Case Study: Apotek 1 cuts Azure compute costs by over 50% with Innofactor

Apotek 1 cuts Azure compute costs by 50.95% with Innofactor

Innofactor partnered with Apotek 1, one of Norway's largest pharmacy chains, to address a critical challenge within their Microsoft Azure environment. Following a major migration to Azure, which utilized services like Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure App Services, Apotek 1 was facing rising compute costs due to over-provisioned resources, such as VM Scale Sets running constantly, and inefficient logging practices. An executive mandate was issued to reduce Azure consumption costs by 35-50% within six months.

The solution implemented by Innofactor involved a data-driven approach using automation and governance. They used custom tools to analyze costs and deployed Azure Pipelines to enforce scheduling, shutting down non-essential compute resources during nights and weekends. This initiative, supported by centralizing infrastructure management, led to immediate and substantial savings. Innofactor's work helped Apotek 1 achieve a 50.95% reduction in monthly compute costs for one workload alone, resulting in annual savings of €50,000 on VM/VMSS consumption and establishing sustainable cloud practices.

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