JK Cement Optimizes Cloud Costs with Aquila Clouds
JK Cement is a leading cement manufacturer in India known for its commitment to innovation and sustainability. The company sought to optimize its cloud infrastructure for enhanced efficiency and cost control.
01 Problem
- Multi-Cloud Management: JK Cement utilized a range of cloud services, leading to increased complexity in tracking and managing costs.
- Visibility Gaps: There was limited visibility into specific cost drivers and optimization opportunities.
- Budget Control: Proactive tools were needed to monitor spending actively and prevent unexpected overages.
- Resource Optimization: Identifying areas for more efficient cloud resource utilization was challenging.
02 Solution
Aquila Clouds FinOps platform provided JK Cement with the tools to address these complexities:
- Granular Analysis: Detailed consumption analysis across all cloud services offered enhanced visibility into cloud spending patterns.
- Subscription Optimization: Recommendations and adjustments to existing subscriptions ensured JK Cement was maximizing cloud investments.
- Right-Sizing and Optimization: Aquila Clouds’ expertise in identifying underutilized or over-provisioned resources led to substantial cost savings.
- Reservation Management: Analysis of usage patterns helped balance reserved and on-demand instances for optimal cost efficiency.
- Storage Optimization: Recommendations for storage tiers and lifecycle management further reduced overall cloud expenses.
03 Results
JK Cement achieved significant benefits after partnering with Aquila Clouds:
- Substantial Cost Savings: Expert optimization strategies resulted in a remarkable 54% cost reduction across compute resources, reservation management, and storage, resulting in substantial savings and a direct improvement to JK Cement’s bottom line..
- Enhanced Visibility: Real-time data and detailed reporting improved the understanding of cloud costs and consumption patterns, leading to a 15-20% increase in operational insights.
- Optimized Resource Efficiency: Fine-tuned compute, reservation, and storage management maximized return on cloud investments, increasing resource utilization efficiency by 20-25%.
- Informed Decision-Making: Robust analytics and forecasting tools supported data-driven decisions for cloud resource allocation and budgeting, reducing decision times by 10-15%.
- Proactive Budget Control: Automated alerts and controls helped prevent unexpected cloud spending overages, leading to an estimated 20-25% reduction in potential overspending risks.