Case Study: Capita increases Azure savings and coverage with ProsperOps

Capita boosts Azure compute ESR from 37% to 49% in two months with ProsperOps

Capita Plc, a major UK business process outsourcing firm, faced the challenge of optimizing costs for its Azure compute environments, which had highly cyclical weekly usage patterns. This complexity made it difficult to balance commitment coverage without risking wasted spend or missing savings. Their manual, labor-intensive approach placed a significant operational burden on their FinOps team. To address this, Capita turned to ProsperOps and its Autonomous Discount Management (ADM) for Microsoft Azure service.

ProsperOps implemented its adaptive algorithms, including strategies like Adaptive Laddering and Blended Portfolio Management, to automatically manage commitments. This solution enabled Capita to increase its Effective Savings Rate (ESR) from 37% to 49% and nearly double its coverage from 40% to 75% in just two months, all while maintaining a 98% commitment utilization rate. By automating this process, ProsperOps freed Capita's FinOps team to focus on higher-value work.

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