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Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Cloud-Native Platforms
Published 3 February 2025"Cloud-native platforms continue to evolve across multiple technology domains including generative AI, developer enablement and security. Product leaders must leverage evolving cloud-native ecosystems to reinvent their offerings and provide an integrated and holistic cloud-native experience."
As the cloud-native ecosystem expands into edge computing and multicloud environments, new infrastructure capabilities like WebAssembly (Wasm) and Kubernetes fleet management are taking center stage. The growing demand for enterprise-ready cloud-native solutions highlights the need for sustainability, security, and operational efficiency.
Key trends such as platform engineering and the adoption of GitOps are becoming pivotal for organizations to maintain competitiveness in the cloud-native space. This analysis explores these key developments and provides actionable recommendations for businesses to leverage these emerging technologies effectively.
Key Findings from the report:
- "Generative AI (GenAI) is bringing new practices and trends to cloud-native platforms, such as AI-augmented software engineering, augmented FinOps and GenAI-enabled virtual assistants".
- "Cloud-native platforms are extending their capabilities to edge and multicloud environments by enhancing runtime, infrastructure and management capabilities, such as WebAssembly (Wasm) and Kubernetes cluster fleet management".
- "Developer experience remains a major focus in the cloud-native market, and some technology trends, such as platform engineering, are becoming strategic advantages".
- "Organizations are demanding more enterprise-ready cloud-native solutions that can cover specific needs, such as cloud sustainability, and new operational practices such as GitOps".
- "As cloud-native technologies expand into different domains, securing cloud-native environments becomes more complex and relevant, making technologies such as cloud web application and API protection (WAAP) increasingly important".
We believe that downloading this report will provide valuable insights to help you stay ahead of industry trends as we explore how cloud-native platforms are transforming the market, reshaping development practices, and driving innovation across various sectors.
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Gartner, Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Cloud-Native Platforms, Fernando Pereiro, Wataru Katsurashima, Michael Warrilow, Craig Lowery, Colin Fletcher, Mark Driver, Mark Wah, Lawrence Pingree, Ed Anderson, Danielle Casey, Chandra Mukhyala, Varsha Mehta, Eric Goodness, Balaji Abbabatulla, Charanpal Bhogal, Jim Scheibmeir, Hassan Ennaciri, Jim Hare, Radu Miclaus, 3 February 2025
