The State of Cloud-Native Security Report 2018 states that 62% of enterprises today choose to go for cloud-native applications for more than half of their new applications. And this number is set to grow by 80% over the next three years. This is no surprise given the fact that most organizations are already heavily invested in their chosen cloud platform, and would like to use it up to its full potential.
Cloud-native applications are essentially those created specifically for the cloud and designed to leverage the gamut of resources available on the cloud. Being "cloud-native" means that an application has a vast operational landscape, capable of being available from wherever the cloud is instead of being tied down to a physical location.