Category: AWS Well-Architected Framework

When you deploy Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC) connectors on AWS, one of the first challenges you face is predicting and controlling the cost of the required infrastructure. Without clear benchmarks, it is difficult to make informed decisions about workload sizing, environment configuration, and long-term investment. Part 1 of this 3-part blog series covered the fundamentals […]

Running Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC) connectors in production on AWS requires deliberate architecture decisions around isolation, managed services, and security layering. In Part 1 of this series, we covered the fundamentals of data space architectures and EDC per the International Data Space Association’s (IDSA) standards. If you are new to EDC, we recommend starting there. […]

In this post, we look at how Generali is using Amazon EKS Auto Mode and its integration with other AWS services to enhance performance while reducing operational overhead, optimizing costs, and enhancing security.

Are you ready to maximize your Well-Architected and Cloud Optimization learning and networking time at re:Invent 2025? We have put together this comprehensive guide to help you plan your schedule and make the most of the Well-Architected and cloud optimization sessions available this year. These sessions will deliver the practical guidance your teams need to lead strategic cloud initiatives, design next-generation architectures, optimize costs, or secure AI-powered systems.

As cloud spending continues to surge, organizations must focus on strategic cloud optimization to maximize business value. This blog post explores key insights from MIT Technology Review’s publication on cloud optimization, highlighting the importance of viewing optimization as a continuous process that encompasses all six AWS Well-Architected pillars.

In this post, we identify the components of an efficient architecture review process, define what an ARB is, and describe how to build and operate an effective enterprise ARB.

The new Well-Architected Data Residency with Hybrid Cloud Services Lens is available now. Use the lens whitepaper to adopt your hybrid cloud workloads according to the tenants of the Well-Architected Framework while maintaining data sovereignty requirements.

Organizations that are interested in improving their development velocity that follow the principles of the twelve-factor app might find benefits in understanding how to realize those concepts on Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this post, I will help you correlate the twelve-factors app concepts as you architect solutions on AWS.

Well, it’s been another historic year! We’ve watched in awe as the use of real-world generative AI has changed the tech landscape, and while we at the Architecture Blog happily participated, we also made every effort to stay true to our channel’s original scope, and your readership this last year has proven that decision was […]

We are excited to announce the availability of enhanced and expanded guidance for the AWS Well-Architected Framework with the following six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability This release includes new best practices and improved prescriptive implementation guidance for the existing best practices. This includes enhanced recommendations and steps on reusable architecture patterns focused on specific business […]