Organizations seeking digital transformation increasingly use cloud-native applications as their vehicle, which typically entails orienting their development and deployment environments toward cloud infrastructure. Indeed, Enterprise Strategy Group research showed an increase in year-over-year spending on cloud-native architectures, with microservices increasingly preferred over traditional multi-tier deployment methods. IT leaders should continue building on their existing collaboration with DevOps and other application development professionals to move closer to the ultimate goal of consistently deploying fully portable applications across multiple clouds.
