Case Study: Securian Financial accelerates cloud cost optimization with Apptio Cloudability

Securian Financial cuts cloud spend by $200,000 annually with Apptio

Securian Financial Group, a Fortune 500 financial services company, faced the challenge of managing and optimizing costs during its large-scale cloud transformation. To modernize its IT portfolio and meet new customer expectations, the company needed greater visibility into its cloud spend and a way to empower application owners to make cost-informed decisions. They selected Apptio's IBM Cloudability solution to provide the necessary financial management and multi-cloud capabilities.

Apptio's IBM Cloudability provided Securian with the tools to gain deep visibility into its cloud infrastructure, leading to significant cost savings and optimization. The solution enabled the FinOps team to identify overprovisioned resources, such as an EBS volume that was reduced from $500 to $50 per day. Furthermore, by using Cloudability to demonstrate the savings from a new VPC deployment pattern, Apptio helped Securian achieve an annual reduction in cloud spend of $200,000.

Securian Financial Group