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Issue: Small AWS deployment with little management oversight and a lack of cloud skills internal to the organization moving from traditional infrastructure to SaaS and cloud based solutions.
What we did
AWS Audit
Cost Optimization Review
Ongoing Monitoring
Result:
Eliminated unused storage volumes and the old application server no longer in use, the charges for AWS resulted in a savings of 51% per month.
We’ll continue to monitor AWS billing and finance to ensure maintenance of savings and identify other future changes.
Cost Optimization
Issue: Small AWS deployment with little management oversight and a lack of cloud skills internal to the organization moving from traditional infrastructure to SaaS and cloud based solutions.
What we did
AWS Audit
Cost Optimization Review
Ongoing Monitoring
Result:
Eliminated unused storage volumes and the old application server no longer in use, the charges for AWS resulted in a savings of 51% per month.
We’ll continue to monitor AWS billing and finance to ensure maintenance of savings and identify other future changes.
