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# Challenges of cloud infrastructure provisioning
### People
Central IT struggles with manual workflows that are slow and error-prone.
Developers want to improve application delivery, but are stymied by manual provisioning workflows.
### Process
Developers still request infrastructure via ticketing which is slow.
Policy enforcement is manual or non-existent which impacts productivity and risk.
### Tools
Teams use multiple provisioning and management tools which decreases productivity.
Infrastructure automation lacks automation that is scalable, consistent, and reusable.
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## Business impact using Terraform
### Increased Productivity
Reduce time spent using manual workflows to create, share, manage, and provision cloud infrastructure.
### Reduced Risk
Improve security posture, reduce non-compliance, and maintain operational consistency for cloud infrastructure.
### Reduced Cost
Reduce unnecessary cloud spend by up to 40% from idle, orphaned, and over-sized cloud resources.