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In the cloud, as in the architecture of a building, everything starts from a good foundation. And in Amazon Web Services (AWS), that foundation has a name: Well-Architected Framework.
This set of best practices not only helps technical teams make better decisions; it also allows business leaders to optimize investments, mitigate risks, increase visibility of their costs and operate with greater environmental responsibility.
If your organization already works in the cloud — or plans to do so — here’s how this approach can help you grow securely, profitably, and sustainably.
The AWS Well-Architected Framework is a methodology created by AWS to help you design, review, and optimize your cloud workloads, aligning technology with your strategic goals.
Designed for businesses of all sizes and industries, it is built on six pillars that ensure a robust, adaptable, and scale-ready architecture without compromising security, budget, or compliance.
In the Well-Architected Framework, each pillar represents a critical dimension to build robust, scalable, and sustainable solutions in the cloud. These are:
It helps you monitor, automate, and continuously improve processes. It involves executing well from day one… and better the next.
Protect your data, identities, networks, and systems. It’s not just about preventing attacks, it’s about designing with security as a foundation, not as a patch.
Ensure your apps work as expected, even in the event of failures. It involves disaster recovery, redundancy, and fault tolerance.
It ensures that you use the right resources, at the right time. It helps to scale without friction or oversizing.
Assess whether you’re investing your cloud resources correctly. It seeks to reduce spending without affecting the quality of service.
It helps you design energy-efficient loads, choose cleaner regions, and minimize unnecessary resource use. Likewise, with this pillar, it is sought that each architectural decision has an environmental impact, so that, by adopting it, your organization reduces carbon emissions, decreases the digital footprint and contributes to ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) objectives.
With the Well-Architected Framework you can:
And if you do it with a certified partner like us, you can request an automated Well-Architected Review (WAR) at no cost, which offers an accurate diagnosis of your current environment and an actionable roadmap to improve it.
Many organizations operate without knowing if they are doing it well. A Well-Architected Review is like an in-depth technical review of your home in the cloud. Some of its key benefits:
With my feet in the cloud… and your architecture under control
The cloud should not only meet your needs today, but prepare you for the future. And that can only be achieved with a well-built architecture.
That’s why, at Itera, we help you review your environment, detect areas for improvement, and optimize your AWS architecture in a secure, cost-effective, and sustainable way so that your business goals take off with your feet in the cloud.
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