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- 78% of firms are experiencing hefty financial losses due to cloud waste, with Gartner reporting only 48% of digital initiatives meeting business outcome objectives
- Common issues causing cloud waste include underused licenses, overprovisioned resources, lack of visibility, inefficient distribution, and inadequate tracking
- SurveilMint’s 21-day assessment conducts a comprehensive analysis of your M365 ecosystem using read-only access
- License management analysis alone can save up to 70% on license costs by eliminating waste and optimizing allocation
- The platform evaluates four key areas: license management, security compliance, user activity tracking, and environment health
Maximizing returns on technology investments is critical. Yet, many companies continue to struggle with their cloud infrastructure – optimization of cloud resources remains elusive and results in ongoing financial waste and missed opportunities for operational improvements. If your organization is feeling the pain of expensive cloud, you’re not alone. Gartner has found that only 48% of digital initiatives meet or exceed business outcome objectives and reports from Flexera and Harness have highlighted significant cloud waste issues at 32% and 21% of cloud budgets respectively.
There are billions being misspent on cloud – 78% of firms are experiencing hefty losses – which directly impacts the business bottom line and is the exact opposite of what firms wanted when they moved off premises and into the cloud in the first place. This wastage stems from several common issues:
- Underused or underutilized licenses
- Overprovisioned resources
- Lack of visibility into actual usage patterns
- Inefficient license distribution across departments
- Inadequate tracking of user needs and activities
Without proper oversight and optimization practices, these issues compound over time which creates financial leakage that could be otherwise directed towards strategic initiatives. For companies leveraging the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, there are significant benefits across speed, cost, productivity and accessibility, but these can be undone by poor provisioning, licensing and usage which effectively defeats the purpose.
The goal isn’t to ditch the cloud, but to rather find smart ways of assessing your ecosystem and then using the data to optimize your environment.
Identify and optimize
SurveilMint is Mint Group’s advanced cloud optimization platform comprising sophisticated analytical capabilities that provide visibility into the organization’s Microsoft 365 environment. Providing companies with a 21-day assessment, Mint uses read-only access to conduct a comprehensive analysis of your M365 ecosystem, focusing on actual usage patterns, license allocation, security settings and overall environmental health.
The platform was designed to help companies identify wastage within their current license allocation and discover opportunities for consolidation and cost reduction. SurveilMint allows you to pinpoint security vulnerabilities before they become problems, analyze user activity patterns to inform license decisions, and track the adoption rates of various M365 applications.
The approach follows four key areas of optimization:
License management – our platform can save up to 70% on license costs by eliminating waste and optimization allocation because it meticulously analyses your current license allocation and identifies:
- Unused licenses that can be reallocated or eliminated
- Users with excessive license capabilities relative to their needs
- Opportunities to downgrade licenses based on actual usage
- Duplicate accounts contributing to unnecessary costs.
Security compliance – SurveilMint evaluates your security settings and compliance status with a focus on:
- Permission configurations and potential vulnerabilities
- Access control settings across your M365 environment
- Security policy implementation and effectiveness
- Compliance with industry standards and best practices
User activity tracking – by monitoring application usage patterns, SurveilMint offers you insight into:
- Which M365 applications are the most active and used
- Underused features that may not warrant premium licensing
- User behavior patterns that inform optimization decisions
- Adoption rates across different departments and teams
Environment health – the comprehensive assessment also evaluates the overall health of your M365 environment, including:
- Performance metrics and bottlenecks
- Integration effectiveness between applications
- Configuration optimization opportunities
- System health indicators and potential issues
The Mint SurveilMint solution offers you strategic benefits that go beyond immediate cost savings by allowing you to optimize your cloud-based processes and operations while ensuring your business has the right tools, security and capabilities it needs.
