One of the key roles of cloud network managers is containing costs. It is so easy to add to networks and scale resources in the never ending quest for lower latency and better application performance.

There are so many reasons why you should accurately document your AWS cloud environments with Network Topology Diagrams. They visually portray how your network is constructed, what is running where and how resources are grouped and connected. 

This is a major time saver when explaining your network to new engineers, consultants or other internal stakeholders.

When you are responsible for the delivery and maintenance of critical or complex applications built on cloud infrastructure, the chances are you are relying on multiple in house engineers or teams of engineers, devops and external consultants to keep your network and applications operating at peak performance for your end users.

There are numerous reasons why you would want to accurately document your AWS cloud environments with an AWS Diagram.

Software development can be a long and complex process. The more you can map out and plan, the greater chance you have of success.

No one needs network documentation, until they do. 

So you’ve got approval to hire a consultant on a six-month contract to fast track your project. You’ve found the perfect consultancy with proven success in everything you need to implement. Your Scope of Work (SOW) has been signed off on and your consultant starts in a week. Hoorah!

You want the project to be a resounding success, right?

Onboarding your cloud consultant properly is the most critical thing to you can do to maximize your ROI. They have limited time to deliver you results, not being prepared means your consultant sits idle, and that costs you money which can significant with the increased level of cloud spend in the IT landscape.