Infrastructure is the framework running under your entire business — so it only makes sense that an infrastructure audit would look at the whole picture. If your infrastructure touches your email, applications, timesheets, employee communication and anything else, the audit should as well.
Unfortunately it doesn’t always work that way in practice. We’ve seen firsthand that infrastructure works better when you break it out of its silo, but not everyone has adopted a DevOps mindset. And that means so many infrastructure audits just look at the system for quick fixes, never learning why it looks like that or how to transform it into something better.
At TXI, we see infrastructure audits as a chance to optimize your organization. As we do with everything, we want to set our partners up for future success, and we’re willing to take the time to do that properly. When we come in, we’ll start by learning everything about how your system works and what it needs to do. Then we’ll suggest improvements to the architecture and the tools alongside improvements to the culture and communication across your teams. Too often, the divisions between your infrastructure team and your developers leave gaps that good ideas fall into. By examining your organization from the front-facing apps all the way back to the bare bones of your infrastructure, you can make purposeful, deliberate choices that give you both the desired results today and the room to grow in the future.
How do I know I need an infrastructure audit?
An infrastructure audit will assess how your applications run. Unlike a code audit, it’s less about the specific technologies and more about making sure all your systems are connected and running in the way that’s optimal for your needs. At TXI, that means making a big map of all the ways your business uses its cloud space and how all the elements of code, applications and implementation come together. Then we take a big step back and find all the proverbial shortcuts on the map that will improve your system and your performance.
Need someone to recommend fixes for your code instead? See how we do code audits.
Generally, if you’re looking for an infrastructure audit, we assume it’s because of a few reasons:
- Performance. Your application isn’t operating as smoothly as it should, or you’re doing due diligence on an application you’re looking to acquire.
- Security. You want to ensure you aren’t leaving any holes that hackers could walk through.
- Unclear Vendors. Prices for your infrastructure keep going up, but you’re not sure why.
- Delivery Speed. Your developers and operations teams work separately and don’t share valuable information and ideas, increasing the time it takes to roll out new features.
Any one of those problems can harm your product and cost you money. Regardless of which one prompts your audit, they’re all things we’ll be looking for as we assess your infrastructure. We’ll find ways to improve your performance, we’ll perform an infrastructure security audit, we’ll make sure your vendors are only selling you what you need and we’ll help your teams work together better.
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Why our infrastructure audit program is informed by the DevOps movement
At its core, the DevOps movement champions defining common goals, working together towards them and continuously improving until you reach them. Those are principles anyone can benefit from, and they guide our infrastructure audit process.
To optimize your infrastructure, we need to get your software developers and sysadmins working in tandem. When these two teams work together, it helps to improve automation, reduce failure rates and speed up recovery. That’s just as important to the success of your software as the systems it runs on.
