This article rounds off the series of posts to better understand how the pitfalls around the collection, maintenance, and storage of your cloud data can mean the difference between failure and success within your cloud strategy.  The concepts in this series stem from brainstorming with my good friend Roel Hodzelmans and are additionally inspired by reactions from the audience to a talk given previously in Dublin, Ireland.

The first article in this series, “Cloud Data: Understanding 3 Common Pitfalls,” provided an introduction to cloud and data and what that means in a cloud-native architecture beyond just storage. The second article in this series, “Cloud Data: Observability Is the Forgotten Data,” discussed the forgotten data that is often overlooked when planning for cloud-native solutions. This third and final article explores a new operations role that is going to be the most crucial one in your organization.