Workflow automation is being used by many IT organizations to perform back end IT operations and to automate the processes that these IT operations perform. Most IT processes are procedural, for example, creating user account for a new employee and giving access to systems or even an offboarding process (deactivating a user and removing access to systems.) Here, we discuss how workflow automation will lead to cost savings. 

There are many IT processes that are readily automated using workflow. In cloud environments especially, we are seeing just how effectively customers use automation to save money on their cloud bill. For example, one of our customers in the US has an offshore development office in Pune, India and there are many Azure virtual machines that are being used by the offshore development offices. This company has developed virtual machines and even allows QA testing on these virtual machines. In order to save costs, an automated workflow process shuts these virtual machines down during periods they are not being used: shutdown occurs at 11 A M EST and re-start occurs at 11 PM EST, locking in substantial cost savings for those daily 12 hr shifts. Let's crunch some numbers now to see what the real cost savings are:

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From the above table, you can see just for 1 virtual machine, that costs $1 per/hour gets a savings of $12/day. For 25 virtual machines, it is a savings of $300 per/12 hr period. These savings add up quickly, and these cost savings are ensured through workflow automation: every single workday, these savings are locked in automatically without need for manual attendance.

This is just one of the hundreds of examples for IT process automation that comes with cost saving benefits in cloud environments. 

Contact us to see how you can save today with your cloud environment by incorporating workflow.