February

february 28, 2024 cost & asset management kcns cloud native oracle cloud asset extraction cam has enhanced its finops capabilities with the integration of oracle cloud as a supported adapter for asset extraction this development addresses the need for custom adapter creation, which previously added significant time and cost to onboarding projects the oracle cloud adapter simplifies the asset extraction process, leading to more efficient onboarding and optimization in cost management for customers using oracle cloud services this feature is available across all kyndryl editions and empowers users from enterprise it finance to provide better cost transparency and understanding of it spend from oracle cloud, extending across multiple cloud providers, business lines, and operational teams cloud native oracle cloud asset tag extraction cost & asset management now integrates oracle cloud as a supported adapter for cost extraction, enhancing the efficiency of onboarding and cost management for oracle cloud services this update reduces onboarding time and costs and improves spending visibility and management, which is applicable across all editions it enables enterprise it finance teams to achieve a more transparent and effective understanding of it expenditures related to oracle cloud cloud native oracle cloud cost extraction in cam cost and asset management now includes oracle cloud as a supported adapter for cost extraction, streamlining onboarding and optimizing cost management this update offers a more efficient approach for customers deploying services on oracle cloud, reducing both onboarding time and costs with this integration, users gain enhanced visibility into cost trends and can manage their spending more effectively the solution's benefits extend across all editions, providing comprehensive cost transparency and enabling enterprise it finance teams to facilitate a clear understanding of it spending from oracle cloud ui upgraded to angular version 16 in cost & asset management with the angular 16 upgrade, now we have enhanced ui performance, new features to the ui framework, and improved security (all security vulnerabilities are fixed) new commitment based discounts dashboard available in cost & asset management users can now access details and recommendations for pricing on services from azure on a dedicated dashboard this feature is accessible only after enabling a feature flag renamed feature add to graph the "add to graph" has been renamed to "compare costs" for enhanced clarity february 23, 2024 services catalog ability to add repeated configurations on request for quotations to improve the user experience and better organize the quotes solicitations, you can now use a recurrent configuration when requesting a quote for several data centers in this way, you can manage the quote information of several data centers under one single request console digital workplace service (dws) dws can now be integrated with the bridge console, allowing subscribed existing users to take advantage of the fully integrated experience within kyndryl bridge february 21, 2024 devops intelligence release parameters can now be configured by users in release management devops intelligence release management now supports the configuration of application release parameter values, such as maximum number of critical bugs, code coverage, and failed functional tests, etc this new capability provides customized insight for release managers making go/no go decisions for each application at each release, maximizing production quality this extended support is possible because of the introduction of a new role, release manager, which enables release management for individual applications users assigned the admin role can configure release parameters at the tenant level elite category now supported for dora benchmarking dora has introduced a new benchmarking category, elite, which is supported by devops intelligence this new category provides enhanced insight into your organization’s comparative performance february 16, 2024 service provider user profile capability now available to improve the customer experience, personalize recommendations, and monitor user activity for security and fraud prevention, a user profile is created based on your basic details and access information history log functionality is now available for mobile devices to improve the mobile experience, users can now review the history logs of all requests you can refine your results using the dropdown menu available for each filter services catalog error message displayed for failed requests to inform authorized users when requests cannot be completed, an error message is displayed for the following unsuccessful scenarios request for consultation request for quotation request for subscription assessments request to access the services catalog from a non permitted account february 9, 2024 service provider secondary navigation menu available to ensure a consistent kyndryl bridge experience across all pages, a secondary menu has been added where you can access the following pages home consultations quotations subscriptions notifications workbench ability to define hidden and visible fields for service provider customers users can define internal and external fields on service configurations, provisioning questions, and service elements during the account configuration if the fields have been marked as internal, only users with the admin role can view the corresponding fields february 8, 2024 container cluster management (ccm) amazon cloudwatch now supported users benefit from real time visibility into their cloud platform to facilitate troubleshooting, ensure availability, and minimize impact on business operations february 2, 2024 service provider user access management enhancements administrators can add new members and include them in an access group easily the access management page under the access group tab now displays the "add existing members" and "invite new members" options when no users have been invited