IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers
This portal is to open public enhancement requests against products and services offered by the IBM Data Platform organization. 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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We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:
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Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,
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Post ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted and upvote them if they matter to you,
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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.
ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.
IBM Employees should enter Ideas at https://ideas.ibm.com
In NCEE market we are seeing very similar patterns in recent RFPs, especially for watsonx‑related opportunities. Many clients explicitly request clarity on our migration strategy across clouds or back to on‑prem. For example:
"If changing cloud provider or moving back to on‑premises, tools should support smooth migration. Describe available tools, capabilities, and limitations for cloud‑to‑cloud or cloud‑to‑on‑premises migration."
This shows that the question is not only about individual product features, but about IBM’s official and end‑to‑end approach to portability and workload mobility. At the moment, we can partially answer based on what can be backed up/restored, but this is not sufficient for the level of detail customers expect.
It would be very helpful to have a unified, leadership‑approved position on our portability strategy across the watsonx portfolio, so we can respond consistently and accurately in these RFPs.