Azure Cost Optimization Assessment

Overview

In today's business landscape, cloud cost management is critical, offering unique optimization opportunities compared to traditional data centers, enabling greater savings and efficiency.

In the fast-paced realm of cloud technology, effectively managing organization-wide costs is crucial. However, navigating Azure spending can be challenging.

Are your Azure expenses escalating beyond manageability?

Embrace cloud optimization to unlock potential savings of up to 50% or more.

Our Value Proposition

Smart enterprises strategically optimize their expenses at every step.

At C3IT, we contribute to delivering a seamless customer experience through our value proposition.

• Speed up Cost Savings with expert planning and execution
• Right-sizing resources, leveraging discounts and automating scaling
• Added convenience through continual optimization, robust governance & automation techniques

Unlock cost-saving potential with our free 3-day Azure cost assessment! Discover optimization opportunities tailored to your business, reduce cloud spending, and maximize value. Schedule your free assessment today!

Timelines & Deliverables

Day 0: Initial Discovery (Engage with the customer)

• Assess current Azure estate, challenges, and future expectations.
• Present C3IT’s Cost Optimization Methodology and phased approach.
• Highlight additional value-add services and introduce C3IT’s specialized Azure engineers.

Outcome: After approval, arrange the Project Kick-off meeting and obtain Reader access to explore the customer's Azure dashboard.

Day 1: Discovery - Azure Ecosystem

• Identify and categorize Management Groups, Subscriptions, Resource Groups, and Resources.
• Analyze usage patterns across different time scales and detailed metrics.
• Document observations and derive pattern logic from permutations and combinations.

Outcome: Compile the inventory list and document usage patterns.

Day 2: Cost Assessment & Analysis

• Identify Long-Term and Quick-Win Cost Savings Opportunities.
• Assess Risks, Resource Optimization, and Automation Opportunities.
• Analyze Cost Drivers, Tagging, Licenses, and Governance Processes.

Outcome: Create a report for Cost Analysis, covering strategic to tactical levels.

Day 3: Azure Cost Analysis, Savings & Optimization Briefing

• Provide detailed Cloud Inventory Summary for cx.
• Outline key challenges in cx Cloud Costs.
• Showcase a Sample Cloud Cost Consumption Report at all levels.
• Analysis report across Resource Groups, Services, and Metered Categories.
• Provide effective Tagging and Cost Allocation Strategy.
• Summarize Usage Patterns, conduct Cost Trend Analysis, and compare current versus future cx Cloud Spend.
• Identify opportunities for savings on a daily, monthly, and quarterly basis.
• Outline specific savings opportunities at Subscription, Resource Group, and Resource levels.
• Propose savings based on Service Tiers and Environments (Dev/UAT/Prod).
• Present overall Cost Savings opportunities in % and monetary terms, emphasizing cost-effective services.

Outcome:

• Deliver a 1 to 2-hour presentation to the customer on the Cost Analysis report and Optimization opportunities, outlining the next steps.
• Furnish a 10-page tailored Cost Analysis Report specific to the customer's environment, considering current consumption and resource demand.

Key Benefits

C3IT's well-optimized Azure cloud infrastructure deployments minimize waste, maximize utilization, and take advantage of platform features that help eliminate overspending.

• Improved budget control and predictability.
• The ability to redirect resources to strategic initiatives.
• Helps in reducing costs and increasing ROI (Return on Investment), optimization of cloud architecture and improving availability.
• Gain a cost-optimized environment with a predictable spend plan and trustworthy monitoring

Why C3IT Solutions

C3IT Software Solutions is an Information Technology services and consulting company & enables organizations to bring about business transformation through digital platforms'>

Our Azure experts optimize costs and performance across the entire ecosystem, achieving over 40% average reduction in cloud spending.

Conclusion

Unlock savings with C3IT’s Azure cost expertise. Don't let high costs hold back your growth.Email us at sales@c3itsolutions.com to start saving on Azure.

Reach out to us to kickstart your journey.