10 Amazing Things About IaC

10 Amazing Things About IaC

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  1. Consistency: IaC can provide a framework and consistency in infrastructure development, deployment, configuration, and management across one's different environments.

  2. Scalability: One of the big deals about IaC is that a company can scale up or down easily and efficiently as needed, without a lot of manual work.

  3. Speed: IaC provides a rapid method to provision and deploy infrastructure. This saves both time and money, versus manually having to set up and configure systems.

  4. Agility: As technology and business process advance in having to quickly adapt to changes, IaC assists as a tool to quickly change due to market conditions by automating infrastructure changes.

  5. Version control: Another great thing about IaC is the built-in version control. This makes it easier to track changes, collaborate, and do rollbacks when needed.

  6. Reusability: IaC is modular, which means reducing duplication of effort and efficiency is increased.

  7. Testing: IaC provides automated testing of changes in infrastructure, which reduces the risk of errors or outages.

  8. Compliance: The more ahead of compliance we can get, the better. IaC enables the ability to enforce compliance policies and processes from the beginning across all of one's infrastructure. This ensures risk reduction and reduces attack surfaces.

  9. Collaboration: IaC keeps everyone on the same page by using a common framework and set of tools and processes for managing one's infrastructure.

  10. Cost savings: Last but not least, IaC reduces costs in multiple ways in infrastructure management, as there is an increase in resource utilization, less manual work, and more efficient workflows.

Infrastructure as Code is only going to become more relevant as technology advances and the need for modular efficiency increases in value with companies. Best to start implementing it today in your business or company!

Infrastructure as Code is only going to become more relevant as technology advances and the need for modular efficiency increases in value with companies. Best to start implementing it today in your business or company!

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