{"id":15073,"date":"2021-07-02T10:17:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T04:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigniti.com\/blog\/?p=15073"},"modified":"2022-07-28T14:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T09:19:12","slug":"cloud-native-application-testing-importance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/cloud-native-application-testing-importance\/","title":{"rendered":"Fostering agility with cloud-native application testing"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the lockdowns across the world, amidst a global pandemic, one thing that kept us all going was\u202f<\/span>RESILIENCE<\/span><\/i>.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From corporate organizations to schools and families, everyone\u00a0has\u00a0adopted alternatives to their pre-pandemic ways\u00a0of\u00a0showcasing\u00a0their\u00a0resilience against the unprecedented health and economic crisis.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Accelerated digital transformation was one by-product of this endeavor. And to support the acceleration, there\u00a0is\u00a0an expected increase in cloud adoption and\u00a0the\u00a0development of cloud-native applications.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cloud technologies have proven to be significant in bestowing resilience to these organizations, by offering them the power to scale at\u00a0the\u00a0demand of their customers 24\u00d77.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even for organizations that do not have a cloud architecture in place and have relied on legacy infrastructure, cloud adoption has become a means of ensuring business continuity even in the midst of total chaos.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to\u00a0<\/span>Dave Bartoletti<\/span><\/i><\/b>, Vice President, Principal Analyst,\u00a0<\/span>Forrester<\/span><\/i><\/b>, \u201c<\/span>When you look back at the public clouds developed in the last 15 years, it almost seems like they were designed to handle the global demand shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only did the pandemic turn millions of office workers into home and remote workers overnight, it also changed how every IT department and development shop functioned. Without public cloud apps, development services, tools, and infrastructure available to every business and consumer on demand, imagine how different (and hobbled) the pandemic response would have been. In 2020, cloud proved that, indeed, one should never let a good crisis go to waste<\/span><\/i><\/b>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the next three years, the public cloud services market is expected to reach $623.3 billion USD. But it is not only the public cloud adoption that is gaining such traction.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a surge in both\u00a0the\u00a0private as well as\u00a0the\u00a0public cloud landscape. In fact, most organizations are looking\u00a0at\u00a0a hybrid model of cloud adoption to leverage complete flexibility\u202fin their application deployment process.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By developing applications\u00a0on\u00a0a cloud-native infrastructure, organizations become capable of responding to market demand at a\u202flightning\u202fpace.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As automation constitutes a key part of cloud-native application development, speed and scale are the major benefits that end user\u2019s experience.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cloud-native applications follow the concepts and principles of DevOps, continuous delivery, microservices, and containerization.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cloud computing’s\u00a0centralized\u00a0nature gives DevOps automation a\u00a0standardized\u00a0and\u00a0centralized\u00a0platform for testing, deployment, and production.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The amalgamation of DevOps with Cloud adoption enables enterprises to expedite their development and operational activities in a more efficient way.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

DevOps and cloud adoption<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

While DevOps is about breaking the traditional silos between different teams involved in software development, testing, and deployment, it requires the support of various technologies to deliver the desired results.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u202fautomated\u202fcontinuous delivery and\u202fcontinuous\u202fdeployment pipeline\u202fin a DevOps SDLC can be augmented with the help of\u00a0the\u00a0cloud\u2019s speed, scalability, flexibility, and resilience to facilitate quality releases as and when needed.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The entire process can exist on a cloud-native infrastructure, enabling an organization to embrace more agile practices for application development.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cloud native infrastructure is required to operate cloud native applications properly, and businesses must consider a few factors before\u00a0migrating.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Key considerations while moving to a cloud-native infrastructure\u202f\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Although legacy modernization is an imperative for the success of digital initiatives and modern application development methodologies, the journey has its own set of challenges.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For\u00a0the\u00a0glitch-free adoption of cloud-native infrastructure, organizations must consider\u202fthese aspects:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n