Modularity and Scalability
In the last post, Before you automate, I had promised that I will give an example of how modularity is important for scalability. I had mentioned that modularity leads to simplified scalability. I had also said that applying a little thought to the automation solution well in advance would save us a lot of effort. This way, we would be writing less and doing more.
For instance, I once received a request create a script to update a distribution group every day, based on data from a system that the client used, in order to automate some parts of user account provisioning, called Oracle Identity Manager, or OIM.