{"id":6288,"date":"2025-10-09T19:05:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T00:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tekclarion.com\/?page_id=6288"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:29:33","slug":"tekclarion-case-study-lowered-cloud-costs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tekclarion.com\/blog\/tekclarion-case-study-lowered-cloud-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"TekClarion &#8211; Case Study &#8211; Lowered Cloud Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6288\" class=\"elementor elementor-6288\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fb245f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fb245f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25d1747\" data-id=\"25d1747\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-443aade elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"443aade\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Azure Spend Down in 6 Months <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc1c734 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc1c734\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef6315e\" data-id=\"ef6315e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3138094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3138094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">With Stronger Security &amp; 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