Managing Cloud Infrastructure for Dynamic Software Engineering Environments
Source: infoquest.co.th The pandemic put cloud computing on an evolutionary fast track, making it ubiquitous for businesses across all segments. According to Statista, enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services in 2023 was a massive $270 billion , an increase of $45 billion over the previous year. Software development, in particular, relies on the cloud for networking, storage, sandboxing, database solutions. While the benefits of cloud infrastructure are undeniable, its management in fast-paced software engineering and DevOps environments can be challenging . The need for efficient cloud infrastructure management is even more pronounced as these organizations adopt Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices. In 2014, HashiCorp launched Terraform, which has since emerged as the DevOps industry’s go-to tool for managing infrastructure throughout the CI/CD lifecycle. Eventually, HashiCorp rolled out Terraform Cloud (TFC), a hosted versi...