There has never been a more critical point in time to start improving business processes to prevent unnecessary expenditure, than now.
Managing cloud spend to keep within budget should be a priority. However, doing so remains a challenge with many moving parts to stay on top of. In most cases, organisations are significantly spending more on their cloud environments than is necessary.
When looking at overall cloud expenditure, cost is not the only consideration you should be making – security, governance and regulatory compliance are all areas which require careful attention and management.
Without the ability to easily manage the complexities of your cloud environment, you may be struggling with:
Data#3’s Cloud Optimiser solution is a managed service that helps you take control of the varied complexities of the cloud.
This all-in-one managed service helps you gain a deeper understanding of your existing cloud services, providing in-depth visibility to consumption and preventing unnecessary expenditure through usage and billing trends, as well as providing security and cloud health reporting.
While it may not be immediately obvious, the cost of status quo when it comes to managing your cloud environment can be significant. More often than not, organisations are generally overprovisioning cloud workloads without reason, resulting in wasted expenditure and resourcing.
Cloud visibility, or lack thereof, can be a real challenge for organisations.
Lack of both visibility and the time needed to identify issues can lead to an array of concerns, such as poor governance across multiple clouds, ballooning cloud spend, lack of ability to forecast spend accurately and increased security threats.
Within many organisations, cloud estates are far from secure or compliant.
The reality of fast-paced cloud adoption means that organisations engaged in multi-cloud adoption now have a greater threat surface than ever before. These same organisations also now face compliance configuration issues – which often go unaddressed for long periods of time.
A comprehensive toolset, enhanced by Data#3’s Managed Service Specialists, Cloud Optimiser delivers automation functionality and tailored monthly reporting to help you streamline and successfully manage the complexities of your cloud environment.
Cloud Visibility:
Cost monitoring
Inventory utilisation
Azure, AWS, GCP, VMWare
Cost Allocation:
Resource allocation
Tagging
Cost Optimisation:
Rightsizing
Track wastage
RI planner
RI utilisation
Hybrid benefit utilisation
Governance and Reporting:
Tailored reporting and guidance
Reporting templates
Budgets and alerting
Security and Health:
Assess security posture
Security & compliance Reporting
Automation and Efficiency:
Detect idle servers
Schedule service start/stops
Notification and opt-outs
Schedule backups
The Cloud Optimiser solution provides access to Data#3’s Cloud Optimiser tool and cloud managed service engineers, who will provide you with tailored monthly reports, as well as guidance and recommendations on what you can do to drive cloud service optimisation.
The Cloud Optimiser service also includes portal access to online training modules and FAQs, so you can maximise your investment with ongoing training and support. A subscription-based service, Cloud Optimiser is a 12-month commitment invoiced monthly based on a percentage of total public cloud usage.
Data#3 is Microsoft’s largest Australian partner and is both an Azure Expert Managed Service Provider and an Azure Modernisation Factory partner. Our capability in Azure is unsurpassed in Australia. Data#3 holds 11 Advanced Specialisations, has Microsoft MVPs on staff and has members on a Global Microsoft Partner Advisory Council.
To learn more about how Cloud Optimiser could provide visibility and cost control in your cloud environment, fill out the form below and a Cloud Solution Specialist will be in touch to provide you with a value demonstration.