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Why choose Red Hat for cloud-native development? ================================================ Published May 10, 2022•*4*-minute readCopy URL * [Overview](#overview) * [Your challenge](#your-challenge) * [How can Red Hat help?](#how-can-red-hat-help) * [What to deliver](#what-to-deliver) Overview -------- Red Hat’s solutions helps you support every aspect of cloud-native application development, so you can continuously deliver new features to your customers—because every company is now a software company. Modern enterprises now find their markets dominated by digital engagement, where being competitive requires embracing a software-driven business model. Whether your industry is [telecom](/en/technologies/industries/telecommunications), [banking](/en/technologies/industries/financial), [healthcare](/en/technologies/industries/health-life-sciences)—even cattle farming—[you are now also a software company](https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/07/software-is-eating-the-world-5-years-later/). And apps at the center of your business strategy. This software-driven business transformation requires new apps to be developed and delivered faster, for users who have come to expect a higher quality. This is no small task. Red Hat believes this requires investing in your processes, infrastructure, and [architecture](/en/topics/cloud-native-apps/what-is-an-application-architecture) to compete in modern, fast-changing markets. We also believe your application development can take full advantage of these necessary investments through [cloud-native application development](/en/topics/cloud-native-apps). [8 steps to cloud-native applications](/en/engage/cloud-native-application-development-20180622 "The path to cloud-native applications") Your challenge -------------- You need to take full advantage of the [cloud computing](/en/topics/cloud-computing) model to deliver [well-recognized business value](/en/blog/open-outlook-cloud-native-application-development). As [public](/en/topics/cloud-computing/what-is-public-cloud), [private](/en/topics/cloud-computing/what-is-private-cloud), and [hybrid](/en/topics/cloud-computing/what-is-hybrid-cloud) clouds become increasingly prevalent, cloud-native application development is a means to quickly take advantage of the benefits these modern, dynamic environments make possible. Ideally, a cloud-native app is a collection of small, independent, and loosely coupled [microservices](/en/topics/microservices), deployed in [Linux containers](/en/topics/containers), and connected through [application programming interfaces](/en/topics/api) (APIs) or a [mesh network for message routing](/en/topics/microservices/what-is-a-service-mesh). Each service implements a business capability, and is developed by small teams using [DevOps](/en/topics/devops) workflows like [continuous integration and continuous deployment](/en/topics/devops/what-is-ci-cd) (CI/CD). This allows services to be built quickly, deployed automatically, and updated regularly—no more monolithic development cycles. Through [our open source portfolio](/en/technologies-521), including [Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®](/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux) and [OpenShift®](/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift), we think Red Hat is uniquely positioned to partner with companies who must change to compete in fast-paced, software-driven markets. Our product ecosystem is designed to support every aspect of cloud-native application development. Whether you [manage Red Hat OpenShift yourself](/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/self-managed) or access [OpenShift in a public cloud as a cloud service](/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/openshift-cloud-services), it fully [integrates](/en/topics/integration/what-is-integration) with: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux to efficiently use your existing investments while modernizing for the future. * [Red Hat Ansible® Automation Platform](/en/technologies/management/ansible) to [automate](/en/topics/automation) your deployments and enable DevOps. * [OpenStack®](/en/topics/openstack) to manage your core cloud-computing services. * [Red Hat Application Services](/en/products/application-foundations) to connect everything. Red Hat Resources ----------------- [Keep reading](/en/resources "Keep reading") How can Red Hat help? --------------------- [Open source](/en/about/open-source) is the Red Hat way. Your company benefits from our [development model](/en/about/development-model) and the principles that helped build these technologies. This is why Red Hat has been a [trusted](/en/about/trusted) partner for over 20 years. This video can't play due to privacy settingsTo change your settings, select the "Cookie Preferences" link in the footer and opt in to "Advertising Cookies." ### You don't have to be a "digital native" to do this "Digital natives" are the companies who have changed their markets by building from scratch the methodologies, tools, and technologies that are now industry standards. These standards have improved over time, though, meaning traditional enterprises are now positioned to become digital leaders themselves by adopting new platforms and focusing on scale. Now, rather than building your own platform, it's possible to focus on strategic investments and commit to agile software development and delivery capabilities with Red Hat OpenShift. Instead of reinventing well-known strategies, teams can focus on actually building applications that adapt quickly for continuous change and innovation. Red Hat OpenShift is a platform for building containerized applications that also integrates with [storage](/en/topics/data-storage) and [middleware](/en/topics/middleware), meaning it can take care of your operations and infrastructure. It's based on industry standards like containers and [Kubernetes](/en/topics/containers/what-is-kubernetes) to enable your [digital transformation](/en/topics/digital-transformation/what-is-digital-transformation) by providing automated app delivery, [management](/en/topics/management), monitoring, and scalability. #### Build cloud-native applications with Kubernetes Watch this webinar series to get expert perspectives on how to build, run, deploy, and modernize applications with an enterprise-grade data platform on Red Hat OpenShift. [Watch the webinar series on demand](https://www.brighttalk.com/summit/4689-enhance-enterprise-kubernetes-with-a-data-platform/?utm_source=Red-Hat&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=RH-ISV-DTA-PLAT-2020) What to deliver --------------- Red Hat believes that every organization should become better at developing and delivering software applications to their customers. Whether you're looking to more efficiently utilize your existing legacy applications or build a new microservices architecture, there's a way to optimize your development practices to better serve your customers. Our experts can help your organization develop the practices, tools, and culture needed to more efficiently modernize existing applications and to build new ones. [Get expert help on your cloud-native development journey](/en/services/consulting/cloud-native-development) **Deliver the apps your customers want—no more, no less.** Your customers have options, so you must deliver apps that meet their needs in time to be competitive. Deliver more features than they want? You're probably not getting to market fast enough. Deliver less than they want? Lose opportunity and disappoint users. The days of delivering a large number of features and hoping some will catch on has ended—today you must deliver exactly what is needed as quickly as possible. **Get it out there and learn from it.** Customer needs and competitive threats change quickly. In response, long-term strategic planning and lengthy product cycles have given way to feedback-driven cycles. This is enabled by real-time testing in production and your software's ability to support rapid changes to products. When you can test new ideas quickly—over and over—it's possible to continuously learn from your users, rather than trying to anticipate all of their needs for one "big bang" release. **Develop quickly without sacrificing quality.** It seems like common sense that increasing speed reduces quality. That conventional wisdom still holds for a traditional approach, but cloud-native apps have changed the relationship between speed and quality at scale. Through DevOps methods like continuous delivery, quality testing can be automated at every step of the process, rather than waiting for the infamous "merge day" or "integration hell" that can halt delivery. Continuous testing also enables fast feedback, early, which cuts down on wasted time and effort. We know these cloud-native goals seem like a lot, but with the right platform and techniques, [we've helped others succeed](/en/success-stories/barclays). Changing internal processes is a necessary challenge for staying competitive in modern, fast-paced markets. In order to support these changes, Red Hat believes organizations will need a new platform to enable improvements across your architecture, infrastructure, and processes. The end goal is the ability to deliver higher-quality apps with greater agility. [Get technical with the OpenShift developer blog](https://developers.redhat.com/products/openshift/overview) Hub The official Red Hat blog ------------------------- Get the latest information about our ecosystem of customers, partners, and communities. [Keep reading](/en/blog "The official Red Hat blog") All Red Hat product trials -------------------------- Our no-cost product trials help you gain hands-on experience, prepare for a certification, or assess if a product is right for your organization. [Keep reading](/en/products/trials "All Red Hat product trials") Keep reading ------------ ### What is application migration? Application migration is a process that can improve workloads by moving an application from one environment to another. [Read the article](/en/topics/cloud-native-apps/application-migration "article | what is application migration") ### Red Hat OpenShift for platform engineers Red Hat OpenShift provides platform engineering teams with the tools they need to effectively build and manage internal developer platforms. [Read the article](/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/platform-engineer "product article | Red Hat OpenShift for platform engineers") ### Stateful vs stateless Whether something is stateful or stateless depends on how long the state of interaction with it is being recorded and how that information needs to be stored. [Read the article](/en/topics/cloud-native-apps/stateful-vs-stateless "article | Stateful vs stateless") Application development and delivery resources ---------------------------------------------- ### Featured product * #### [Red Hat OpenShift](/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift) A unified application development platform that lets you build, modernize, and deploy applications at scale on your choice of hybrid cloud infrastructure. [See all products](/en/technologies/all-products "See all products") ### Related content * Blog post [A year of telco transformation: reflections on 2024 and looking ahead to 2025](/en/blog/year-telco-transformation-reflections-2024-and-looking-ahead-2025) * Blog post [Deutsche Telekom, Red Hat and IBM collaborate on successful O-Cloud trial for open RAN](/en/blog/deutsche-telekom-red-hat-and-ibm-collaborate-successful-o-cloud-trial-open-ran) * Infographic [Is platform engineering a worthwhile investment? 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