{"id":13739,"date":"2023-02-01T08:27:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T13:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/?p=13739"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:21:57","slug":"unlock-your-agility-with-cloud-native-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/unlock-your-agility-with-cloud-native-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlock your agility with cloud-native applications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The pandemic underscored the need for organizations of all sizes to be able to adapt quickly to changing employee and customer needs. This post will discuss why a cloud-native approach to financial management and other back-office systems maximizes flexibility for changing conditions and helps businesses innovate and scale more quickly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  3. How flexibility and scalability lead to more silver linings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. How integration creates 360-degree functionality <\/a><\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Find your edge in the cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    In an age of technological innovation, cost pressures, and demanding customers, cloud-native finance applications can give your company the edge. In a global Capgemini survey<\/a> of banking leaders, 88% said cloud-native applications improved their organizations\u2019 agility, and 84% said they helped increase revenue and cut operating costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cIt\u2019s more important than ever for companies to be nimble and flexible,\u201d says Scott Freedman, director of marketing for Sage Intacct. \u201cCloud-native applications provide that capability, regardless of demand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Cloud-native apps should be part of your cloud migration strategy. The global pandemic accelerated cloud-migration plans, underscoring the need to adapt quickly as employee and customer needs changed. Foundry\u2019s 2021 Digital Business study<\/a> found that 86% of small or midsize companies have adopted or plan to adopt a digital-first approach to business processes, operations, and customer engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But the transition hasn\u2019t gone smoothly for everyone. Around 22% of survey respondents said their company\u2019s legacy systems were not integrated with new applications, hampering digital transformation efforts. And 23% said their digital and business strategies were not aligned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Part of the challenge comes from the type of cloud migration path you can choose. Moving to cloud-enabled versions of traditional on-premises applications provides some benefits. But this \u201clift and shift\u201d approach with financial systems can also expose the limitations of applications that weren\u2019t designed to handle today\u2019s complex, distributed, and scalable environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cDemands on the system can lower speed and prevent your users from interacting smoothly with product features,\u201d explains Freedman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cloud-native applications, by comparison, are built from the ground up to take advantage of cloud functionality, flexibility, and scale. \u201cWorkloads can be shifted to different servers without disruption or information loss, providing a better customer experience,\u201d says Freedman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Flexibility and scalability lead more silver linings <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s not just customers who benefit. Your financial team can better handle surges in demand, not only during monthly closes, but when the business makes other changes like acquiring a new company. Cloud-native applications also increase security and compliance. Built for automation, they can deliver bug fixes and security patches faster, plugging the holes hackers are eager to exploit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They\u2019re better able to keep up with changing financial-compliance requirements, keeping your company out of trouble, and creating a clear and objective audit trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Integration for 360-degree functionality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Where cloud-native applications really shine is with their integration capabilities. To gain deeper insights about your operations and develop new capabilities, you can connect your internal financial applications and tie business processes to partner services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Using software containers, your developers can seamlessly connect those internal processes with partner applications, creating an ecosystem of microservices that can enhance productivity for teams and introduce new product features to customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Containers also enable improvements to discrete processes. Billing or payments no longer need re-engineering a long chain of dependencies, as they would have to do with a monolithic on-premises application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Explore true business flexibility and find out how Sage Intacct<\/a> can improve your business productivity and keep your business safe in the cloud, come rain or shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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