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Orion DataForge

48 active vendors · 7 spend categories

CFO · Finance Office-0.6% vs plan

EBITDA Bridge & Run-Rate

Adjusted Baseline

$6.8M

Realized

$1.9M

Forward Locked

$1.2M

+4.8 mo EBITDA runway

  • • Analytics platform consolidation validated with CFO and CRO.
  • • Forward savings assumes Snowflake reserved capacity adoption.
CIO / CTO ViewIn Progress · 86% rubric coverage

Architecture & Risk Posture

Zero Trust

81% of data engineering identities gated

Cloud Commit Coverage

82% of analytics workloads committed

Automation Health

Automation telemetry at 78% coverage

Incidents

0 high severity issues in 120 days

  • • Shift ETL jobs to event-driven pattern before renewal.
  • • Document lineage guardrails for GenAI pilots.
  • • Expand FinOps views to product owners.

Annual Spend Overview

Orion DataForge currently manages $6.80M across 7 spend categories. The mix below highlights where the largest optimization opportunities exist today.

Data Platforms
$1,700K
25.0% of total portfolio spend
Cloud Infrastructure
$1,300K
19.1% of total portfolio spend
AI & Advanced Analytics
$1,200K
17.6% of total portfolio spend

Spend by Category

Delivery Roadmap

How Orion DataForge Progresses Through CASt Phases

Gate coverage aligns Orion DataForge to the Managed Service milestones sponsors expect.

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
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