From the course: Understanding the Value of Cloud-Native Architecture

Understanding cloud-native architecture

- [Lee Atchison] Companies, across almost all industry verticals, are driving their digital transformations by moving to a cloud-based architecture. But simply using the cloud isn't enough. Customers who have simply lifted and shifted their existing applications to the cloud, find the benefits to be minimal, and the costs of the migration don't cover the benefits. In order to truly embrace the benefits of the cloud, you need to leverage cloud-native applications. cloud-native applications give you improved agility, availability, scalability, and overall improved performance. But what does it mean for an application to be cloud-native? In this course, I'll introduce you to what a cloud-native architecture is. Then I'll talk about what's involved in moving your application, and your entire company, to a cloud-native architecture and a matching cloud-native mindset.

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