Cloud Savings Beyond Reservations and Savings Plans

Discover New Dimensions of Cloud Cost Efficiency

If you think Reservations and Savings Plans are the endgame for cloud savings, think again. In this exclusive webinar, Juha Kaukoniemi from SoftwareOne will show you how to unlock deeper cost efficiencies by rethinking your cloud strategy.

With years of experience in software licencing and cloud cost optimisation, Juha has worked with over 170 organisations across Western EMEA. He'll share the very strategies SoftwareOne recommends to their enterprise clients including tactics that go far beyond simply committing to compute reservations.

What You’ll Learn

Cloud waste often hides in plain sight. Idle resources, misconfigured services, and inefficient architectures can quietly inflate your cloud bill. In this session, you'll learn how to identify and eliminate these hidden costs through practical techniques and strategic thinking.

Topics covered will include:

• Workload right-sizing – Match your resources to actual demand to avoid overprovisioning
• Power scheduling – Automatically shut down non-production workloads to cut unnecessary spend
• Smarter architectural design – Replatform or modernise to reduce complexity and cost
• Cross-region deployment strategies – Take advantage of regional price differences without sacrificing performance
• Microsoft Dev/Test pricing benefits – Use discounted rates for non-production workloads
• Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (AHUB) – Leverage existing Windows Server and SQL licences to reduce infrastructure costs

Juha will also explore when to use Reservations and Savings Plans, and when to avoid them. While these tools offer discounts, committing too early can reduce flexibility and limit longer-term savings.

Powered by IBM’s Cloudability

This webinar will also spotlight how IBM’s Cloudability platform can support smarter, data-driven decisions. With visual cost tracking and real-time optimisation insights, Cloudability is a vital tool for any FinOps team looking to go beyond surface-level savings.

Why Watch?

Whether you're a FinOps practitioner, cloud architect, IT finance lead, or CIO, this session offers practical guidance you can take back to your team immediately. You'll leave with a clear framework for prioritising cost optimisation efforts and a better understanding of the tools available to you.