Name: IBM Cloud Direct Link
Author: IBM

Communications Outsourcing

Customer Success

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Image Recognition

Java Technologies

Software Repositories

Development

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Contract Management

Electronic Signature

Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

Supply Chain Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Benefits Administration

Corporate Learning Management

Credentialing

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Cloud Brokers

Cloud Storage

Data Center Infrastructure Management

Data Center Outsourcing (USA)

Data Mapping

Data Observability

Data Privacy Management

Fraud Detection

Governance, Risk & Compliance

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

IT Asset Disposal

IT Asset Management

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Log Management

Network Performance Monitoring

Operating Systems

Packet Analyzer

Single Sign-On

Smart Contracts

Software Defined Storage (SDS)

Software Distribution

Solid State Drives

Tape Storage

Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Digital Content Creation

Digital Signage

Email Management

Email Marketing

Marketing Automation

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Video Collaboration

Web Analytics

Marketing

Meeting Room Booking

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Sales Acceleration

Sales

Animation

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Equipment Rental

Insurance Suites

Investment Portfolio Management

Legal Billing

Public Sector Software

Tax Practice Management

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Ease of scaling up or down in response to customer needs

Elastic load balancing

Automatic balancing and distribution of resources across multiple virtual computers

Pre-configured templates

Pre-defined templates for virtual machines

Monitoring tools

Monitoring tools provide alerts when problems are detected

Pre-defined machine images

Range of different server configurations available

Operating system support

Range of operating systems available as pre-configured images

Security controls

Compliance with security protocols like SSL and AES

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