An 8-Step Guide To Being Cloud-Native

Cloud-native powerhouses such as Apple, Amazon, Google, and others demonstrate the potential of becoming a Cloud-Native CSP. Capgemini survey results show a great surge in the adoption of cloud-native applications among industry leaders, as more than 20 percent of their applications are cloud-based. What’s more, this number is predicted to double by the year 2020. Performing a transformative shift to cloud-native does not come without challenges. Becoming cloud-native isn’t just switching to a virtual environment, but becoming a Digital Service Provider (DSP) in its real sense.

Enabling the transformation to a Digital Service Provider is a complex undergoing. To learn what is needed, check out Intraway’s Vision for 2020 and beyond.

Attitude Towards Change Matters

Before making the switch, your company needs to consider how employees will make the transition. Becoming cloud-native isn’t merely adopting new technology. The switch will demand a skilled approach towards technology adoption.

New Skill Sets

Moving to a virtual environment requires the employee’s to adopt new skills. Acquiring the technical skills to operate in the cloud should be a focus of the onset. How will your employee’s acquire these skills and at what pace? It’s important to weigh these considerations before making the switch.

Change The Company’s Perspective About IT

Your company needs to raise the value perception of your IT department. Becoming cloud-native positions IT as a major growth-driving sector of the business. Many peers may view IT as an insurance policy against hardware/software disruptions. It’s important to change these attitudes internally and externally of IT.

Start Small

Businesses should start switching at a scalable level. Switching to a virtual environment is a monumental task. Development should start small with just a handful of programs or processes. While becoming cloud-native won’t be without its hiccups, starting small allow your company to address these concerns early in the process.

Go for Microservices

How will your consumer use your cloud-native applications? Will it be at home or on the go? Microservices architectural allows seamless integration across a variety of platforms and devices. This flexibility is important as more of the population moves away from just web and mobile and into wearables, etc.

Adopt DevOps

CSPs need to recognize the potential of a DevOps approach to ensuring a lean and productive development process. The speed and reliability it gives your company the competitive edge it needs.

Agility And Elasticity

Your business can use platform-as-a-service (PaaS) to dynamically allocate more or less cloud based on demand. If the off-the-shelf PaaS does not fulfill your needs, there are custom PaaS with open source elements.

Embrace the Culture of Innovation

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) should seek to establish an environment fostering innovation, collaboration, testing and learning. The transformative shift to cloud-native brings with it new technologies, and procedures. Your business will need to adopt a culture of innovation in order to succeed.

The benefits of becoming cloud-native are massive. 84% of businesses have gained increased revenue generation with reduced cost, 83% have gained eminence across finances, 87% have garnered enhanced customer experience with cloud-native applications, and 80% have reported minimal time of marketing new products and services according to Capgemini. With numbers like these, it’s no surprise so many CPSs are becoming cloud-native.

Cloud-native businesses showcase agility and resilience, develop incessantly, and are always ready to collaborate with the changing market needs. By switching to a virtual environment, your business can embrace the elastic scalability of the cloud’s holistic nature. Once set up, developers are capable of being promptly responsive to changing needs while adding new features to the system.

Enabling the transformation to a Digital Service Provider is a complex undergoing. To learn what is needed, check out Intraway’s Vision for 2020 and beyond.