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At Silicon Overdrive (PTY) Ltd, we are dedicated to empowering Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) with advanced cloud solutions as an AWS Premier Partner.

Our mission is to help you navigate the complexities of cloud technology, enhance your infrastructure, and drive your business forward with innovative AWS services.

AWS Well-Architected Framework

We offer a comprehensive AWS Well-Architected Framework Review (AWS WAFR) to ensure that your cloud infrastructure is optimized for performance, security, reliability, and cost-efficiency.

As an AWS Premier Tier Partner, we are committed to helping you build and maintain a cloud environment that adheres to AWS best practices and industry standards.

AWS funds our effort for the AWS Well-Architected Framework Review and improvements, and it is, thus, typically free of cost to you.

What is the AWS Well-Architected Framework?

The AWS Well-Architected Framework is a set of best practices developed by AWS to help cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for their applications. It consists of six pillars:

Operational Excellence

The operational excellence pillar focuses on delivering business value and continually improving processes and procedures.

Security

The security pillar focuses on protecting information and systems.

Performance Efficiency

The performance efficiency pillar focuses on using IT and computing resources efficiently.

Cost Optimization

The cost optimization pillar focuses on avoiding unnecessary costs.

Reliability

The reliability pillar focuses on the ability to prevent and quickly recover from failures to meet business and customer demand.

Sustainability

The sustainability pillar focuses on addressing the long-term environmental, economic, and societal impact of your business activities.

AWS WAFR Services Offerings

1. Initial Assessment & Planning

Objective

Understand your current cloud architecture and define the scope of the review.

Deliverables

Initial consultation report, scope of review, and schedule.

Benefits

Clear understanding of review objectives and timeline.

2. Well-Architected Review

Objective

Conduct a detailed assessment of your AWS architecture against the Well-Architected Framework’s six pillars.

Deliverables

Comprehensive assessment report with findings categorized by each pillar, including:

  • Operational Excellence: Evaluation of operational processes and management.
  • Security: Analysis of security controls and practices.
  • Reliability: Review of infrastructure design for fault tolerance and disaster recovery.
  • Performance Efficiency: Assessment of resource utilization and performance tuning.
  • Cost Optimization: Examination of cost management and resource efficiency.
  • Sustainability: Focuses on environmental impacts, especially energy consumption and efficiency.
Benefits

Identification of risks, inefficiencies, gaps and areas for improvement to ensure alignment with AWS best practices.

3. Recommendations & Action Plan

Objective

Provide actionable recommendations to address identified issues and enhance your architecture, security, compliance, reliability and efficiency.

Deliverables

Recommendations report, including prioritized action items and a detailed improvement plan.

Benefits

Clear, actionable steps to optimize your AWS environment according to Well-Architected best practices.

4. Implementation Support

Objective

Assist with implementing recommended improvements and optimizations.

Deliverables

Support for executing changes, including configuration adjustments, policy updates, and deployment modifications.

Benefits

Professional assistance to ensure effective and efficient implementation of improvements.

5. Follow-Up & Review

Objective

Monitor the effectiveness of implemented changes and provide ongoing support.

Deliverables

Follow-up report, tooled validation of improvements, security and compliance scores, performance metrics, and additional recommendations if needed.

Benefits

Validated security and compliance posture. Continuous improvement and assurance that the AWS environment remains aligned with Well-Architected principles.

6.Training & Knowledge Transfer

Objective

Equip your team with knowledge and best practices for maintaining a well-architected environment.

Deliverables

Training sessions, workshops, and documentation.

Benefits

Empower your team with the skills and knowledge needed for ongoing cloud management and optimization.

Benefits of the
AWS Well-Architected Framework Review

Improved
Security

Improved Security

Evaluate and improve your security to meet your compliance requirements.

Increased
Reliability

Increased Reliability

Build a more resilient infrastructure capable of handling disruptions and maintaining uptime.

Optimized Performance

Ensure your cloud resources are utilized effectively for optimal performance.

Cost
Efficiency

Cost Efficiency

Reduce unnecessary costs through better resource management and cost optimization strategies.

Operational Excellence

Improve your operational processes and management to streamline cloud operations.

Customer Success Stories

Why Choose Silicon Overdrive (PTY) Ltd?

AWS Premier Tier Partner

Leverage our deep AWS expertise and premier partnership status.

Tailored Solutions

Cloud services designed to meet the specific needs of SMBs.

Proven Track Record

Success in delivering high-quality cloud solutions across various industries.

Comprehensive Support

Support from consultation, migration, modernization, optimization, and ongoing management.

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AWS Well-Architected Review

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