Azure management for energy infrastructure
A UK energy infrastructure firm needed stronger Azure management, cost control and service stability. Getronics provided tiered support, VM optimisation, monitoring tuning and vulnerability reporting.
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Business challenge
Our customer is a UK-based, multi-disciplinary contracting firm that designs, installs, and maintains critical energy infrastructure spanning street lighting, EV charging, high voltage systems, M&E, and compliant solutions, delivering innovative, end-to-end services in challenging environments.
They were already operating in the Azure Cloud and needed a partner to not only manage the environment, but also drive cost efficiency, enable future growth, and streamline SLAs and automation.
Tangible benefits
Through targeted optimisation efforts, our customer achieved significant cost and operational benefits:
- 10% cost savings through housekeeping and cleanup activities
- 15% cost reduction by rightsizing virtual machines to match actual usage
- 30% savings via strategic virtual machine reservations
- 40% fewer alert incidents by fine-tuning monitoring parameters, freeing up teams to focus on higher-value tasks and improving service stability
How we got there
Provided 24×7 Gold Support for the production environment and 8×6 Bronze Support for lower environments, ensuring appropriate service levels across all tiers.
Recommended and implemented Azure Reservations for long-term virtual machines to drive substantial cost savings.
Reported application vulnerabilities directly to the Application Team, improving security responsiveness and risk mitigation.
