To understand where a system will fall on the CNMM, it's important to understand what the components of cloud native architecture are. By definition, being cloud native requires the adoption of cloud services. Each cloud vendor will have its own set of services, with the most mature having the richest set of features. The incorporation of these services, from basic building blocks to the most advanced, cutting-edge technologies, will define how sophisticated a cloud native architecture is on the cloud services axis: