A look at innovation that will jump start IaC automation adoption and usage for private and hybrid cloud for IT Ops teams.A mandatory requirement for IT operations in the “good old days” was their ability to configure and deploy new infrastructure through command line interface (CLI) and scripts. In fact, being a command-line jockey was highly valued and still remains a badge of honor within the ranks of IT administrators as evidence of technical prowess. GUI? GUI is for wimps.Of course, the inherent challenge in configuring infrastructure this way was its lack of scalability and agility, no matter how fast one IT pro can configure a single device. This situation has only been getting worse as the numbers of data centers, server farms, and network edge devices proliferated. And configuration is only one problem. All infrastructure must be managed throughout their entire lifecycle, requiring frequent updates for new capabilities, security patches, and other upgrades. Scripting tools emerged to automate at scale, but scripts still needed to be highly customized and change management is complicated.To read this article in full, please click her
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