Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Doctor of Information Technology (D.I.T.)

School

Information Systems and Technology

Advisor

Donald Carpenter

Abstract

Hybrid and multicloud infrastructure implementation without automation and versioning strategy can negatively impact organizations’ productivity. Organization leaders must ensure that infrastructures are implemented using the infrastructure as code (IaC) strategy because implementation solutions, including automated and DevOps procedures, provide assets for repeatable infrastructure implementation use cases. Grounded in the disruptive innovation theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry study was to explore strategies solution architects use to implement IaC architecture using repeatable assets with DevOps procedures in cloud computing. The participants were seven solution architects in the information technology (IT) industry within the United States who have successfully implemented IaC in hybrid and multicloud within the past 3 years in cloud computing with DevOps procedures. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, a focus group, and IT industry documents. The data analysis processes were analyzed using thematic analysis Eight themes emerged: IaC benefits, IaC cloud computing models, IaC cloud service providers, IaC configuration best practices, IaC DevOps practices, IaC implementation tools, IaC Kubernetes platforms, and IT infrastructure design practices. A specific recommendation is for organizational leaders to implement the IaC approach as it offers sustaining and disruptive innovation benefits, in addition, space agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), et al., could use this study in their mission infrastructures. The implications for positive social change include the potential to make the user application offerings affordable as it supports IT innovation in hybrid and multicloud globally.

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