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Acquiring a software company involves more than financial diligence, ensuring the target’s cloud infrastructure is robust, scalable, and cost-effective is equally crucial. A thorough cloud audit provides investors with essential insights into technical capabilities and hidden risks, safeguarding their investment and future growth.

Here’s a comprehensive checklist to guide your cloud and infrastructure audits during the acquisition process:

1. Cloud Resource Inventory

• Document all cloud resources (servers, databases, networks).
• Confirm proper tagging and organizational structures.
• Ensure inventory aligns with reported resource usage and needs.

2. Scalability Analysis

• Evaluate auto-scaling mechanisms and their effectiveness.
• Identify bottlenecks or limitations in resource expansion.
• Verify system resilience during load spikes and growth periods.

3. Security Assessment

• Conduct thorough security audits, including penetration tests.
• Verify adherence to best practices and compliance frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA).
• Identify security misconfigurations, weak IAM roles, and exposed resources.

4. Cost Optimization Review

• Review current cloud spending and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Identify and correct overprovisioned or underutilized resources.
• Validate accuracy of cloud billing and pricing models.

5. Backup & Disaster Recovery Strategy

• Assess the effectiveness of backup and recovery procedures.
• Ensure disaster recovery plans are well-documented, tested, and meet business continuity objectives.

6. Performance and Reliability Checks

• Conduct performance benchmarks and latency testing.
• Evaluate historical uptime and downtime reports.
• Analyze redundancy and high-availability configurations.

7. Compliance and Licensing Audit

• Confirm compliance with industry standards and cloud licensing terms.
• Review data privacy and data handling practices.

8. Vendor Lock-in Risk

• Assess dependency levels on specific cloud providers.
• Evaluate portability of infrastructure and services to other providers.

9. Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure

• Verify comprehensive real-time monitoring systems.
• Ensure robust incident alerting and logging strategy are in place.

10. Documentation Quality

• Evaluate completeness and accuracy of infrastructure documentation.
• Verify clarity around configurations, processes, and operations.

How We Support You

Our comprehensive due diligence includes:

• ✔️ Detailed Cloud Infrastructure Reports
• ✔️ Actionable Recommendations
• ✔️ Clear Insights for Investment Decisions
• 🗓️ Efficient 2-4 Week Turnaround

Next Steps

Protect and enhance your software investments with our tailored cloud and infrastructure audits. Contact us today to schedule your consultation.