💠Cloud Native: A Beginners Guide | XS’ Issue #15
What Is Cloud Native
Most readers of this newsletter are likely familiar with the term "cloud-native." But, even if you are, you might not be sure what it means.
Cloud-native architecture and technologies are an approach to designing, constructing, and operating workloads that are built in the cloud and take full advantage of the cloud computing model.
Cloud-native is all about being quick and adaptable. It's becoming more common for business systems to become weapons of strategic change that boost organizational speed and growth.
However, business systems have gotten more complicated, with users wanting more. They want
quick responses,
cutting-edge features, and
no downtime.
Performance issues, frequent mistakes, and the inability to move quickly are no longer tolerated. Your users will go to your competitor's website. Cloud-native systems are built to handle fast change, massive size, and resilience.
Many variables contribute to cloud native's speed and agility:
cloud infrastructure → full advantage of the cloud service model
microservices → distributed set of small and independent services
modern design → principles, patterns, and best practices
containers → enablers of the cloud-native software
backing services → ancillary resources
automation → automated infrastructure and deployment
Benefits of Cloud-Native Applications
Faster release
Business agility
Standards-based
Reliability (no downtime)
Automation
Independence
Resiliency & Scalability
Resources to learn more about cloud-native:
5 Principles for Cloud-Native Architecture — What It Is and How to Master It — cloud.google.com
What Is Cloud Native in MACH Architecture
Rounding Up the Stack
Each week, we try to read, listen, and watch tens of blog posts (if not more than a hundred), guides, podcasts, videos, webinars, and any means of content to deliver you the best content from the last week.
These are the content from last week that we enjoyed reading and caught our attention:
Blog Posts
Content Modeling: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why Websites Need It
Content is king. But modeling content is how to make content king. Continue to read to discover how implementing content models can help improve your content production process:
Content Modeling: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why Websites Need It — www.webstacks.com
What the Next Few Years Hold for Enterprise Content Management
In this article, you’ll have a realistic preview of what managing and using the information will look like in the next three to five years:
Emerging Signs of the Next Few Years in Enterprise Content Management — www.cmswire.com
What Is Data Governance?
How policies, processes, roles, and technology come together to ensure data integrity, data quality, and access control:
What Is Data Governance? — www.fivetran.com
The Rise of the Experience Economy and How it’s Shaping the Future of E-commerce
How we consume the product matters. How we feel about how we consume the product matters. How the brand ensures we enjoy our consumption of the product matters:
The Rise of the Experience Economy and How it's Shaping the Future of E-commerce — www.abtasty.com
What's New In Conversational Voice Experiences?
Jake DiMare shares examples demonstrating how yesterday's voice apps are becoming tomorrow's conversational custom assistants and unpacks what's driving these changes:
What's New in Conversational Voice Experiences? — www.boye-co.com
BONUS: 5 Ways Fusion Teams Can Elevate the Customer Experience
5 Ways Fusion Teams Can Elevate the Customer Experience — www.cmswire.com
Podcast Episodes
Today, Erik Huberman, CEO of Hawke Media is here to discuss the North Star metric, how brands can leverage data to become fully customer-centric, the importance of tracking your purchase cycle, and more:
Featured guest, Michael Buckham-White, Global Technology Managing Director at Deloitte Information Technology Services (ITS), shares leadership best practices and effective ways to partner with your technology (IT) team for improved customer satisfaction:
Videos and Webinars
How to Transform Digital Experiences With Modern MarTech
This webinar will walk you through how to deliver elevated digital experiences, select the best software solutions for your enterprise, and build a tech stack that rivals the competition:
BONUS #1: Making the Move to MACH
BONUS #2: What Is GraphQL: A Beginners Guide
Guides, Case Studies, and Reports
Digital Optimization vs. Digital Transformation Explained
Learn the difference between digital optimization and digital transformation and how to embrace the movements for the benefit of your business:
Digital Optimization vs. Digital Transformation Explained — amplitude.com
Upcoming Events and Webinars
AI, Chatbots, and Personalization
In this lesson, you’re going to get into advanced personalization topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Chatbots, and how to scale personalization to support many users.
🗓 Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at 7.30 pm PT | 4.30 pm CET
AI, Chatbots and Personalization — www.headlesscreator.com
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