CLOUD COMPUTING FUTURE
FUTURE OF CLOUD COMPUTING
It Helps Manage Costs
Another reality of traditional IT infrastructure is how doggone expensive it is. Infrastructure requires physical resources: servers, storage, and network. But beyond that, there's lots of expense in operating those resources: headcount, facilities, and power.And most IT organizations aren't very efficient when it comes to infrastructure. Procurement happens infrequently and in small amounts, so resource costs are high. Operational processes are typically not automated, so labor costs are also high.By contrast, the big cloud providers buy in bulk. Think of them as the Costco of computer resources. And because they operate at such scale, they have to invest in process automation. They couldn't possibly hire or afford enough staff to manage their hyperscale data centers manually.
It Enables Application Resiliency
Application uptime has always been critical. These days, though, availability is more critical than ever. That's because more companies are embracing digital transformation to become digital enterprises, where their customers and suppliers interact and engage via IT-based mechanisms (e.g., mobile apps).This move to digital makes application resiliency critical. Simply stated, applications need to stay available, even in the face of infrastructure failure.Most on-premise applications demonstrate poor resiliency. Because the equipment is so expensive (see the previous section), most applications cannot afford redundancy, so they contain SPOFs (single points of failure). When infrastructure fails, the application goes down and stays down until the infrastructure is repaired.
Cloud-native applications
Cloud-native applications are a step ahead of conventional cloud applications that run on a single software or hardware hub. Cloud-native applications allow organisations to build, develop, test, and deliver new software to their customers much more dynamically. It speeds up the process, enables iterative feature and capability updates and seamless functional releases. Since cloud native services are built as a network of microservices and distributed containers, multiple developers can work on the application simultaneously – maximizing efficiency and accelerating the development. Individual services can also be updated or retired without requiring the whole system to be re-architected.
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