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+Salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to
+administer servers in a fast and efficient way.
+
+Salt allows commands to be executed across large groups of servers. This
+means systems can be easily managed, but data can also be easily
+gathered. Quick introspection into running systems becomes a reality.
+
+Remote execution is usually used to set up a certain state on a remote
+system. Salt addresses this problem as well, the salt state system uses
+salt state files to define the state a server needs to be in.
+
+Between the remote execution system, and state management Salt addresses
+the backbone of cloud and data center management.