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IBM Cloud - Structured Ideas


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Cloud and its 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).


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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.

IBM Cloud Support Center (https://cloud.ibm.com/unifiedsupport/cases/form) – Use this site for any IBM Cloud defect or support need.

Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ibm-cloud) – Use this site for IBM Cloud technical Q&A using the tag "ibm-cloud".

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

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Achieve HITRUST certification for IBM PowerVS to demonstrate compliance with industry-leading security and privacy standards, as defined by the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF).

It is useful because obtaining HITRUST certification demonstrates that organizations using IBM PowerVS adhere to the highest security and privacy standards defined by the HITRUST CSF, ensuring the protection of sensitive data and meeting industry ...
10 months ago in Power 0 Planned for future release

Obtain FedRamp certification for IBM PowerVS to comply with the rigorous security standards defined by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRamp).

It is useful because achieving FedRamp certification ensures that organizations using IBM PowerVS meet the stringent security requirements defined by FedRamp, allowing them to work with federal government agencies and handle sensitive data securel...
10 months ago in Power 0 Planned for future release

Attain FISMA compliance in IBM PowerVS to meet the security requirements mandated by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).

It is useful because achieving FISMA compliance ensures that organizations using IBM PowerVS meet the security standards and controls mandated by FISMA, protecting sensitive information, and meeting regulatory requirements. Organizations operating...
10 months ago in Power 0 Planned for future release

Establish and achieve RPO/RTO targets in IBM PowerVS to ensure efficient and timely data recovery and minimize data loss in case of disruptions.

It is useful because it allows organizations to define and meet their Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) targets, ensuring minimal data loss and faster recovery in case of any system failures or disasters. Organizatio...
10 months ago in Power 0 Not under consideration

Make DS8K storage available in IBM PowerVS to provide organizations with high-performance storage options for their workloads.

It is useful because DS8K storage offers high-performance and reliability features that can benefit organizations with demanding workloads. Organizations using IBM PowerVS would benefit from this availability as it provides them with a storage opt...
10 months ago in Power 0 Future consideration

Implement IASP flash copy

It is useful because it allows for efficient data replication and enables organizations to manage their data effectively in the IBM Cloud environment. Organizations using IBM Cloud would benefit from this feature as it ensures quick and reliable d...
10 months ago in Power 0 Functionality already exists

Disable COS Instance Deletion if it has any Buckets/Objects

Disable COS Instance Deletion if it has any Buckets/Objects. We can delete the COS Instances even if it has child resources like Buckets and Objects in it. This is really a threat to the IBM Cloud COS. If a user gains access and simply click on De...
10 months ago in Cloud Object Storage 0 Future consideration

IBM Cloud Shell API

IBM Cloud Shell API needs to exist! I want to be able to run commands for my command that are best run through the cli. Imagine if I have an application that can make API calls to cloud shell to run those commands on my account instead of having t...
over 3 years ago in CLI 3 Future consideration

Permission to disable MFA for parent user

A parent user is assign when a user is created/invited into the portal by customer person with the appropriate permission for IAM in the IBM account. That person with the IAM permission can do anything except disable MFA that the user enable by hi...
over 3 years ago in Identity and Access Management 0 Planned for future release

Master account owner role

I have had multiple interaction with support where the master account owner was required even when I have full right on everything else. Most often it was to disable the MFA on a specific user that it was required to reach out to the master accoun...
over 3 years ago in Identity and Access Management 0 Future consideration