Well-Architected Insights & Guides

Well-architected cloud environments are designed to balance security, reliability, performance, cost, and operational effectiveness from the start. Applying proven architectural principles helps organizations reduce risk, avoid technical debt, and make better decisions as AWS environments grow and change.

The articles below cover practical guidance around the AWS Well-Architected Framework, architecture reviews, cloud governance, resilience, performance, security, cost optimization, and common design decisions that affect long-term cloud operations.

Stratus10 helps organizations assess AWS environments against well-architected best practices, identify areas for improvement, and prioritize practical changes that strengthen cloud architecture over time.

How to Achieve Cloud Cost Optimization with the AWS Well-Architected Framework

Introduction


An important pillar of the AWS well-architected framework, cost optimization is one of the most popular, and pertinent objectives in cloud computing today. This article covers the principles of cost optimization and technical must-do’s to achieve a cost optimized infrastructure.
 

Definition of cost optimization

Cost optimization means delivering business outcomes at the lowest price point possible.

Securing Your Infrastructure on the AWS Cloud with Managed Security Services | Stratus10

Cloud security is increasingly essential in today’s fast-paced IT environment. As more companies migrate some or all of their IT infrastructure to the cloud, securing cloud-based IT assets remains critical to preventing data breaches and maintaining the trust of customers.

In this blog, we will discuss some of the pain points of implementing cloud security and how you can improve your cloud security posture by outsourcing security to certified AWS experts.
 

Digital Transformation and the Need for Cloud Security

 

AWS Best Practices: 3-Tier Infrastructure

The three-tier architecture pattern has been an established best practice for decades. By separating infrastructure into layers, each is inherently more secure and flexible. In the cloud, the same design principles apply. This article focuses on the core principles of the three-tier web application architecture pattern on AWS, including availability zones, load balancers, route tables, gateways, autoscaling groups, and databases.

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