Cloud Foundry

Product Description

What exactly is a cloud-native platform? It's certainly a hot topic in IT as enterprises today assess this option for developing & delivering software quickly & repeatedly This O' Reilly report explains the capabilities of cloud-native platforms & examines the fundamental changes enterprises need to make in process organization & culture if they're to take real advantage of this approach Author Duncan Winn focuses on the open source platform Cloud Foundry one of the more prominent cloud-native providers You'll learn how cloud-native applications are designed to be "infrastructure unaware" so they can thrive & move at will in the highly distributed & constantly evolving cloud environment With this report you'll explore Technical driving forces that are rapidly changing the way organizations develop & deliver software today How key concepts underpinning the Cloud Foundry platform leverage each of the technical forces discussed How cloud-native platforms remove the requirement to perform undifferentiated heavy lifting such as provisioning VMs middleware & databases Why cloud-native platforms enable fast feedback loops as you move from agile development to agile deployment Recommended changes & practical considerations for organizations that want to build cloud-native applications