The advent of cloud technology has fundamentally altered the competitive landscape and operational methodologies of businesses across industries. As companies increasingly transition their workloads to the cloud, ensuring a secure, dependable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure that aligns with business objectives becomes imperative.

The AWS Well-Architected Review, incorporating essential aspects of cloud platform engineering and DevOps, serves as a valuable tool in this process. This comprehensive evaluation enables organizations to assess their cloud infrastructure against the key tenets of the AWS Well-Architected Framework: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization and sustainability. The review offers a detailed report, featuring best practices, tailored recommendations, and practical insights to enhance the cloud infrastructure.

Tailored to organizations across sizes and sectors, the AWS Well-Architected Review provides the following advantages:

Enhanced security:

By implementing approaches such as Least Privilege, organizations can bolster their cloud infrastructure security and safeguard data against potential threats.

Augmented reliability and availability:

Through cloud engineering practices such as detailed monitoring & automated responses, organizations can reinforce the reliability and availability of their cloud systems while enabling swift recovery from failures.

Lowered cloud computing expenses:

Leveraging best practices as usage profiling & right-sizing can help organizations minimize their cloud-related costs and maximize returns on their cloud investments. Amplified performance: The application of cloud engineering and DevOps methodologies can elevate system speed and responsiveness, catering to user requirements.

Optimized operations:

Incorporating DevOps and cloud engineering principles streamlines operations, diminishes manual processes, and boosts overall system efficiency.

Business objective alignment:

Employing cloud platform engineering and DevOps strategies can facilitate the alignment of cloud systems with specific business needs, bolstering long-term objectives.

Mitigated risks:

Implementing practices such as high-availability & automated responses can reduce the likelihood of failures, security incidents, and data loss, ultimately minimizing the impact of potential disruptions.

Deliverables

• Preparation of the AWS Well Archtected Assessment
• Guided Well Architected Review with a AWS Professional
• AWS Well Architected Finding Report with highlighted priority actions
• AWS Well Architected Review Session with a possible remediation plan

How the AWS Well Architected review works:

Preparation 0,5 day

General round of introductions Overview of WA process, and confirm expectations Overview of current issues and priorities of focus (by customer) Define participants for workload reviews Identify potential blockers

Well Architected Review 0,5 day

Assess AWS implementation in context of the 6 WA Pillars Highlight particular areas of focus Outline remediation prioritisation

Findings Report 2 days

Create report document from workload review Highlight priority actions

WA Report Review Session 0,5 day

Discussion of WA Report Confirm customer understanding Discuss remediation priorities Discuss remediation plan (if required)

BONUS

Customers who have undergone the review are eligible for AWS funding up to $5,000 towards consumption. As a Well-Architected Partner, we have the ability to request this funding for our customers

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https://www.demicon.de/en/mrkt/well-architected-framework

https://www.demicon.de/insights/boosting-reliability-productivity-and-cost-efficiency-with-the-well-architected-framework