SoftNAS Cloud NAS vs. IBM Apptio

SoftNAS is a Linux-based virtual NAS appliance deployed on public and private cloud services like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and VMware vSphere. SoftNAS can also run on RHEL if customers prefer it over CentOS. It runs as a virtual machine, providing a broad range of software-defined capabilities, including data performance, cost management, availability, control, and security. SoftNAS provides unified storage designed and optimized for high-performance, higher than normal I/O per second (IOPS), and data reliability and recoverability.

IBM Apptio is a comprehensive, suite of IT Financial Management (ITFM) solutions designed to help organizations modernize how they plan, understand, and optimize IT spend. Whether you’re building foundational ITFM capabilities or advancing a mature practice, IBM Apptio meets you where you are and scales with you as your needs evolve. Built for speed and ease of use, IBM Apptio enables teams to replace manual spreadsheets and quickly gain defensible visibility of financial and operational data, through streamlined, automated workflows.