategy frameworks such as Balanced scorecard and OKR

Track environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics related to portfolios, such as gas emissions or diversity and inclusion

Track the financial performance of portfolios in terms of cost savings, productivity improvements and increasd revenues

Enable forecasting future performance, resource requirements, and potential risks and opportunities

Optimize workflows and processes using machine learning and natural language processing (NLP)

Use artificial intelligence to provide intelligent strategy modelling and proactive risk assessment

Provide an intelligent chatbot or virtual assistant that can answer questions, provide support, and automate tasks related to portfolio management

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives