AWS Rebill and Cost Optimization for Staffing and Recruiting Firm

A large talent acquisition firm, frustrated as it watched its monthly costs steadily increase over time, worked closely with Conectrix to optimize its spend in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Client Profile: 

• 850 employees and two physical locations. 

• All workloads, infrastructure, and applications hosted in an AWS public cloud environment.

• Over $30k in monthly AWS spend.

Challenge: 

• The client was getting billed directly through AWS with no assigned partner for support.

• The client periodically saw its monthly fees rise — these were AWS ingress/egress fees.

• There was no disaster recovery (DR) strategy or Well-Architected Framework in place.

• The client lacked the internal resources to dedicate the time and effort to solve these challenges.

Solution: 

Upon evaluation of the customer's AWS environment, Conectrix introduced AppDirect, an industry leader in the public cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS) space, to the staffing and recruiting firm's leadership. Thanks to AppDirect's partnership with AWS, deep bench of technical resources, and investment in tools like CloudCheckr, AppDirect was able to consolidate the customer's billing under its agreement so it could begin saving money.

CloudCheckr was provided for free to the client as part of AppDirect's rebill program. This all-in-one platform delivers a unique level of visibility to help customers better manage and reduce cloud costs, optimize resources, and gain operational efficiencies, define and enforce governance, and strengthen security and compliance.

Results:

After AppDirect helped the client optimize its monthly spend, achieving its goal of getting its bill below $30k monthly, the client was able to quickly pivot into project plans for a DR strategy and a Well-Architected Framework.