Predictions for the next three years – what to expect in terms of cloud native architecture evolution

Although the cloud has already become mainstream for all types of applications and use cases, if we look at the overall market potential, it's still in its very early stages. That, coupled with the trends and advancements we are seeing. Let's look at the top seven predictions that will promote the cloud native adoption in the coming three years.

Open source frameworks and platforms

Many customers are worried about lock-in aspects in the public cloud. However, this fear is totally unfounded as every piece of software and application has some vendor-specific intellectual aspects which provide value to the customer, so they shouldn't just be viewed from a lock-in perspective. As an example, for, say, word processing, many of the customers make use of Microsoft Word, so if you use that to create a document, in a way you are tied to the application, but that doesn't imply that you are locked in...