Cloud continuum

When you build your first MVP for venture capitalists or an internal review board, we recommend you do it fast and focus on the user experience. In most cases, the monolith you create isn't going to be able to achieve web scale. The Cloud-Native Maturity Model is based on the twelve factor design principals. Its focus is on how to run your applications on the cloud: https://pivotal.io/replatforming

AWS supplies all of the services that are needed to launch cloud-native applications. We'll start with a cloud-friendly product, then in Chapter 8, Application Virtualization - Using Cloud Native Patterns for Your Workloads, we'll go into great depth. First, let's look at some of the trends driving cloud adoption.