The value of a platform approach in a cloud-native environment
A potential challenge that IT teams face when in a cloud-native environment is working within a highly distributed ecosystem with multiple moving parts, such as microservices and containers. If design patterns are not followed or implemented correctly, achieving maximum value can be a challenge. Because of this, we recommend a platform approach for any organization looking to embrace cloud-native development. How is a platform valuable? A platform-centric approach provides a framework with best practices and proven patterns that have worked not just within a single organization but within others as well. A platform is a base set of capabilities and features that provide the foundation to optimize and innovate, in this case within a cloud-native environment. It can encompass technology elements as well as processes. For example, we worked with a global wireless carrier to establish two platforms: one was based on microservices with a standard technology set and the other a De...