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FINOPS AND COST OPTIMIZATION

Advance FinOps Maturity to Achieve Savings

Enable data-driven spending decisions. Now including GreenOps, CDW’s FinOps Accelerator helps IT, finance and engineering teams control cloud costs, improve efficiency and optimize investments. Cut costs, not performance.

Benefits of the FinOps Accelerator

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Drive Transparency

Establish tagging standards and automations for effective show-back to key stakeholders while fostering cloud-cost consciousness and sustainability.
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Optimize Workloads

Enable your engineering teams to use data that informs them about underutilization, storage policy, data transfer analysis and more.
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Unlock Savings

Maximize your cloud investments in alignment with your business goals with our AI powered GreenOps engine, so you can unlock savings and fund innovation.

Accelerator Program Outcomes

Organizational Alignment

Drive clarity and accountability by:

  • Defining cost allocation and tagging for accurate chargebacks
  • Aligning cloud usage to business priorities and spend goals
  • Integrating tools to improve utilization and reduce waste

Enhanced FinOps Processes

Speedy decisions with focused improvements:

  • Gain real-time visibility into cloud costs and usage
  • Enforce proactive governance with automated alerts
  • Standardize reporting for consistent insights

Phased IT Roadmap for Cost

Build a clear path to cost control:

  • Optimize pricing and procurement strategies
  • Deliver quick wins and phased cost reductions
  • Align milestones to business priorities

GreenOps Assessment and Impact

Turn efficiency savings:

  • Reduce cloud spend through smarter resource optimization
  • Lower carbon emissions using sustainability best practices
  • Capture available tax incentives for eco-friendly operations

Cloud ROI Success

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Net Results: Over 45% reduction in Monthly Cloud Costs

Navigating Cloud Cost Challenges for Efficiency and Savings

Effective cloud cost management plays a major role in controlling overall business spend. CDW understands how to keep cloud costs in check and can help identify variabilities in cloud spending as well as areas of cost-efficiency, including overprovisioning, idle instances and ineffective licensing. Our FinOps practitioners can help you maximize cloud investment with proactive measures and cost optimization strategies.

Navigating Cloud Cost Challenges for Efficiency and Savings
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Why CDW?

CDW combines deep cloud expertise with proven FinOps methodologies including our proprietary AI-powered GreenOps engine to help organizations turn cost complexity into clarity. Our tailored approach aligns financial accountability with business goals, delivering measurable savings, optimized resource utilization, and sustainable practices that drive long-term value.

Key Questions for Cloud Optimization

Asking the right questions is crucial to optimizing your cloud usage and costs. By addressing these fundamental questions, you can navigate the complexities of cloud optimization, make informed decisions and drive tangible results.

Understanding Cloud Usage Costs

What are we spending on the cloud and who is paying for it? What are we using?

Real-Time Decision Making

What immediate actions can we take to ensure our cloud usage aligns with our organizational goals?

Cloud Usage Optimization

How can we better adjust our cloud resource utilization and scheduling to align with our organizational objectives?

Performance Tracking and Benchmarking

Does our cloud usage and spending align with our strategic and organizational objectives?

Cloud Rate Optimization

How can we optimize our cloud pricing model or procurement strategies for better cost performance?

Organizational Alignment

What changes or integrations can be implemented to enhance the overall effectiveness of our organization's cloud utilization?

Ready to gain control over your cloud expenses?

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We can help you manage cloud spending.

Leverage our experts to build a FinOps Framework that unlocks the potential of your infrastructure.


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