BENEFITS OF CLOUD-NATIVE APPLICATIONS

Apps are designed to offer an automate development and management experience in different Cloud environments (public, private and hybrid Clouds). Through Cloud Computing, companies can increase the scalability and availability of applications, by using the self-provisionig of resources and by automating the lifecycle application management, from development to production. Cloud-native development improves the quality and agility of the system while reducing the risk: applications will be more reactive, extremely scalable and fault-tolerant, into any kind of environment. To get those advantages you need to transform the existing development model.

Parameters of Cloud-native approach

The development of Cloud-native apps request some elements. You need to change the way of working and collaborate among different teams and provide proper tools to support it. First of all, the organization should adopt DevOps strategies because of the integration between developers and operations teams that have a common goal and feedback.

Also using Containers for the infrastructure is very helpful for a Cloud-native approach. Containers are the best deployment and implementation environment for apps and they are able to simplify the shift among different environments while maintaining all their functionalities. The combination of DevOps and Containers makes the app deployment and upgrades easier and faster.

Another important aspect for Cloud-native development is the modularity of the architecture and the independence of services. In this respect, we speak about micro-services: an architecture which divides the applications in smaller and independent components. Each micro-service performs a specific business function and communicate through an API interface or a messaging system.

Benefits of Cloud-native applications

Cloud-native approach enables to streamline the IT system and make processes more effective. Here’s a summary of the main benefits in different areas:

• Distribution
  Distributing apps to users is very easy and fast because of the Cloud-native environment.
• Edits
  The Cloud-native approach allows to adjust apps to the market and user needs much more rapidly.
• Development
  Cloud-native apps make available new features quickly, by allowing the company to take new business opportunities.
• Innovation
  That development model includes a reduction of manual processes and strong automation, capable to speed-up the innovation of firms.