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Cloud native architecture

Modern web-scale software simplifies operations and accelerates innovation

A cloud native architecture for our cloud-based world

The shortcomings of outdated, monolithic software architectures are readily apparent in our cloud-based world. Changes to even the smallest part of a legacy application require the rebuild and redeployment of the entire monolith. Increasing scale impacts the entire application, instead of the specific components that require more resources. Efforts to rehost or replatform legacy applications in the cloud are risky, expensive, and fall well short of delivering the full benefits of the cloud.

Modern cloud native software architectures use loosely coupled, microservice-specific software containers to build applications that overcome the constraints imposed by tightly integrated monolithic code and are ideal for cloud environments.

Unlike incumbent OSS suppliers that bundle multiple monolithic software applications to address multi-domain challenges, our cloud native Blue Planet® Intelligent Automation software is built on a domain-agnostic container-based microservices architecture that can be flexibly deployed on prem or consumed in a cloud-based software as a service model (SaaS) with equal ease.

By leveraging Blue Planet’s cloud native architecture, service providers can harness the power of the cloud to achieve truly transformative service and business agility.

Benefits of Blue Planet's cloud native architecture

No. 1

SaaS flexibility

With its cloud native design, Blue Planet can be consumed as a service (SaaS) or deployed on prem with complete feature consistency and in full alignment with technical and business goals.

No. 2

Increased Resilience

Blue Planet’s modern architecture is inherently resilient: the failure of any single system component will not bring down the whole platform or affect the service being delivered.

No. 3

Web-scale

As the demand on the platform increases, scaling is efficiently focused on the microservices that need more resource allocation, which contributes to lower TCO and improves ROI.

No. 4

Service Agility

Each individual microservice runs independently and is easily upgraded, which simplifies enhancements to existing services and accelerates the introduction of innovative new services.

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