Common Challenges
While your company, cloud architecture and services you use might be different,
some of these challenges might sound familiar to you.
Expertise & Knowledge Issues
• Lack of in-depth cloud expertise and market knowledge;​​
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• No clear understanding on how to plan and optimize their cloud resources;​
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• No experience with negotiating Cloud and SaaS agreements.
Time & Resource Constraints
• Limited Time for Optimization. Cost optimization is an extra chore for engineering teams.​
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• Time-intensive internal back and forth leads to Leadership or C-Level involvement, which is costly and time-consuming.
Communication & Alignment
• Miscommunication between teams often results in poor negotiation outcomes;​
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• Alignment between engineering and procurement teams is usually time-intensive as both don't understand the challenges of the other team.
Our Solutions
Managing cloud costs, vendor benchmarking, negotiations, and constant alignment meetings with stakeholders can be overwhelming, especially on top of your primary responsibilities. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone.
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Your business might not specialize in cloud cost optimization, but we do. At Optiocean, we handle these complexities every day, using our expertise to uncover savings and allow you to focus on what truly matters to your business.
First Wave
The First Wave is a streamlined version of our comprehensive Deep Dive Cost offering, designed to identify optimization potential and cover as much ground as possible within a few days.
Optiocean’s First Wave helps you navigate the vast seas of cloud costs, ensuring you uncover hidden savings and streamline your expenses across multiple platforms. Let us be your guide through the cloud cost ocean, optimizing both your technical and commercial investments.
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Our approach consists of three stages:
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Safe and Confidential Information Gathering
First, we securely collect and review your organization's cloud and SaaS real estate.
This includes your costs across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, as well as any architecture diagrams and SaaS contracts your organization shares with us.
This thorough preparation ensures we have a solid understanding before we engage with your team.
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Stakeholder Meetings
Second, after we reviewed your information in detail, we will schedule meetings with all your key stakeholders within a two business day timeframe.
We are happy to speak with as many people as you'd like to gather all relevant information and context, ensuring we have a comprehensive understanding of your needs and opportunities for optimization.
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Report and Findings Delivery
Finally, within 4 business days from our last meeting, we will provide you with a detailed report summarizing our discussions, findings, and recommendations.
We will then schedule a follow-up meeting to review the report and address any questions. This ensures you receive timely and actionable insights.
Deep Dive
We thoroughly explore your cloud architecture to understand its design, purpose, and functionality. We delve into your AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure environments, as well as your SaaS contracts, to uncover opportunities for cost optimization and architectural improvements.
Our Deep Dive is typically the logical next step after our First Wave offering, providing a more in-depth analysis and action plan. Clients can choose to focus on specific services and modules or collaborate with us on an overall cloud optimization strategy.
Let us help you reach new depths of your cost optimization potential.
Diving a lot deeper
We take a comprehensive approach, examining every aspect of your cloud and SaaS usage because optimization opportunities can often be found in unexpected places.
We may confirm known issues, highlight areas that you might prefer not to change, or discover unexpected opportunities for significant savings. If you're performing exceptionally well in certain areas, we'll explain why,, and offer guidance on sustaining and scaling your success.
The ultimate goal of Optiocean’s Deep Dive is to provide clarity and confidence in your cloud strategy, ensuring comprehensive cost optimization across your cloud and SaaS environments.
Tidal Negotiations
Your business wasn't built to negotiate Cloud and SaaS contracts. Let us equip you with our insights and experience of 100's cloud and SaaS contracts ranging from a few thousand to $XX millions.
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This is an advisory engagement where Optiocean acts as your trusted navigator. We liaise between Leadership, Finance, Engineering, and your cloud providers as well as our partner ecosystem to get you the optimal deal swiftly and effectively.
Don't get swallowed by the ocean.
Come out on the right side of this negotiation.
We review Cloud contract alongside your SaaS contracts to better understand how you leverage and procure different services, uncovering additional optimization possibilities and procurement options via cloud marketplaces.
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We work for you and not the cloud or SaaS providers. Your savings is our success.
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This is the reason why we are not a Google Cloud, AWS or Microsoft Azure partner. Optiocean’s Tidal Negotiations service helps you ride the waves of cloud and SaaS contract negotiations, ensuring you achieve the best terms and significant savings. ​​
Who We Are
Our consulting team consists of technical and commercial cloud experts, having worked with a diverse range of companies and vendors. With a wealth of knowledge and expertise, we're well-equipped to help you navigate the complexities of the cloud and achieve your business goals.
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We understand that optimizing your cloud infrastructure is crucial to achieving maximum efficiency and cost savings, and we're dedicated to helping you achieve these goals.
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Whether you're looking to migrate to the cloud, optimize your existing infrastructure, or explore new cloud technologies, we're here to help. Let us put our expertise to work for you and help you achieve success in the cloud.
Simon Seifer, Co-Founder
My time at Looker, Google Cloud, and a multi-cloud partner provided me with a comprehensive understanding of how cloud vendors and the partners operate. This diverse experience expanded my expertise in cost optimization platforms and FinOps, allowing me to approach the cloud ecosystem with a multi-cloud perspective to secure the best deals for our clients.
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At Optiocean, I leverage these strengths and insights to ensure our customers achieve the best commercial outcomes.
Sergei Zyubin, Co-Founder
Being in the industry for almost two decades, I've gained a lot of experience working across various domains such as Software Development, Cloud Architecture, Data Engineering, Game Development and IoT. My primary focus is delivering pragmatic, reasonable and cost-efficient solutions.
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At Optiocean, I help customers connect the dots between architecture and infrastructure, and execute optimal strategies to achieve remarkable results.
