Introduction

The Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR) is an assessment based on a set of concepts, design principles and architectural best practices. These are aimed to help customers design, build, and operate secure, reliable, and efficient infrastructure for their workloads on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

By following the principles outlined in the AWS Well-Architected Framework, Sycomp can assist customers in building a strong foundation for their applications, reduce risk and improve the overall performance and cost- effectiveness of their infrastructure.

AWS Well-Architected Framework

The Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR) is an assessment based on a set of concepts, design principles and architectural best practices. These are aimed to help customers design, build, and operate secure, reliable, and efficient infrastructure for their workloads on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

By following the principles outlined in the AWS Well-Architected Framework, Sycomp can assist customers in building a strong foundation for their applications, reduce risk and improve the overall performance and cost- effectiveness of their infrastructure.

The AWS Well-Architected Framework provides guidelines and best practices to help architects and developers build and maintain secure, high-performing, resilient and efficient infrastructure for applications.

The framework is built around six key pillars that encompass design principles and best practices for creating robust cloud architectures.

1. Operational Excellence examines how well the workload is managed and operated to deliver business value and proactive risk management. This includes operations as code, monitoring and utilization, and incident response handling.

2. Security assesses protection against threats and the application of security best practices. This includes identity and access management, data protection, infrastructure protection and incident detection.

3. Reliability evaluates the workload’s ability for failure recovery, to meet availability targets and to enhance performance. This pillar includes resource provisioning to avoid single points of failure and allow for system change management and strategies to enable automatic recovery.

4. Performance Efficiency examines efficient use of computing resources to meet performance requirements, including:

• appropriate resource sizing for workload needs
• system testing under various load conditions
• system scaling to meet increased demand
• continuous system optimization for improved performance

5. Cost Optimization assesses cost-effectiveness in meeting objectives. This includes cost monitoring and control methods, as well as resource and efficiency optimization to avoid unnecessary costs.

6. Sustainability evaluates the workload’s environmental impact and minimization strategies, including:

• resource utilization
• environmental impacts to reduce the workload’s carbon footprint
• design for sustainability to minimize environmental impact over its lifecycle

The Value of the Well-Architected Review

 Sycomp’s Well-Architected Review approach is uniquely tailored to meet each organization’s specific needs, ensuring relevant and actionable recommendations. This customization helps optimize AWS resources for improved performance, reliability and cost efficiency, aligning infrastructure with business goals. By offering a complimentary infrastructure assessment, Sycomp empowers organizations to make strategic, informed decisions about their cloud environments. This approach supports ongoing alignment with evolving objectives, driving both long-term success and enhanced operational efficiency.

How Can Sycomp Help?

Sycomp’s complimentary infrastructure assessment offers comprehensive reports and recommendations addressing key areas of cloud management:

1. Security Report: Evaluates critical components like infrastructure instances, networking, storage and identity access management to enhance security.

2. Cost Utilization and Optimization Report: Identifies underutilized resources and provides guidance on proper sizing and pricing plans to optimize cloud spend.

3. System Availability Review: Focuses on reliability and disaster recovery, offering actionable insights to ensure continuous business operations.

4. Remediation Recommendations: Provides clear steps to address identified issues and strengthen AWS infrastructure.

This amalgamation of reports provides organizations with the necessary insights to make well-informed decisions, enhance operational efficiency and strengthen security measures. Sycomp’s approach not only addresses current cloud requirements, but also cultivates a strategic foundation for future development and innovation.

How Would This Benefit You?

Gain an understanding of the pros and cons that apply to the decisions made when building and operating systems on AWS. The guidance provided by the AWS Well-Architected Framework will be able to measure your architectures against proven best practices and rapidly identify areas that need improvement.

• Accelerated remediation of cost, performance, reliability, operations and security-related issues.
• Guidance on leveraging new AWS services and features to enhance overall experience.
• Improved cloud usage through partnership with Sycomp AWS-certified professionals leading the well-architected review.
• Better understanding of the business impact of your design decisions in AWS. 

Accelerate modernization by building and operating secure, high-performing, resilient and efficient infrastructure for systems using the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Sycomp will work with you to evaluate architectures for high-risk issues and offer improvement plans based on AWS Well-Architected Framework best practices.

If you’re interested in conducting an AWS Well-Architected Review, please connect with us, email [email protected] or review our marketplace offer.