The infrastructure we use to host applications has a profound impact on development and business processes. It’s possible — if shortsighted — to think of the cloud as simply another way to deliver the infrastructure we’ve always used. To think like this is to regard a cloud server as equivalent to a dedicated server and a cloud platform as equivalent to traditional server hosting.
But retaining traditional organizational structures, deployment and testing methodologies, and product lifecycles misses the point of the cloud. To get the most from cloud infrastructure, developers, system administrators, and operations professionals must embrace the capabilities specific to cloud platforms.
