Reducing cloud waste

Take advantage of specialist cloud support and governance services to help you eliminate cloud waste, cutting your organisation’s monthly cloud spend while providing greater transparency of your carbon emissions

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Reduce cloud spend waste and optimise use with Softcat

Many businesses find the cost savings they expected from migrating to the cloud fall short of expectations, or they find their monthly spend is higher than anticipated. More crucially, organisations benefit from understanding the carbon footprint of their cloud platforms to ensure accurate reporting.

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Challenges businesses are facing around cloud

Businesses are facing increasing pressure to reduce costs and maximise efficiency of spend.

27

of overall cloud spend is wasted

Inefficient spend

According to Flexera 27% of overall cloud spend is wasted

54

believe the main reason for cloud waste is lack of visibility into cloud usage

Lack of visibility

According to PR Newswire

49

of businesses find it difficult to get cloud costs under control

Lack of control

According to Flexera

Softcat Cloud fundamentals

Our Cloud Fundamentals service which includes our industry-leading Cloud Management Platform, is the ideal way to get on top of cloud waste and optimise your cloud use.

Enable your teams with full visibility of all of your public clouds and SaaS
Retain complete control of your cloud, platform and application layers
Get expert guidance on executing cloud projects more cost-effectively

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How we've helped customers reduce their cloud waste

Charity & Not for Profit

Softcat’s AWS team delivers transformational change for Lyra in Africa

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Financial

Digital Transformation on Two Fronts

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OUR KEY PARTNERS

We partner with the best vendors from across the globe to provide our customers with the best cloud solutions

Begin your journey with Microsoft

As a Microsoft Solution partner, and the UK's leading Licensing and Cloud solutions provider, we support customers to drive new growth, accelerate digital transformation, and create real-world impact.

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Softcat’s Azure AAA service establishes firm foundation for Citadel Chambers’ cloud migration

November 2021

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Start Building on AWS Today

AWS is one of the leading providers of Public Cloud, with a dedication to world-class customer service and industry-leading innovation.

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Softcat’s AWS team delivers transformational change for Lyra in Africa

December 2022

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We can also help with:

Getting Time Back

Softcat Managed Services can help you alleviate time pressures within your existing team by extending it with our cloud native practice for 24x7 PlatformOps.

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Reducing Tech Debt

Migrating to and modernising systems in Cloud are two ways of reducing technical debt. Our Cloud practice can support you with planning and execution of this adoption.

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Cloud Management Platform

A single pane of glass, the CMP brings complete transparency to your Public Cloud environments and gives you the power to make effective, data driven decisions.

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Resources to help you reduce cloud waste

The Benefits of AWS Marketplace

AWS Marketplace is a Digital Curated Catalogue hosted by AWS where customers can quickly launch pre-configured software within a few clicks.

January 2025

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