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AWS Well-Architected

Design secure, efficient, and reliable cloud architectures

Accelerate and Optimize your Cloud Architecture with an AWS Well-Architected Framework Review

Increased velocity of digital innovation, lower capital expenditures, the same state of the art infrastructure as used by security-focused organizations like the Department of Defense and CapitalOne, and the ability to achieve a global scale in minutes.

It’s one thing to “lift-and-shift” your workload into the cloud, but it’s another story to deeply examine whether that workload is optimized for the cloud. But once you’re in the cloud, how do you know you’re getting the full benefit? That’s where an Innovative Well-Architected Review comes in.

The 6 Pillars of the Well-Architected Framework Review

Operational Excellence

Improving business outcomes and delivering value to customers and your bottom line are fundamental goals of your cloud strategy. We help you achieve these goals by looking at your processes against a set of design principles and best practices. We’ll help you identify gaps and recommend ways to measure, monitor, and continually improve operations.

Security

All systems are constantly under attack by evolving threats. Your cloud security strategy must evolve to stay ahead by using AI-generated security insights, automated monitoring and remediation, logging, tracing, periodic risk assessments, and mitigation strategies. We’ll look at your enterprise holistically – people, process, and data in transit and at rest — to ensure your security strategy is built on a strong foundation.

Cost Optimization

To truly understand the effectiveness of your cloud strategy, you have to have a clear understanding of your business goals. In other words, it’s not simply how much are you paying, it’s how much business value are you getting. For example, do you want to optimize for speed to market or for cost? In some cases, it’s best to optimize for speed—going to market quickly, shipping new features, or simply meeting a deadline—rather than investing in upfront cost optimization.

Performance Efficiency

The cloud is not static; it is continually evolving with new capabilities enabling new strategies and implementations. Are you keeping up? By reviewing your choices on a cyclical basis, you will ensure you are taking advantage of the continually evolving AWS cloud. The optimal solution for a particular system will vary based on the kind of workload you have, often with multiple approaches combined. Well-architected systems use multiple solutions and enable different features to improve performance.

Reliability

Disruptions in service are costly. We will assess your ability to dynamically acquire computing resources to meet demand, and mitigate disruptions such as misconfigurations or transient network issues. When an event occurs, how fast can you get back online? We’ll check to see if your system can detect failures and heal them automatically. You must have sufficient network bandwidth to your data center. These requirements are sometimes neglected. This neglect can have a significant impact on the ability to deliver a reliable system.

Sustainability

The ability to continually improve sustainability impacts by reducing energy consumption and increasing efficiency across all components of a workload by maximizing the benefits from the provisioned resources and minimizing the total resources required.

PROCESS

How does an AWS Well-Architected Framework Review work

01 Initial Review

During this 30 minute introductory call, we will identify and prioritize what workload will be reviewed and ask questions about your current architecture as it relates to the six pillars of the Well-Architected Framework Review.

• Innovative Cloud Architect
• Innovative Account Executive
• Your project team
30 minutes

02 Well-Architected Framework Review

This 2 hour workshop is critical to a Well-Architected Framework Review. Our cloud architects will use the AWS Well-Architected tool to evaluate and assess your current architecture with input from your key stakeholders.

• Innovative Cloud Architect
• Your project team
2 hours

03 Findings + Reports

In the 60 minute review meeting, we will present with our findings, which includes what parts of your environment is well-architected, needs improvement, and have critical risks.

• Innovative Cloud Architect
• Innovative Account Executive
• Your project team
60 minutes

04 Keep in Touch!

The Well-Architected Framework Review was designed as a repeatable mechanism to help you evolve your cloud practice at each stage in the process, from development to production and beyond.

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