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What is Cloud-Native?

An approach to building applications that fully exploit cloud computing advantages like scalability, resilience, and flexibility.

Cloud-native is a software development approach where applications are designed from the ground up to run in cloud environments. Key characteristics include microservices architecture, containerization, dynamic orchestration (Kubernetes), and DevOps automation. Cloud-native applications use immutable infrastructure, declarative APIs, and are designed for horizontal scaling. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) maintains the ecosystem of cloud-native open-source projects including Kubernetes, Prometheus, Envoy, and many others.

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Region and Availability Zone
Geographic locations where cloud providers operate data centers, with zones providing redundancy within a region.
Hybrid Cloud
A computing environment that combines on-premises infrastructure with public cloud services, allowing data and applications to move between them.
Cloud Computing
The delivery of computing services over the internet, including servers, storage, databases, and software on demand.
Azure
Microsoft's cloud computing platform offering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services for building, deploying, and managing applications.
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
The world's largest cloud computing platform, offering hundreds of services for compute, storage, networking, and more.
Lambda Function (Cloud)
An AWS serverless compute service that runs code in response to events without provisioning or managing servers.
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