Customer Impact Story

FICO: Saving Over $13M Annually with Expert Technical Advisory

As a global leader in analytics, FICO processes billions of mission-critical decisions a year, and the cost of their underlying technology is immense. They needed a cost-effective real-time database and decision engine. Infused Innovations delivered an in-depth analysis and recommendation that continues to save the company more than $13 million every year.

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About FICO

FICO is a preeminent analytics software company with a $10B market cap. Their predictive modeling and decision management systems power more than 25 billion customer decisions a year for businesses around the world, making the performance and efficiency of their technology stack a top priority.

The Challenge

The engine powering FICO's real-time decisioning was incredibly powerful but also incredibly expensive. The high cost of software licensing and the supporting infrastructure represented a significant operational expense. They needed an expert analysis to determine if a more cost-effective solution existed that could meet their long-term requirements.

The Solution

Infused Innovations conducted a significant, in-depth analysis of FICO's current technology and their future needs. Our engineering and data teams performed a rigorous review of alternative database and decisioning technologies, modeling their performance and cost against FICO's specific, high stakes use case. We then delivered a clear, data-backed recommendation for a new path forward.

The Results

The results of our advisory were transformative. By acting on our recommendations, FICO was able to save more than $10 million per year on software licensing and an additional $3 million per year on infrastructure costs. This massive, $13M+ annual saving was achieved while still meeting their critical performance and response time requirements.

Expert Analysis that Delivers an Astounding ROI

This engagement demonstrates the power of deep, specialized technical expertise. Our ability to analyze a complex, mission-critical system and identify a more efficient path forward delivered an immense and immediate financial impact, directly improving FICO's bottom line.

Annual Savings

Our recommendations are saving the client over $10M in licensing and $3M in infrastructure costs every year, a massive and direct financial impact.

In-Depth Technical Advisory

We conducted a significant analysis of the client's mission-critical systems and long-term requirements to identify a more cost-effective solution.

 

Performance Without Compromise

The recommended solution delivered the required performance and improved response times, ensuring that cost savings did not come at the expense of capability.

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