Executive Leadership
Andrew
Executive Leadership Team
In Andrew’s role, he is under pressure to make decisions that will bring efficiency and scalability to his organisation. With an estimated 50% of key business services being consumed from the cloud by 2018, Andrew had many options to weigh up. His team will now need to manage a broad portfolio of providers and associated Service Level Agreements (SLA's).
With a worry that cloud wouldn’t deliver the Return on Investment (ROI) that the board demanded, Andrew went on the search for solutions that not only exceeded expectations but allowed his teams to be truly innovative in the management of both Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS).
Before Buttonwood
How do I avoid IaaS bill shock?
Shifting from a capital expenditure (CAPEX) to an operational expenditure (OPEX) model made Andrew assess the risks that kept him up at night. He once knew exactly what the infrastructure budget was, but now with so many resources spinning up environments in cloud, how can he forecast and track spending?
With Buttonwood
Financial visibility and budgeting
Andrew can feel safe knowing that cloud budgets are set and each allocated to a cost centre. Establishing these budgets meant there was no longer a risk of bill shock with a clear vision and forecast of all cloud spend.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I see where IaaS cloud spend is going?
Andrew’s business lines all use private and public cloud for various uses, some that he doesn’t even know about! With one lump bill, how can he understand how to create efficiencies across the business?
Cost centre tracking
By tracking all cloud consumption against predetermined cost centres, Andrew can now reconcile budgets against services, workloads or the consumer. Each business line can understand how much they are spending and proactively manage costs.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow do I manage the complex compliance requirements with cloud?
With so many internal policies and regulations around his organisation’s data protection and sovereignty, Andrew was under pressure to ensure strict policies were developed that all staff must adhere to when using cloud. Once communicated to the teams, how could he ensure these policies were followed?
Multi-level governance policies
With global policies and environmental policies, Buttonwood took the worry from Andrew by enforcing compliance before any consumers could deploy in cloud. He has full governance and control over where and when his cloud services are deployed.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I understand my IaaS cloud bills?
Andrew has bills from numerous cloud providers across many teams and offices across Australia. How can he make sure that all costs are being understood?
Detailed reporting
As a result of setting up classes for sub-accounts and resources within Buttonwood Cloud Analytics, Andrew has trust that his reporting dashboards show him where every cent is going in cloud.
Learn More About Cloud AnalyticsHow do I avoid SaaS cloud bill shock?
Andrew can see that different business lines access various cloud services but there is little governance of operational costs. How can Andrew find a way to control these expenses?
Financial transparency
Andrew is relieved to know that his IT team are setting budgets for the organisation's cloud consumption. This ensures that there are no surprise costs from the business purchasing unexpected licenses.
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeBefore Buttonwood
How do I choose between public or private cloud?
Andrew’s IaaS was traditionally all held within his organisation’s on premise environments, but with the push to cloud, he must consider what stays in private cloud and what moves to public cloud.
With Buttonwood
Hybrid Cloud
Integrating with his on premise environment, Buttonwood has enabled Andrew’s team to choose where each workload is deployed. Setting policies to make the decision easier for the business teams, Andrew successfully runs a future proofed hybrid cloud IT Infrastructure.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerWhich IaaS provider do I choose?
IaaS providers offer thousands of cloud instances across hundreds of regions all at different price points. Enterprises are paying on average greater than 25% more for cloud resources due to this complexity. How can Andrew know which provider is right for his organisation? And does this decision change depending on the workload and its requirements?
Data collated and compared for you
Buttonwood is vendor agnostic and shows Andrew the bids that conform with each workload’s requirements. With the ability to sort and review all options, his team now has access to relevant information to make the best decision in seconds, rather than spending hours in research and complex analysis on ever changing data.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow do I avoid IaaS vendor lock in?
Andrew has heard that organisations can sign up to a cloud provider and get stuck with ever changing rates and conditions. How can he ensure that he always has choice?
Multi-cloud workloads
Buttonwood allows Andrew’s organisation to deploy workloads to multiple cloud provider environments. Each workload’s environment is chosen based on its requirements and the cost at the time of deployment.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I see all my cloud costs in the one screen?
Andrew has AWS accounts and Azure accounts and reviews various reports from his IT team. How can Andrew save time by seeing all his organisation's cloud spend at once?
Aggregated reporting
Through Buttonwood Cloud Analytics, Andrew now only has to view one system to see all of his organisation's cloud spend. On one simple report, he can now compare costs across resources, teams and instances.
Learn More About Cloud AnalyticsHow can I have a policy for the business teams to experiment in SaaS without compromising on security and cost mangement?
Andrew can see that his business teams are setting up their own applications to manage their work. He is supportive of their initiative and the results he is seeing from some of the apps, however he is concerned that this shadow IT is a risk to the business. How can Andrew give his business team's choice but still remain compliant?
IT managed and supported
SaaS applications are configured with the policies and governance processes set by IT. Andrew can relax knowing that the business and IT are both happy and compliant.
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeBefore Buttonwood
How can IT keep up with our developers?
Andrew’s application teams need to deploy regularly and quickly in order to keep the pace of releases up. Past processes took days to deploy with many resources delayed while waiting. How can this time to launch be improved?
With Buttonwood
Agility and flexibility
Andrew has dramatically increased up his organisation’s speed of delivery. His IT team is delivering services to his business customers, increasing responsiveness and the service level of IT within his organisation.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow do I avoid compromising in cloud?
With strong processes and policies on premise, Andrew was concerned that moving to integrating and managing cloud would compromise these standards set. How can his organisation stop the introduction in cloud from threatening to bankrupt these investments?
Operational consistency
Buttonwood has enabled Andrew’s organisation to have complete operational consistency across both public and private cloud. This is achieved through the self-service consumption model, performance management and incident management.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I get more from IT?
Andrew has heard that some teams within his organisation felt that his IT division is simply “keeping the lights on”. He knows they are talented and capable of so much more. How can Andrew empower his IT team to bring additional business value?
Empowering innovation
By embracing constant change, Andrew’s IT team have used cloud to create new and innovative business processes and applications. By servicing the business teams quicker and more effectively, the entire organisation can think differently.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I see what the costs are delivering?
Andrew has signed off many budgets for IT spend but has never really understood exactly what the costs are returning to his organisation or which areas of the business are using these investments. How can Andrew get a vision on IT spending?
Detailed reporting
Andrew has full visibility of cloud spend, enabling him understanding and control over his organisation’s IT spend that he has never had before.
Learn More About Cloud AnalyticsHow can I make sure we aren't spending on cloud when we don't need to?
With such a large spend in cloud each month, Andrew is concerned that there are some instances running that don't need to be. How can he get a clear vision on where his organisation's cloud spend is going?
Reports via resources
Using Buttonwood Cloud Analytics, Andrew's IT team has named all resources so that all spend is trackable and visible.
Learn More About Cloud AnalyticsHow can I control SaaS as the organisation continues to grow?
Andrew's organisation has expanded quickly and his IT team must plan for continued growth. How can Andrew support his IT team across SaaS application management in their mandate to build systems for expected expansion?
Scalability
Buttonwood allows the business teams within Andrew's organisation to access all of their SaaS apps, even as numbers continue to grow. The IT team can also relax knowing that no matter how many staff members are added to the organisation, they had full control over the SaaS management, reporting on the changes, costs and usage.
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeHow can I reduce the time the IT team is spending on SaaS management?
With the transformation of the organisation from software on premise to software in cloud, Andrew is trying to understand the IT staffing required. How can Andrew get the most return on the investment in SaaS?
Self-service & easy to use
Buttonwood provides the IT team with quick and easy access to manage the organisation's SaaS applications. The staffing and skills required to manage and govern SaaS is greatly reduced.
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