The maturing of cloud technology has impacted how organisations are moving their applications to the cloud, instead of building and hosting in owned infrastructure.

There are different approaches to Cloud Migration such as:

1. Simple rehost (lift and shift)
2. Refactor with minimal configuration and endpoint changes
3. Rearchitecting part of the application with introduction of services
4. Cloud-native application (the ultimate build for the cloud)

The first three approaches will get you started with a foot in the cloud. However, if you really want to generate value from cloud computing investments, we strongly recommend using cloud-native applications.

What are cloud-native applications?

Cloud-native applications are software programs that consist of multiple small, interdependent services, or ‘microservices’. These newer architectural patterns use containers or serverless or are supported by event-driven architecture using multiple data repositories (NoSQL/SQL).

Cloud native applications are specifically designed to take advantage of innovations in cloud computing. These applications integrate easily with their respective cloud architectures, taking advantage of the cloud’s resources and scaling & observability capabilities.

What are the three distinctive benefits of cloud-native applications?

1. Speed and agility.

The cloud environment is heavily supported by automation which allows for rapid platform build and application test & release cycle. Infra coding with Infrastructure as Code (IaaC), application code build & test, security testing and CI/CD automation with DevSecOps, gives flexibility to the app team for secured app feature development and deployments. The cultural change that Cloud and DevSecOps brings, creates a huge edge for your organisation when it comes to delivering with speed and agility.

2.       High security and compliance.

Cloud has a Zero Trust security model baked in from the ground up. Security is further enhanced by support of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and threat monitoring which makes the host platform of cloud-native applications highly secure. Compliance heavy industries like Finance or Healthcare can adhere right from the beginning, with cloud’s built-in support for policies like payment card industry data security standards (PCI DSS), or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) compliance.

3.       Rapid innovation and sustainability.

Cloud native environments supported with quick releases, faster feedback loops, and rapid feature testing, all help the pace of innovation. Plus, the cloud provider’s own sustainability initiatives, combined with cloud’s elastic scale and resources on-demand, allow you to utilise optimal capacity. All moving you towards a minimal carbon footprint and other sustainability goals.

Cloud providers constantly add many new services which can create opportunity for you to solve business problems innovatively & more effectively.

What are suitable use cases for immediate adoption of cloud-native applications?

Apart from legacy apps that are too expensive to maintain or change, there are several other use cases in which you can adopt cloud-native applications immediately:

• Apps requiring high scalability with varying elastic demand.
  • Apps with high performance requirement and demanding compute resources.
  • Apps requiring large compliance data storage.
  • Business apps which need to quickly expand into new geographies.
  • Business-critical apps which can work in a hybrid environment.
  • New generation Apps – like Apps based on Gen AI and machine learning Cloud Services

Deliver more value with Sogeti OneNative.

Many businesses struggle to keep pace with rapid IT changes – but they’re essential to remain competitive, whether it’s through existing and legacy systems, faster responses to customer needs, or lower costs.

Sogeti has many cloud offerings, however we developed Sogeti OneNative to focus solely on helping you cruise through your cloud native journey.

OneNative helps you get to a place where fast value is created. By enabling dynamic public cloud native development, you can transform your business inside and out and create a new agile, digital culture.

Get in touch to start your cloud native transformation journey.

Leveraging our industry knowledge and leadership in technology, solution development, and integration, we align and build upon our Cloud partners’ innovations with your specific business needs. So that you can sit back and let Sogeti do the heavy lifting.

Email to learn more about our cloud native experience – for example, how we’re currently helping a leading energy company build and scale cloud-native applications and how it’s making a difference to their customers.