Cloud‑native applicatie is een begrip binnen de industriële digitalisering en softwaredeployment & architectuur.
Definitie
Cloud-native applicatie is een software application die specifiek ontworpen en ontwikkeld is om optimaal te functioneren in cloud computing omgevingen. Het leverages cloud platform capabilities zoals microservices, containers, orchestration en serverless computing voor scalability, resilience en rapid deployment.
Kenmerken
- Microservices architecture: Loosely coupled, independently deployable services
- Containerization: Portable application packaging voor consistent deployment
- Container orchestration: Automated scaling, load balancing, service management
- API-first design: Service communication via well-defined APIs
- Stateless design: Services without persistent internal state for horizontal scaling
- DevOps integration: CD pipeline automation
- Infrastructure as Code: Declarative infrastructure provisioning en management
- Observability: Comprehensive logging, monitoring, distributed tracing
- Auto-scaling: Dynamic resource allocation based on demand
Toepassing
Manufacturing applications:
- MES modernization: Cloud-native production management systems
- Quality analytics: Scalable quality data processing en analysis
- Data collection: Cloud-native time-series data ingestion en storage
- Supply chain: Distributed supply chain visibility en coordination platforms
IoT data processing:
- IIoT platforms: Sensor data ingestion, processing, analytics
- Edge integration: Hybrid cloud-edge data processing architectures
- Real-time analytics: Stream processing voor sensor data analysis
- Device management: IoT device provisioning, monitoring, firmware updates
Business applications:
- ERP modernization: Cloud-native business system implementations
- CRM: Scalable customer management platforms
- E-commerce: Online sales platforms with auto-scaling capabilities
- Analytics: Cloud-native data warehousing en reporting
Integration platforms:
- API gateways: Service mesh voor inter-application communication
- Event streaming: Event-driven architectures using cloud messaging
- Data synchronization: Real-time data replication across cloud services
- Workflow orchestration: Cloud-native business process automation
Development platforms:
- Low-code platforms: Rapid application development environments
- Serverless computing: Function-as-a-service voor event-driven processing
- Platform services: Managed databases, messaging, caching services
- Development environments: Cloud-based development en testing platforms
Gerelateerde begrippen
Verwante termen:
- Microservices - Architecture pattern fundamental to cloud-native applications
- Container technology - Packaging technology enabling cloud-native deployment
- Kubernetes - Container orchestration platform voor cloud-native applications
- Serverless - Execution model complementing cloud-native architectures
Verwante concepten:
- Digital transformation - Organizational change enabled by cloud-native adoption
- CD - Development practices supporting cloud-native delivery
- Infrastructure as Code - Infrastructure management approach voor cloud-native systems
- PaaS - Cloud service model supporting cloud-native development
Bronnen
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) - Open source cloud native ecosystem
- Amazon AWS - Cloud native application development platform en services
- Microsoft Azure - Cloud native development tools en platform services
- Google Cloud Platform - Cloud native application hosting en development
- Red Hat OpenShift - Enterprise Kubernetes platform voor cloud native apps
- Docker - Container platform supporting cloud native development
- HashiCorp - Infrastructure automation tools voor cloud native deployments
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