Business Teams
Lachlan
Business Team Member
Lachlan is focussed on his team’s goals, staying within budget and delivering to his customers. He regularly finds that his IT department can’t keep up with his team’s requirements and they are always delivering slower than what Lachlan needs. He has tried to purchase SaaS application licenses and run them independently but he has run into trouble in the past when there have been security issues or when his team’s data was lost. Lachlan knows he should run these purchases through the IT team to ensure compliance but how can Lachlan get the speed to market that he needs?
Lachlan is searching for cloud management software that IT can set up once and then let Lachlan and his team use as a self-service model. Lachlan sees that the way to get the flexibility and agility he needs must be self-service but it also must have full sign off, compliance and governance agreed to by the IT team.
Before Buttonwood
How do I manage risk in IaaS?
Lachlan understands why policies, compliance and governance is needed in IaaS but he sees that speed to market and being innovative in cloud is just as important. How can he tick the risk management boxes to quickly get to work?
With Buttonwood
Multi-level governance policies
With global policies and environmental policies, Buttonwood has taken the worry away from Lachlan by enforcing compliance and governance. Lachlan can now safely work in a self-service model without the risk of stepping outside the set policies.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I track my team’s IaaS spending?
Lachlan often wonders how much his team’s projects cost in IaaS. To truly manage each project’s profitability, all costs must be recorded against the work. How can Lachlan find out what his team’s IaaS costs are?
Cost centre tracking
Buttonwood tracks all cloud consumption against predetermined cost centres. Lachlan can now reconcile budgets against services, workloads or the consumer. His team can now understand their IaaS spending.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow do I avoid IaaS bill shock?
Lachlan likes the idea of working in cloud because of the innovation that flexibility and agility brings. However, he is also fearful of receiving a surprisingly large bill for his team’s projects. How can Lachlan ensure his projects don’t experience bill shock?
IaaS budgeting and cost control
Lachlan can feel safe knowing that cloud budgets were set and each allocated to his cost centre. Establishing these budgets mean there is no longer a risk of bill shock with a clear vision and forecast of all cloud spend.
Learn More About Cloud AnalyticsHow do I keep track of all my SaaS log in details?
With hundreds of applications accessed by business teams, how can Lachlan remember all of his username, passwords, access URLs and security check answers?
The Workspace
Buttonwood's Cloud Exchange provides one screen (the Workspace) for Lachlan to access all of his SaaS applications. He can now use a single sign-on to access all of his apps with piece of mind that his data is secure.
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeHow do I get help from IT in managing SaaS?
Lachlan has set up apps to manage his work and he has found them extremely valuable. However, when an app was not performing as expected, he didn't get the support he needed from his IT team. How can Lachlan ensure that he can use the apps he needs but have support and endorsement on their consumption from the IT team?
IT managed and supported
Buttonwood is supported and sanctioned by the IT team. Therefore, any app on the Cloud Exchange is compliant with the policies and governance processes set by IT. Lachlan no longer has to concern himself with IT's buy in as he can trust that the Cloud Exchange is providing supported SaaS applications.
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeHow do I track my SaaS costs?
Lachlan has a budget for his team but he finds it difficult to track their IT costs including all the SaaS licenses that they consume. How can he get a clear understanding of the costs for their apps?
Spend mapped to cost centres
Lachlan's team's spend is tracked against a cost centre, resulting in financial transparency. Lachlan can now report on the apps his team are using, how often they are used and the costs associated with their licenses.
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeBefore Buttonwood
Private or Public Cloud?
Lachlan is excited to work in public cloud but he can see that some of his workloads are better to stay on private cloud at this stage. How can he choose which workloads go where?
With Buttonwood
Hybrid Cloud
Integrating with his organisation’s on premise environment, Buttonwood enables Lachlans’s team to choose where each workload was deployed too, getting the best of both worlds.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I have choice over IaaS environments?
Occasionally Lachlan’s customers will require their projects to be hosted with specific requirements. These may be the region that the data is stored in, the security levels or the need for scalability. How can Lachlan make sure his organisation is ready to support all of his diverse customers?
Policies to support requirements
Lachlan has taken care of all of his customer’s by implementing their requirements through Buttonwood's policy tools. Catalog items within the Cloud Broker are set for his specific customers which have global and environmental governance embedded within.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I reduce my costs in IaaS?
Lachlan has tight budgets and he is concerned that his IaaS costs will eat into funds he could be using for more effective uses. How can Lachlan reduce costs in cloud?
Provider choice based on lowest conforming bid
Lachlan can see the Lowest Cost Conforming Bid (LCCB). This allows him to choose the cloud provider and region that is offering the cheapest price at that time for his specific workload.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I access my SaaS apps easily on any of my devices?
Lachlan currently logs into his SaaS applications from his office desktop as he finds it easy for his browser to remember all of his usernames and passwords. How can Lachlan continue to be productive through SaaS on his phone and tablet when he is away from his desk?
Full accessibility
Lachlan can now easily access his apps through his Buttonwood Workspace through his smart phone and tablet. With the single sign-on, he can quickly access all of his work without any delays.
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeHow can I make sure my current apps are supported?
Lachlan currently uses many SaaS applications through his workday. How can he make sure that he can keep using these after a SaaS management platform is implemented?
BYO apps
Buttonwood allows Lachlan to bring his own apps and add them to his Workspace. The IT team could see these requests and approve the apps to ensure they are compliant with the governance policies.
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeBefore Buttonwood
How can I get control of IaaS?
Lachlan wants to control his IaaS but currently has to work with his IT team to get access to what he needs. How can he do what he needs quickly and effectively?
With Buttonwood
Self-service interface
Lachlan has access to everything he needs in IaaS. The self-service model, already embedded with governance policies, has saved many hours for Lachlan and his team.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I keep our IaaS data secure?
Lachlan is worried that working in public cloud will put his customer’s data at risk. How can he ensure that their data is protected and that disaster recovery is possible just in case of emergency?
Unified backup and recovery
With integrated plugins, Lachlan knows that his data was protected when deployed in cloud.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can IT keep up with my team’s needs?
Opportunities come to Lachlan’s team from clients unexpectedly. He often has to rush to take advantage of these situations and he has found that the current IT processes take way too long to help meet his urgent deadlines. How can Lachlan get what he needs from his IT team in cloud?
Agility and flexibility
Lachlan has dramatically increased up his organisation’s speed of delivery. His IT team is delivering services to his team, increasing responsiveness and the service level of IT within his organisation.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I save costs on IaaS?
The development team have workloads running all the time but Lachlan can see that they are charged for those workloads in cloud even when they aren’t using them. How can Lachlan reduce costs for his projects?
Set operating hours
Buttonwood enables the developers to set the times that they need access to their workloads. When they aren’t working, their workload environments are shut down, greatly reducing costs for Lachlan’s projects.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I get my access provisioned quicker?
Lachlan has team members that come in and out of the business regularly including contractors. He currently has to wait for days for the IT team to provision new licenses for them including access to Office 365 apps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. How can Lachlan licenses as soon as he needs them?
Integrated applications
Applications such as Office 365 are fully integrated which means that licenses can be provisioned within the Cloud Exchange. This allows Lachlan to quickly get access to apps that used to take days to move through the process.
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