Case Study: Cisco Umbrella achieves 91% Reserved Instance (RI) coverage with CloudAbility

How Cisco Umbrella Achieved 91% RI Coverage With Cloudability

Cisco Umbrella, the cloud-based internet security arm of Cisco, was growing rapidly and found AWS cost management becoming increasingly complex. Parsing monthly Detailed Billing Reports and drawing actionable insights for Reserved Instance (RI) planning required significant time and dedicated personnel, making it difficult to communicate cloud spending and investment needs to finance and engineering teams.

By adopting Cloudability’s Reserved Instance Planner and Portfolio, Cisco Umbrella created custom views and daily reports that gave engineering and finance shared visibility and accountability for cloud spend. This data-driven approach enabled confident RI purchases and immediate savings, boosting RI coverage from roughly 30% to an impressive 91%, surpassing their 80% target.

Cisco Umbrella

Jennifer Basalone

Engineering Manage