Case Study

Scaling Enterprise Cloud Adoption

Residential Solar Provider
Scaling Enterprise Cloud Adoption
RESULTS

Prioritized risks and opportunities for scaling AWS as its primary enterprise cloud platform

Situation

Hyper-sales growth drove mass technology deployment and spend

  • The client adopted AWS for its core business applications and quickly expanded its AWS footprint across the organization. However, the rapid proliferation of applications and a focus on accelerating time-to-market for new business functionality resulted in security vulnerabilities, process inefficiencies, and unpredictable costs.
  • They engaged Valent Partners to assess their AWS environment and provide a remediation roadmap to resolve the high-risk issues identified.

Approach

Assessed AWS environment, identified issues, developed security and optimization roadmap

Valent partnered with the client to assess their AWS environment, identifying high-priority issues and developing a resolution plan. The plan included key findings, best practices, and a recommended implementation path to address concerns impacting the organization’s security, operating costs, and speed-to-market.

  • Assessment
    • Conducted a thorough investigation of the current AWS environment to identify issues and pain points.
    • Interviewed key stakeholders to understand processes for maintaining the existing environment.
    • Developed a comprehensive roadmap outlining high-level findings, best practices, and a recommended implementation plan to address critical issues.
  • Roadmap Implementation
    • Identified seven high-priority issues within the AWS environment that could affect security, operating costs, and speed-to-market.
    • Categorized remediations into the following prioritized areas: User Access Control, AWS Multi-Account Design. Resource Tracking, CI/CD Pipeline Solutioning
  • Provided flexible implementation options, including pace and level of team involvement, to align with organizational needs.

Architectural Assessment

Results

Prioritized risks and opportunities for scaling AWS as its primary enterprise cloud platform

  • Created detailed implementation guides for each high-priority issue in the AWS environment, including references, diagrams, and step-by-step recommendations for solution deployment.
  • Added further value by offering remediation recommendations for lower-priority items, organized into six distinct categories.
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