AWS Cloud Operations Competency

Franciscan Solutions — AWS FinOps Case Study

Cost visibility and financial accountability for EdTech cloud infrastructure.

Customer

Franciscan Solutions

Industry

Education Technology

Timeline

4 Months

Region

AWS Mumbai (ap-south-1)

The Challenge

Business Context

Limited cost visibility across disparate environments · unpredictable spend from seasonal traffic spikes · inaccurate chargeback reporting from inconsistent tagging · the challenge of balancing strict governance with high application scalability.

Solution

The FinOps Framework

Operating Model

Cross-functional framework integrating engineering, finance, and operations to align cloud spend with business value.

Visibility & Insights

AWS Cost and Usage Report integrated with Aquila Clouds · granular querying via Amazon Athena and S3 · standardized tagging for 100% cost allocation ownership.

Optimization & Control

Rightsizing and scheduling for EC2 workloads · automated S3 lifecycle policies · AWS Budgets and anomaly detection for real-time spend alerts.

25–30%Monthly cost reduction over engagement
95%+Tagging compliance across all mandatory tags
24/7Centralized policies and monitoring
Architecture

High-Availability AWS Design

Franciscan Solutions AWS FinOps Architecture Diagram

High-availability design across multiple Availability Zones, with EC2 and Lambda workloads, DynamoDB and S3 data persistence, and centralized FinOps governance analytics.

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