CAST unveils AI Advisor for in-depth software portfolio insights

CAST, a key player in the field of software intelligence, has unveiled its cutting-edge AI Advisor, an artificial intelligence (AI) capability now included in the latest release of its software observability and portfolio management tool, CAST Highlight. Cast is known for its automated analysis of user-built software, and the inclusion of this AI functionality adds a higher level of user interaction and insight.

The AI Advisor enables IT executives fast and direct access to in-depth insights on their complex custom application portfolios. The advanced AI capabilities of the system allow for the quick extraction of usable data points that can be applied to key strategic targets such as cloud migration, reducing technical debt, compliance alignment, managing costs, and fostering sustainability.

Furthermore, the AI Advisor assists users with insights and recommendations on optimal actions within an application portfolio. Through an interactive chat system, users can interrogate their custom software's cloud maturity, technical debt, composition, resiliency, agility, maintenance costs, and environmental impact. For instance, users may inquire about potential cloud migration candidates among their applications, identify any new legal and intellectual property risks for the current month, examine whether risky components are still in use, or find the most effective and efficient methods to minimise technical debt and expenses across their applications.

The AI Advisor responds to these enquiries by delivering hard facts and suggested actions about a prioritised set of applications, adding an extra level of assistance to users navigating the complexities of portfolio governance and software observability. This AI integration strengthens CAST Highlight's existing functionality to automatically understand hundreds of applications' source codes in a matter of hours and offer portfolio-wide insights.

Greg Rivera, Vice President of CAST Highlight, highlights the impact of the AI Advisor. He said, "This advancement demonstrates CAST's commitment to better enable CIOs, application owners, and other digital leaders to steer and report on key strategic imperatives. With the AI Advisor, we're taking a big step in making the complex world of portfolio governance and software observability as streamlined and intuitive as possible."

The introduction of CAST's cutting-edge AI Advisor within its software observability and portfolio management tool, CAST Highlight, represents a significant leap forward in simplifying the complexities of portfolio governance and software observability. By providing IT executives with fast and direct access to in-depth insights on their custom application portfolios, the AI Advisor empowers users to make informed decisions aligned with key strategic targets such as cloud migration, technical debt reduction, compliance alignment, cost management, and sustainability. This advancement underscores CAST's dedication to enhancing user experience and facilitating strategic decision-making in the rapidly evolving landscape of software intelligence.

The addition of the AI Advisor to CAST Highlight follows the recent amalgamation of ChatGPT and OpenAI with CAST Imaging, another CAST product. Known for its resemblance to a 'software MRI,' CAST Imaging is typically used as a living knowledge base for an application's inner workings.