August 2019
Beginner
229 pages
6h 35m
English
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Preface
Thought leaders across different companies and industries have been restating Watts Humphrey’s statement, “Every business will become a software business.” He was spot on. Software is taking over the world and is challenging the status quo of existing companies. Netflix has revolutionized how we obtain and consume TV and movies, Uber has transformed the transportation industry, and Airbnb is challenging the hotel industry. A couple of years ago that would have been unthinkable, but software has allowed new companies to venture into all industries and establish new thinking and business models.
The previously mentioned companies are often referred to as “born-in-the-cloud companies,” which means that at the basis of their offerings are services running in the cloud. Those services are built in a way that companies can quickly react to market and customer demands, release updates and fixes in a short period of time, use the latest technologies, and take advantage of the improved economics provided by the cloud. Services built in a cloud native way have also allowed companies to rethink their business models and move to new ones, such as subscription-based models. Such services are often referred to as cloud native applications.
The success and popularity of cloud native applications have led many enterprises to adopt cloud native architectures, even bringing many of the concepts to on-premises applications.
At the heart of cloud native applications are containers ...
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