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# The relentless need for business change: Infrastructure as Code
Oct 17, 2019 5:00:00 AM
Posted by [Ben Moss](https://www.centiq.co.uk/blog/author/ben-moss)
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Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a term used to describe a collection of practices for managing IT resources via programmable interfaces, allowing infrastructure to be defined in code, rather than created through a series of human activity. Typically, infrastructure resources might include various types of network, storage, and compute components, alongside resources relating to identity and permissions.
The need for IaC arose out of the growing number of problems encountered trying to manage increasingly **complex IT** using traditional methods of operation. The demands of modern business typically bring the need to scale – both in volume and frequency, whilst maintaining quality and consistency. This typically results in compromising stability to meet a relentless need for business change.
Defining [infrastructure as code](https://centiq.co.uk/infrastructure-as-code-iac/) goes way beyond scripting or config management – it enables engineers to leverage many of the well-established good practices that software engineers have been using for decades. Not just fundamental programming constructs like variables, conditionals and loops, but higher level abstractions such as [design](https://centiq.co.uk/services-centiq/sap-hana-services-methodology/consult/) patterns, and highly effective practices such as version control, dependency management, automated testing, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
### Centiq transform complexity into automated workflows
Centiq leverage IaC to remove the complexity of SAP landscape management for our customers. We transform complex operational activities into simple automated workflows such as [*build system*,](https://centiq.co.uk/services-centiq/sap-hana-services-methodology/implement/)*test system*, *stop/start system*, or *failover system* and we keep this consistent across all system types whether or not they are clustered, or have DR capabilities, and also across different SAP products such as **S/4HANA** or **BW/4HANA**. Even OS-specific differences are encapsulated within the workflows, so the user experience is identical no matter what OS you’re running.
In [future posts](https://centiq.co.uk/author/ben-moss/), I’ll explore some of the ways we incorporate IaC practices into our projects and [services](https://www.centiq.co.uk/services) at Centiq, and the value its added for our customers.
Ben Moss, Head of Engineering
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