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College of American Pathologists (CAP): FinOps Driven Cloud and SaaS Governance

Industry
Healthcare & Laboratory Accreditation
Headquarters
Northfield, Illinois
$216K
Annual Realized Saving
95%
Recommendation Execution Rate
27%
AWS Commitment based Discount
$98K+
Renewal-Driven Savings for OneLogin

The Savings Plan recommendations gave us clarity on commitment levels and risk . Moving to a one-year all-upfront plan allowed us to lock in meaningful savings without overcommitting, and the execution was straightforward.

Cloud & Infrastructure Leadership

College of American Pathologist

About the Organization

The College is a leading medical society and accreditation organization operating in a highly regulated environment where reliability, compliance, and cost accountability are critical . To support its mission, CAP relies on a growing cloud and SaaS portfolio, including AWS, Microsoft 365, Co-Pilot, Zoom, and other enterprise applications . As adoption scaled, CAP needed clearer cost and usage visibility, stronger financial governance, and actionable insights to align spend with actual consumption and optimize long-term commitments .

CloudNuro transformed our SaaS and Cloud management, giving us complete visibility and control over our IT assets. The cost savings and governance improvements have been game-changing.

Khan Tran

CIO & CTO, Avante Health Solutions

The Challenge: Gaining Control and Visibility Across Cloud and SaaS

Rapid cloud and SaaS growth exposed gaps in visibility, entitlement governance, and committed spend optimization, leading to resource waste, renewal risk, and cost leakage.

Renewal & Entitlement Risk
Gaps in SaaS entitlement management led to renewal overpayment risk and unused licenses.
Committed Spend Optimization Risk
Lack of usage visibility hindered optimization of AWS committed use discounts, driving unnecessary spend.
Account & Access Governance Gaps
Unmanaged and dormant accounts increased cost leakage, security exposure, and compliance risk.
Limited Cost Visibility
A fragmented reporting model reduced cost allocation and optimization insights across cloud and SaaS.

The Solution: Decision Intelligence for Cloud and SaaS Governance

Centralized visibility and decision intelligence across cloud and SaaS strengthened financial and access governance. Accurate usage and entitlement insights enabled confident right-sizing, renewal optimization, and AWS committed use discount execution, translating actions into measurable cost savings with reduced risk.

Entitlement Optimization
Identified unused licenses and renewal gaps to reduce overpayment and waste.
Account Governance
Detected and remediated inactive and rogue accounts to reduce risk and cost.
Commitment Optimization
Optimized AWS committed use discounts using accurate usage insights.
Unified Visibility
Delivered centralized cost and usage visibility across SaaS and IaaS.

Measurable Business Outcomes

Unified Visibility
Centralized cost and usage visibility across AWS and SaaS improved financial transparency.
Resource Optimization
Usage-based insights identified actionable savings across AWS, Savings Plans, and SaaS licenses.
Commitment Governance
Consumption insights enabled a one-year, all-upfront AWS Savings Plan without overcommitment.
Financial Impact
40%
AWS RDS Savings
Database optimization actions delivered ~100% savings realization
20%
SaaS Renewal Savings
Achieved through optimized Atlassian and OneLogin renewals
29%
M365 Savings
Phased license optimization reduced spend via cost avoidance
SaaS Spend Efficiency
Data-driven license alignment across Zoom, GitHub, and M365 improved cost efficiency and forecast accuracy
Renewal Governance
Usage visibility improved renewal outcomes across Zoom, OneLogin, and other SaaS platforms
Operational Reporting
Automated reporting supported account hygiene and policy-aligned renewal decisions

CloudNuro continues to enable decision intelligence-driven SaaS lifecycle management, delivering ongoing cost optimization and operational control across CAP's cloud ecosystem.

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Result

95%
Recommendation Execution Rate
27%
AWS Commitment based Discount
$98K+
Renewal-Driven Savings for OneLogin

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