So what is cloud native?
''The definition of cloud native computing has both technical and cultural dimensions. From a technology perspective, it’s building applications around cloud-specific principles.''
''One of those is software-defined infrastructure, which enables automation by moving as much hardware functions as possible into software. Another is horizontal scalability, in which processing power is increased by lashing commodity servers together rather than the costlier approach of adding more powerful processors, storage and memory to an existing server.''
''Instead of being vertically integrated, cloud native applications are built of loosely coupled components that “allow each component to choose the right technology stack and infrastructure to solve its particular task, and which can be built, tested and released independently,” said Anders Wallgren, vice president of technology strategy at CloudBees Inc. That approach reduces hard-coded dependencies and makes modification easier….''