From Overspend to Optimised: How Financial Firms Can Cut IT Costs by 40% with Amaze’s Private Cloud

In financial services, trust and compliance are non-negotiable. So is the need for IT systems that are fast, secure, and cost-effective. For mid-sized Australian firms, the cloud setup can easily fall short on all fronts.

After three years with hyperscalers, a business can spend more and gain less: unpredictable monthly bills, mounting performance issues, and growing internal frustrations may arise.

Australian financial firms need more control, without sacrificing flexibility.

That’s why they turn to Amaze.

The Challenge

Take a Sydney-based financial services firm that supports over 70 staff across wealth management, insurance, and client services. Like many in the sector, they’d moved workloads to AWS expecting scalability and savings.

Instead, they were facing:

• Spiking costs tied to unpredictable usage and data movement
• Limited control over where and how client data was stored
• Latency issues affecting day-to-day operations
• A lack of tailored support, particularly during critical periods like EOFY

Their in-house IT team spent more time managing issues than delivering innovation, and leadership, who was demanding change.

The Solution: Private Cloud Powered by Hyper-converged Infrastructure

In this situation Amaze is able to deliver a private cloud solution tailored to the firm’s security, performance, and compliance needs, that is built on Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) for simplicity, speed, and scale.

Key components included:

• Dedicated Private Cloud Environment hosted in Amaze’s carbon-neutral Australian data centre
• Hyper-converged Infrastructure delivering compute, storage, and networking in a unified system
• Integrated Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) with immutable local backups
• Managed Firewall and Security tailored to APRA-aligned compliance
• Ongoing local support with direct access to senior engineers

This setup can give the business full control of their environment, predictable monthly billing, and improved performance across the board, all while meeting the stringent security requirements of the financial sector.

The Outcome?

Three months post-migration, the transformation potential looks like this:

• 40% monthly cost reduction compared to their previous cloud setup
• 99.99% uptime, with significantly reduced latency for core applications
• Improved data control and compliance alignment
• No more bill shock with fixed, transparent pricing and no hidden fees
• A simplified infrastructure stack that freed up internal IT resources

The Potential For Your Business...

“A shift to Amaze’s private cloud on hyper-converged infrastructure has been a game changer. We’ve cut costs, improved performance, and finally have full control of our environment, all with a local support team that actually understands our business.”

Ready to Reclaim Control?

If your cloud strategy is costing more than it’s delivering, you're not alone. Let Amaze show you how a private cloud built on HCI can deliver the performance, savings, and control your business needs heading into FY26.

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