Challenges
- Difficulty assigning cloud charges to the correct cost centers
- Changing and or missing cost centers
- Limited detailed reporting for analysis and decision making
Solutions
- Daily cloud usage and costs imported directly from cloud vendor portals
- Allocation algorithm developed on resource, charge elements, and account
- In-depth reporting and analytics with detail-level data was provided
Results
- Identified $1 million in savings annually
- Easy-to-manage department chargebacks and cost center allocation
- Services are optimized, and cost is minimized from identifying usage and spend
