Cloud FinOps for the Government & Public Services sector

Project details:

• Analyzed usage patterns to identify workloads to convert from steady state to scheduled, along with under- or unutilized resources.
• Implemented a standard cost estimation tool for new applications.
• Monitored and reported cloud consumption and spend to six supporting contractor teams and the government agency.

Impact delivered:

• Identified WorkSpaces optimization by converting from monthly to auto-stop for 25% savings; decreased underutilized compute (20%)
• Accurate cost estimation reduced the frequency of contract funding modifications.
• Enhanced reporting and communication alerted the agency of priorities, budgets, and actual spend.

Project details:

• Developed and implemented an enterprise-wide cloud-tagging strategy.
• Developed a cost-governance process to better track cloud spend and manage resources.
• Developed a multi-cloud cost and consumption forecast through 2028 by CSP.
• Provided multi-cloud reporting of cost and consumption with monitoring for over/under spend and anomalies.

Impact delivered:

• Drove cloud cost transparency and spend accountability to inform decision-making and reduce costs over time.
• Identified optimization opportunities of up to 45% of cloud spend: rightsizing (32%) and waste cleanup (13%).
• High confidence in budget and funding of cloud achieved highest FinOps maturity rating of <5% for cloud forecasting.
• 100% chargeback of cloud costs to 100+ systems.

Project details:

• Performed cloud spend and optimization assessments.
• Identified cost optimization opportunities including breakdown of rightsizing components.
• Developed focus areas to consider to further optimize costs and improve FinOps capabilities.

Impact delivered:

• Identified optimization opportunities up to $12M: rightsizing ($9M), reservation purchases ($2M), and waste cleanup ($1M).
• Integrated FinOps processes created additional efficiencies.