Are you “cloud-native” if you are running most of your applications in a public cloud? What if you are using multiple public clouds or a hybrid cloud? Are you more “cloud-native then? What if you are using containers or Kubernetes on-premises in your own data center? Does that make you more or less “cloud-native”? Add your own buzzword-compliant term to the mix, and you will quickly realize why there is so much confusion about the notion of cloud-native.
https://platform9.com/blog/how-cloud-native-are-you/