Action Required Service Updates
IBM Cloud Mobile Foundation: Migration from Deprecated Plans to New Plans
In February 2018, we announced the deprecation of Developer, Developer Pro, and Professional Per Capacity pricing plans for Mobile Foundation Service. If you are still on a deprecated plan, immediate action is required to migrate to one of the new plans.
Automate and Operationalize Your AI with Watson OpenScale
Today, we are taking a major step forward in helping enterprises automate and operationalize AI with the launch of the Standard Plan for Watson OpenScale on IBM Cloud, along with other updates to the offering. In addition, Watson OpenScale is now also available for deployment on cloud or on-premises with IBM Cloud Private for Data.
Announcing the GA Version of Watson Compare & Comply
Watson Compare & Comply has gone GA! Extract data from governing documents and other complex unstructured documents to power business processes with Watson.
Vulnerability Advisor v2 API Deprecation
Vulnerability Advisor is a component of the IBM Cloud Container Registry offering which scans Docker images that are stored in your registry for known vulnerabilities and configuration issues. Effective January 8, 2019, v2 of Vulnerability Advisor’s API will be deprecated and will no longer be usable.
Increased Availability with HA Masters in the Kubernetes Service: Actions You Must Take
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service will soon increase your cluster availability by adding replicas of the Kubernetes master with fix pack version 1.11.3_1531, released on November 1, 2018. After you update, clusters will have three Kubernetes master replicas that you set up with a highly available (HA) configuration.
IBM Event Streams (AKA Message Hub): Users of Apache Kafka 0.90.00 Java Client Must Upgrade to 0.10.00
IBM Event Streams users who are using the Apache Kafka 0.9 Java client must upgrade to a 0.10.00 or higher release.
Leverage the Benefits of the Changes to IBM Analytics Engine Clusters
In view of these value-driven changes to IBM Analytics clusters, we encourage you to create new clusters, especially if you are still using clusters created before August 17, 2018, as these clusters do not include any of the latest updates. Before you delete your old clusters, you should back up your data, metadata, and any changes done on the clusters so that no data is lost.
Updates to Voice Agent with Watson Service
As part of our drive to deliver improvements to the Voice Agent with Watson service, we are making changes in October around how we handle transferring calls and updating the pricing for the Voice Agent service.
Migrating IBM Watson Service Instances from VLAN to VRF
IBM Watson services will automatically change all accounts to support Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF), making it easier to connect to private endpoints. The upgrade will occur Saturday, November 10th from 5:30 PM US Eastern to 6:00 PM US Eastern in order to minimize impact to you and your customers’ workloads.