The dynamic nature of cloud workloads requires a continuous improvement process to ensure that the value of the cloud is being realized. Building on our extensive experience working with AWS, our engineering and consulting team created Cloud Standup, a repeatable process that helps organizations align their cloud strategy with their business goals.

As part of the Cloud Standup process, ITZDATA solutions architects continuously analyze the customer's cloud platform and meet on a biweekly basis with leaders from the dev and ops (or DevOps / SRE) teams to report on the status of workloads, identify improvement opportunities and follow-up on ongoing cloud initiatives.

This proactive approach to cloud workloads, paired with our premium CloudOps 24/7 Support (included) helps organizations drive efficiencies and operate securely and reliably while staying current on innovations happening in AWS.

1. Costs - analyze cloud spend with ITZ Billing, our award-winning FinOps tool (included) and implement resource usage recommendations from AWS Compute Optimizer.
2. Observability - review system alerts and performance monitoring configurations using native AWS tools.
3. Reliability - assess architecture and infrastructure components, identify and mitigate potential risks.
4. Security - analyze security posture using AWS Trusted Advisor / AWS Security Hub and address potential vulnerabilities.
5. Innovation - advise on new initiatives, collaborate on implementation.

Cloud Standup has been successfully implemented in both public and private sector organizations. Customers have reported experiences such as:

• 25% average reduction in direct cloud spend
• 95% reduction in unplanned downtime
• All of our customers report feeling more in control of their cloud platform

Cloud Standup for AWS has completed the AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR)