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IT, finance, and DevOps teams looking for a cloud optimization tool
About IBM Cloudability
IBM Targetprocess (formerly Apptio Cloudability). Establish team budgets and accurately forecast and track cloud spend. Correlate cloud spend to business value to make cloud investment decisions with confidence. Stay informed of costs and act on anomalies and rightsizing opportunities by team, service, or project. Accurately allocate all costs, including containers and support charges, to ensure a full chargeback of cloud costs to the business. Leverage rightsizing capabilities across major cloud services to reduce operating expenses and fund future investments. Enable team ownership of cloud spend and correlate this spend to business value for more effective strategic decision-making. Develop a comprehensive cloud optimization strategy geared for immediate cost savings. Included are a set of optimization recommendations aligned with the business while starting to enable accountability across the org.
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Cloud Management
Cost Management
Multi-Cloud Management
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Capacity Analytics
Demand Monitoring
Performance Analytics
SLA Management
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