System Initiative: a radical overhaul of infrastructure automation
Bill Doerrfeld | July 14, 2025
My
latest for InfoWorld looks at how System Initiative is addressing a long-standing devops toil
Ok, those of you who read my stuff know I rarely — if ever — write full features on specific products. But System Initiative caught my eye, maybe because I’m drawn to lofty ambitions, paradigm shifts, and new ways of working.
They're aiming to redesign how infrastructure as code (IaC) works, replacing the toil of maintaining config files with a data-based digital twin and visual modeling engine. An engine for DevOps, if you will.
Check out the
full feature on InfoWorld for more about the platform, current use cases, and what the future might look like for both the platform and DevOps at large.
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