What is cloud optimisation?

Cloud optimisation is a process by which we can ensure you are achieving the maximum value from your cloud environment. A cloud optimisation strategy starts with assessing your current solution and comparing it to best practices. An effective cloud optimisation process sees strategy applied to see what you are doing right and filling gaps where improvement is necessary, to get the most from your cloud.

What are the benefits of cloud optimisation?

Cloud is different to legacy infrastructure platforms as everything is consumption-based and can be scaled up or down to meet demand. You also have access to a wider array of services and resources (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) which means there are often multiple ways to achieve an outcome. The outcome of strong cloud optimisation is resources being allocated to the right workload, and the elimination of unused resources.

Why is cloud cost optimisation important?

The right cloud optimisation strategy will see a range of positive outcomes for your business including: • Improved visibility with more clarity on what is going on behind the scenes and how you are using the cloud • Cloud cost optimisation, by gaining insights into where resources are allocated and how your money is spent • Increased use of the cloud, by revealing the bare minimum cloud usage and new ways to utilise your cloud infrastructure. Cloud cost optimisation is a new discipline that requires new skills and even in the best organisations it needs to be learnt over time. That’s where we at Interactive add value, given we do this at scale for lots of customers, we have the expertise to help organisations get up the skill curve quicker.

Why should I use Interactive?

Interactive has conducted many cloud optimisation assessments and has built a mature framework, which we apply to all engagements. All data is reviewed by experienced cloud solutions architects with a view to deliver actionable insights that result in immediate value across a wide array of specialisations.

Cloud Optimisation

Cloud is not ‘set and forget’. Ensure cost control, reduced risk and accelerated innovation through a tailored cloud optimisation strategy.

Are you confident that your cloud environment is performing as you need?

Cloud usage is growing at an exponential rate. Many businesses are investing in cloud infrastructure to deliver business value and whilst this has undoubtedly been beneficial, an estimated 35% of cloud investment is wasted.

Without a cloud optimisation strategy, many businesses are wasting money on unnecessary resources, migrating the wrong workloads and don’t have the right configuration and controls in place. As a result, many are paying far more than they need to for unused resources and the mismanagement of cloud infrastructure.

Do any of the following sound familiar?

Inadequate governance

A lack of controls around how cloud is consumed can elevate costs and security risks.

Low security posture

Poor configuration can rapidly lead to security gaps leaving your business exposed to cyber attack. Are you confident you know your level of exposure?

Poorly optimised cloud resources

Improve visibility of your current cloud wastage, vulnerabilities, and risk with an Interactive Optimisation Assessment.

Cloud optimisation services

Improve visibility of your current cloud wastage, vulnerabilities, and risk with an Interactive Optimisation Assessment. Interactive’s cloud optimisation process includes a customised Optimisation Report complemented by a one-day architecture workshop to dive into specific workloads and identify high, medium, and low-risk issues.

Reduce cloud costs

Interactive can quickly identify your public cloud services and usage trends, highlighting unused resources, better pricing models and immediate opportunities for savings. That’s dollars back in your budget.

Eliminate risk

Our team of certified public cloud architects can reduce your risk with architecture remediation that includes security, wastage, governance and compliance. Best practice architecture for a secure business.

Gain cloud control

Interactive improves visibility across your multi-cloud environment by providing a single view into your costs, usage and performance regardless of cloud provider. With customised reports, user-based dashboards and proactive alerts you are armed with the insights you need to forecast accurately and make better decisions faster. That’s multi-cloud mastery.

We take a 360-degree approach to pinpointing vulnerabilities

Cloud infrastructure review

Our cloud optimisation process starts with a review and redesign of your infrastructure to provide cost saving and a solid base for future innovation.
Cloud visibility

Our process reviews your entire cloud infrastructure to help you rationalise or gain a business-unit level understanding of your cloud environment.
Cloud financial management

Our cost optimisation strategy includes a detailed breakdown of spend and continually analyses to find the most cost-effective purchasing plan.
Cloud infrastructure optimisation

By ensuring you are maximising the utilisation of your investments we can help you gain the benefits of public cloud without the costs of cloud sprawl
Operational Efficiency

You will benefit from our broad experience across hundreds of cloud engagements and deep platform expertise.
Cloud security

Our 24/7 Australian cyber security operations centre (CSOC) is available to help secure even the most complex environments.

What would you do with an on-demand team of cloud experts?

Post your assessment, the real work begins.

CloudFlex instantly boosts your public cloud capability by providing pay as you go access to a dedicated multi-cloud project team.

Whether it be cloud migration, cloud optimisation, security remediation, developing a well-architected framework, provisioning or documentation - CloudFlex helps you deliver on your project hit list.

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