PILLAR 3 | OPTIMISING YOUR CLOUD & SOFTWARE INVESTMENT
Our team of experts work with our clients to achieve maximum commercial returns from their negotiations with mega vendors, and achieve an average of 38% savings on major agreements.
MyChange Approach
Change-IT are a total IT solutions provider, offering complete IT solutions to allow our clients to stay at the cutting edge of technology.
Maximising your Investment
We ensure our clients can secure the best investment value from their software & cloud strategic mega vendors.
Our unique methodology, experience and independence allows us to offer our client’s impartial advice and develop and implement solutions that improve and optimise their software license position from a contractual & commercial perspective.
Our optimisation services drive measurable & tangible results for clients, whilst meeting their short & long-term technology requirements.
Our consultants are recognised as some of the most experienced & skilled in the world, having provided services to Fortune 500 global clients & government organisations.
Licence Optimisation
Working with our clients to continually drive down costs across their software estates which returns annual savings in excess of 38%.
Leaders In Our Field
Our global team of industry experts have negotiated some of the largest and most complex mega vendor contracts globally, for a wide variety of clients including domestic and international enterprises, as well as a variety of Public Sector organisations. They have many years’ experience of working with and for mega vendors, working to proven methodology to deliver specified client outcomes.
Our approach is made up of two key phases, typically delivered over a 3-to-12-month period depending on the complexity or scale of the engagement. During this engagement period we work in partnership with key IT stakeholders to help them articulate the overall requirement and harmonise it across all their affiliates or groups, to define an optimised (BoM) Bill of Materials and build the Optimal Licence Solution.
PHASE 1: OPTIMAL LICENSING SOLUTION
We start by understanding the value of your existing assets ‘post contract’ and the dependencies that those assets may have under the vendor’s maintenance programs. In this phase we carry out a rigorous analysis to understand what your organisation’s future demand looks like.
Core components include…
Technical workshops | Future demand & technology gap | Server & desktop optimisation |Optimised Bill of Materials
PHASE 2: OPTIMAL CONTRACT SOLUTION
Only when we have complete clarity from phase 1, can we then create and execute a Strategic Procurement & Negotiation Plan. We then work alongside, or on behalf of our clients during vendor negotiations to deliver best in class commercial and contractual terms.
Global pricing review
Commercial & contractual benchmarking | Billing & taxation recommendations | Procurement strategy & negotiation support.
The Benefits Are Clear
We ensure our clients are…
Able to achieve on average 38% savings
Aligned to future demand
In control & informed
Prepared & negotiation ready
Backed by specialist expertise
Cloud Optimisation
Our Cloud Optimisation service gives customers full control within their cloud estate. On average across £200 Million worth of consumption we have found over £45 Million of potential savings on customers cloud cost.
Gain more from your existing cloud investment
Are you already using the cloud, but you feel it could add more value if optimised and developed to your business needs? This may be that you feel you're paying too much, scalability needs to be changed or automated, you want extra cloud services, storage needs to be reviewed, or a whole host of frustrating issues you may be experiencing.
As your business changes, your technology needs to develop in order to keep up with your requirements. Working alongside our cloud experts means your solution is designed and developed to add long-term value to your organisation.
WHY CHOOSE OUR CLOUD OPTIMISATION SERVICES?
Firstly, our team of cloud experts can undertake an in-depth cloud health check in three simple steps.
Assess
Identify
Improve
We will work with you to assess your current cloud infrastructure, identify areas that need improvement, and recommend fixes and optimisations either you can carry out, or we can do for you.
Once we understand the areas that aren’t working the way you need them to, that could be more cost-effective, or that could be automated or optimised, we can get to work doing that for you.
Experience a cloud infrastructure that supports your team and the way they work. Choose a proven cloud services provider who works with you to understand your business, the way you work, and your industry to deliver a solution that delivers incredible results now and in the future. You want an optimised cloud infrastructure that will boost efficiency, keep data secure, and have high uptime and availability. Our optimisation services will help you to achieve the cloud solution that will help you to drive incredible outcomes.
Even better, once the work is done, we don’t just leave you to it. With our experienced, proactive support and managed cloud services, we are there for you long-term. We will manage and maintain your cloud infrastructure, so your investment continues to deliver value and your solution continues to work the way you need it to. We take away the headache and stress of looking after your IT infrastructure. Our consultative approach to support means that we don’t just use a break/fix method, we continually develop and optimise your solution. Let us focus on your IT so you can focus on growing your business.
We can help you to get started with our optimisation services for Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) & Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
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