The cloud is a dynamic infrastructure that can be quickly adapted to changing requirements, which is why regularly reviewing your cloud applications and architecture is so important. A cloud review using the Well-Architected Framework enables continuous and targeted improvements, ensuring optimum operations, high cloud security and sustainable optimisation in terms of performance, costs and efficiency.
When do I need to have my cloud solutions reviewed?
- Existing cloud applications: at least once a year
- As a basis for budgeting and SAFe-based program increment planning
- Before modernising an application as an as-is assessment
- For ongoing improvements and customisation to the business case
- For obtaining an independent and external expert opinion
How you benefit from Well-Architected Cloud Reviews with Ergon
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Specialists from various technical domains with vast industry expertise
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Experience in implementing and managing similar projects in almost all domains
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Comparable assessment based on best practices
Best practice: the six pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
The Well-Architected Framework takes a comprehensive look at the services you use in the cloud. A review typically compares and assesses your implementation across six sub-areas against the best practices in your industry. We join forces with your team to develop recommendations on how you can better leverage existing potential.
Optimum cloud operations
If cloud operations are to be successful, continuously optimising and enhancing value creation with optimum structures and processes is a must. This includes automating as much as possible and responding rapidly to incidents with a well-coordinated team. Together, we will help you achieve this goal.
Cloud security
Your systems are more exposed in the cloud, so enhanced monitoring and adjustment to the current security landscape are crucial. Using threat modelling, we assess your system security features. For the highest risks, we work with you to develop and, if needed, implement appropriate recommendations.
Cloud reliability
Customers, employees and business processes increasingly rely on functional systems. The higher the level of digitalisation, the more outages lead to business losses. Together, we identify likely resource bottlenecks early on and assess the potential impact of failures on your day-to-day business.
Cloud efficiency
Your applications are rarely used uniformly. Together, we ensure that usage spikes do not disrupt your cloud services. To that end, we derive a selection of suitable cloud services and resource types from your requirements.
Cloud cost optimisation
Controlling and predicting cloud application costs can be challenging. Unpredictable costs are one of the main reasons why many companies hesitate to use the cloud. We will show you how targeted measures – such as reserved capacity or serverless solutions – can provide cost certainty and save money.
Cloud sustainability
By sharing infrastructure, we help save resources. Together, we optimise your cloud solutions to strike a balance between reliability, efficiency and sustainability. We will regularly adjust available resources to meet demand or use flexible capacities, so you only pay for what you actually use.
How we initiate regular cloud reviews
We conduct cloud reviews using the Well-Architected Framework, working in close collaboration with your development and management teams. That way, we ensure optimum integration of any insights gained.
Holding a workshop
In a joint workshop with your development and management teams, we define the review scope, explain the methodology, select and prioritise the pillars, and plan the process.
Documenting architectures
Our teams of experts consolidate the cloud architectures and work with the relevant development teams to prepare an initial action plan.
Presenting measures
If necessary, we clarify detailed questions in follow-up meetings with the development teams. You will receive a draft review, and any feedback will be incorporated into the final version.
We look forward to hearing from you
We are pleased that you are interested in our services. Do you have any questions or a specific project idea? Tell us about it – with no commitment on your part. Our experts will contact you as soon as possible.