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# E-Book Download: Building a Well-Architected Cloud

## Building a Well-Architected Cloud: an E-Book by ADAPTURE

### A Comprehensive Guide to the Five Pillars of Cloud

If you're not measuring your cloud performance according to industry standards, you could be leaving your environments open to inefficiencies and security risks, like Shadow IT and rogue instances. Ultimately, you need standardized benchmarks to determine if your new infrastructure is performing better than your old environment.

**The Truth Is, Many Organizations are Falling Short of Industry Standards**

When looking for quantitative standards to hold your virtual environments to, it's best to start by studying how cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft, and Google have successfully harnessed the power of cloud. According to the experts, a well-architected cloud is built on Five Pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and Cost Optimization. 

Fill out the form to the right to download the e-book and learn more about building the right foundation for your cloud environments with the Five Pillars of Cloud. 

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