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Financial Technology Leader Optimizes Azure Costs and Efficiency

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Case Study

A leading provider of financial software solutions, running a fully migrated IT estate and SaaS platform on Azure.

Industry

Financial Technology

Location(s)

North America

Key Results:

12%

Cost Savings in Azure

>1,000

Best Practice Recommendations

Matilda Products Used:

Matilda Optimize

Describe the challenge the customer was facing:

After migrating its IT estate to Azure in 2016, Baker Hill experienced significant growth in cloud usage and costs. The company sought a comprehensive analysis of their resource consumption to ensure efficient operations and compliance with Azure’s Well-Architected Framework best practices.

Matilda
Discover

  • App mapping & grouping

  • Asset right-sizing

  • Compatibility checks with PaaS service

Matilda
Discover

  • App mapping & grouping

  • Asset right-sizing

  • Compatibility checks with PaaS service

Matilda
Orchestrate

  • Creation of optimized landing zones

  • Replatforming for Kubernetes and other cloud services

Matilda
Migrate

  • Seamless, automated migrations

  • Minimization of downtime and resource usage

Key Project Drivers:

  • Need to analyze growing cloud usage and optimize resources

  • Desire to benchmark Azure operations against the Well-Architected Framework

  • Control and reduce increasing Azure costs while improving performance

Key Project Drivers:

  • Need to analyze growing cloud usage and optimize resources

  • Desire to benchmark Azure operations against the Well-Architected Framework

  • Control and reduce increasing Azure costs while improving performance

Why they chose Matilda:

  • Expertise in detailed assessments and anomaly detection

  • Automated recommendations for optimization and license management

  • Ability to identify and address Well-Architected Framework anomalies

Why they chose Matilda:

  • Expertise in detailed assessments and anomaly detection

  • Automated recommendations for optimization and license management

  • Ability to identify and address Well-Architected Framework anomalies

Describe the solution Matilda provided:

Matilda Optimize performed a thorough assessment of Baker Hill’s Azure environment, delivering insights into service and resource consumption. The analysis identified opportunities for rightsizing, license optimization, and reservations. Over 6,000 Well-Architected Framework anomalies were uncovered, providing actionable recommendations for optimizing Azure subscriptions. The assessment also showcased new Azure consumption opportunities, including SQL and App Service licenses, and reservation benefits for VMs and BLOBs.

Describe the solution Matilda provided:

Matilda Optimize performed a thorough assessment of Baker Hill’s Azure environment, delivering insights into service and resource consumption. The analysis identified opportunities for rightsizing, license optimization, and reservations. Over 6,000 Well-Architected Framework anomalies were uncovered, providing actionable recommendations for optimizing Azure subscriptions. The assessment also showcased new Azure consumption opportunities, including SQL and App Service licenses, and reservation benefits for VMs and BLOBs.

Results

  • 12% Cost Savings in Azure

  • Identified over 1,000 actionable recommendations aligned with Azure’s Well-Architected Framework

  • Demonstrated significant cost savings and license optimization opportunities

  • Enhanced operational efficiency with reservation and rightsizing strategies

Results

  • 12% Cost Savings in Azure

  • Identified over 1,000 actionable recommendations aligned with Azure’s Well-Architected Framework

  • Demonstrated significant cost savings and license optimization opportunities

  • Enhanced operational efficiency with reservation and rightsizing strategies

Why they Choose Matilda Cloud

Matilda Cloud was selected due to its powerful AI-driven assessment and automation platform, which ensures

Deadline Compliance: Timely execution to meet hard license deadline

Accuracy at Scale: Accurate migration and modernization plans for over 500 servers

Expert Guidance: Matilda’s real-time insights and automation provided a clear modernization path for the telecom’s critical workloads

Why they Choose Matilda Cloud

Matilda Cloud was selected due to its powerful AI-driven assessment and automation platform, which ensures

Deadline Compliance: Timely execution to meet hard license deadline

Accuracy at Scale: Accurate migration and modernization plans for over 500 servers

Expert Guidance: Matilda’s real-time insights and automation provided a clear modernization path for the telecom’s critical workloads