The Benefits of Building a Cloud-Native Company
Building a cloud-native company, firm, business or organization implies leveraging the full potential of the cloud to build and run loosely coupled systems that are resilient, manageable, and observable.
Migrating digital operations and resources from traditional servers or hosting services to a cloud infrastructure can directly translate to changing environments but not changing behaviors or practices. Therefore, cloud users with non-cloud-native digital operations and resources such as softwares are only capable of accessing the most basic and generic offerings of the cloud which is not far from what a traditional data infrastructure offers.
The need to build a cloud-native company, firm, business or organization is as important as the choice of migrating to the cloud, as this provides first-hand access to broader and operation-aligned capabilities within private, public or hybrid cloud environments. Here are some of the underlying benefits or potentials of building a company whose operations are significantly cloud-native
Micro-Scalability
Developing and running loosely coupled systems are typical techniques that enable quasi-independent life-cycle of each system component through the use of cloud containers, a process also known as containerization. With this capability, a cloud-native company can scale specific system components based on demands or operational requirements without the need to scale the entire system, thereby optimizing the dynamic resource allocation potential of the cloud to benefit the company and its customers as well as increase the efficiency rate of the cloud infrastructure. For example, CloudPlexo cost management platform incorporates right-sizing recommendations to reduce inefficient usage of oversized cloud resources.
Faster Release/Delivery of Product and Services
The ability to modify or develop only selected components of a system or subsystems based on demands or requirements gives a cloud-native company the power to enviably implement or deliver new products and services in a shorter time as only the component or subsystem will be developed or modified with no fear of breaking the entire system.
Smart/Responsive Experience
The word “smart” now has market places and if a company is built with a cloud-native architecture, its products and services can easily get a significant share of such markets. As seen with the outbreak COVID 19, the needs of digital services and products users became concentrated on certain offerings such as ecommerce, news, health, teleconferencing, and remote work application services. In a case where any of these services are parts of a cloud-native company system, resource allocation can be automatically modified for the particular service to meet the spike in traffic and efficiently manage emergencies. Smart solutions are not just expected to meet the dynamic needs of users but also to meet the dynamic infrastructural and financial strength of the provider as well as the ever-changing managerial operations of the firm.
Optimized Security
There are specific attack techniques for specific digital operations and as such, there is a need to provide specialised security for each service to enable reliability and advanced resiliency in cyberspace. Companies with cloud-native systems can achieve this level of security more efficiently and faster.
Distributed Disaster Management
Disaster management is significantly easier and precise on cloud-native applications due to its distributed nature enabled by containerization.
Easy Automation
With the recent breakthroughs in AIOps, cloud users are eager to hop on advanced automation solutions. However, only cloud-native companies are exposed to the ultimate offerings of these automation technologies.
Cost Optimization
The first opportunity the cloud provides is cost-efficient scalability and of what use is migrating to the cloud and still spending more than other cloud users? Hence, transform your company to a cloud-native one and enjoy the extra savings on cost of operations. Cloud management platforms such as CloudPlexo’s give users insight into current cloud spend as well as forecasted spending and cost reduction strategies. Overall, cloud-native companies have the potential to provide a faster, more secure and more efficient service for both users and developers. Businesses can leverage this opportunity to deliver the best to customers and clients and maintain the ability to be scalable, adaptable and agile.