Cloud Automation Strategy — Portfolio Environment
Atlas CloudWorks
68 active vendors · 7 spend categories
CFO · Finance Office-1.4% vs plan
EBITDA Bridge & Run-Rate
Adjusted Baseline
$10.2M
Realized
$3.5M
Forward Locked
$2.4M
+8.3 mo EBITDA runway
- • Multi-cloud admin consolidation unlocked 190 bps of run-rate improvement.
- • Forward savings tied to Azure commit resets due 6/15.
CIO / CTO ViewAligned · 93% rubric coverage
Architecture & Risk Posture
Zero Trust
Identity perimeter hardened for 92% of workforce
Cloud Commit Coverage
90% coverage across AWS/Azure commits
Automation Health
Automation telemetry at 91% coverage
Incidents
0 critical incidents in 180 days
- • Retire overlapping observability tooling before FY26 budget lock.
- • Expand Terraform guardrails to finance-owned cloud workloads.
- • Publish sustain plan for CASt managed service handoff in Q3.
Annual Spend Overview
Atlas CloudWorks currently manages $10.20M across 7 spend categories. The mix below highlights where the largest optimization opportunities exist today.
Cloud Infrastructure
$2,800K
27.5% of total portfolio spend
Platform Automation
$1,500K
14.7% of total portfolio spend
Security & Identity
$1,350K
13.2% of total portfolio spend
Spend by Category
Delivery Roadmap
How Atlas CloudWorks Progresses Through CASt Phases
Phase 0
Setup
- •Agree on baseline methodology and taxonomy
- •Ingest contracts, invoices, and portal credentials
- •Publish first renewal map grouped by 90/180/365 days
Phase 1
Baseline & Pipeline
- •Publish Adjusted Baseline with Finance validation
- •Stand up renewal review cadence and scorecard
- •Launch decision log with architecture sign-off
Phase 2
Execute Quick Wins
- •Retire duplicates with billing-stop evidence
- •Negotiate in-flight renewals using utilization data
- •Align license tiers to active roles
Phase 3
Strategic Resets
- •Consolidate to anchor platforms
- •Plan migrations that shift next-year run rate
- •Document architecture rubric per platform
Phase 4
Sustain
- •Transition to managed service posture
- •Refresh ownership and renewal map quarterly
- •Report realized vs forward savings transparently