generated: '2026-10-03'
method: probed
source: pre-flight dossier (docs platform, portal detections) + CNAME chains and response headers of the hosts apis.yml names
registry: all/0-working/vendors.yml
areas_vocabulary:
- documentation
- developer-portal
- api-gateway
- cdn
- hosting
- sdk-generation
- api-collections
- status-page
- support
- community
- identity
- mcp-hosting
vendors:
- vendor: akamai
  name: Akamai
  area: cdn
  host: www.ibm.com
  evidence: cname:akamaiedge.net
  signal: cname
  confidence: high
  kin_score: []
- vendor: cloudflare
  name: Cloudflare
  area: cdn
  host: api.us-south.databases.cloud.ibm.com
  evidence: header:cf-ray
  signal: header
  confidence: high
  kin_score:
  - https_enforced
  - hsts
reliance:
  areas_vendor_served:
  - cdn
  vendor_count: 2
  areas_observed: 12
  share_of_observable_areas: 0.083
  note: areas where a third party was DETECTED serving this provider; an area absent here was either self-run or not observed, and this script
    cannot tell those apart
checked:
- 'docs-platform: custom'
- www.ibm.com (SignUp)
- developer.ibm.com (Documentation)
- www.ibm.com (Website)
- developer.ibm.com (Portal)
- cloud.ibm.com (GettingStarted)
- cloud.ibm.com (StatusPage)
- www.ibm.com (Support)
- community.ibm.com (Community)
- s3.us.cloud-object-storage.appdomain.cloud (baseURL)
- api.us-south.databases.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- api.us-south.codeengine.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.ml.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- api.us-south.discovery.watson.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.iaas.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- containers.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.kms.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.secrets-manager.appdomain.cloud (baseURL)
- us-south.event-notifications.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us.icr.io (baseURL)
- us-south.schematics.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- api.cis.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.cloudantnosqldb.appdomain.cloud (baseURL)
- us-south.event-streams.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.compliance.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.functions.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- api.dns-svcs.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.monitoring.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.logs.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.atracker.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.appid.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- transit.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- resource-controller.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- api.global-search-tagging.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- tags.global-search-tagging.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.power-iaas.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- enterprise.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- projects.api.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- us-south.lakehouse.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)
- api.us-south.apiconnect.cloud.ibm.com (baseURL)