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Why cloud delivery starts with Infrastructure as Code
Why more teams are automating cloud delivery from day one—and how it’s changing the way they manage infrastructure, security, and speed.
When manual setup stops working
There was a time when standing up a cloud environment manually was good enough. Spin up a few resources, tweak a few settings, and move on. But that time has passed.
Today, organizations that treat infrastructure as a one-time setup are paying for it in ways they can’t always see, through drift, downtime, missed optimizations, and hidden risks. That’s why at Assembly, we made a deliberate shift in the early days:
Every cloud solution we deliver is codified by default—deployed and managed through Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and designed with security and performance in mind from day one.
The invisible benefits of a codified cloud
Clients often come to us asking for speed, scale, or security. Rarely do they ask for Terraform. But it’s Terraform that allows us to deliver on those goals.
- Repeatability. Environments can be stood up across dev, test, and prod with no variance.
- Traceability. Changes are tracked in version control, reducing human error and enabling auditability.
- Scalability. Modules allow for cloud-native patterns (auto-scaling, blue-green deployments) that grow with the business.
When needed, we pair this with Azure-native IaC using Bicep or ARM templates, ensuring the right tool is used for each context.
Security & performance - baked in, not bolted on
Speed and security aren’t opposites. With the right architecture, they reinforce each other.
Whether through Azure-native services (Front Door, CDN, WAF) or platforms like Akamai, we integrate edge security and performance as part of the delivery - not as an afterthought. The choice depends on the customer’s existing stack, global needs, and performance goals.
These capabilities are automated into our CI/CD pipelines and tuned per application to:
- Reduce latency
- Absorb threats before they hit origin
- Enforce policy at the edge
- Deliver consistent performance across geographies
It's part of our standard approach: cloud environments that scale, defend, and perform automatically.
If it’s not codified, it’s not built to last
We don’t see Infrastructure as Code as an optional upgrade. We see it as the foundation for modern, secure, and scalable digital platforms.
And our clients feel the difference - not in the tooling, but in the outcomes:
- Faster deployments
- Fewer surprises
- Better governance
- Higher resilience
If your cloud isn’t codified, you’re not set up to scale.