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 - Support for standby clusters & multi-site topologies
 - User & credential management at K8s level
 - Support for own TLS certificates
-- TDE integration** with [CYBERTEC PGEE](https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/products/cybertec-postgresql-enterprise-edition/)
+- **TDE** integration with **[CYBERTEC PGEE](https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/products/cybertec-postgresql-enterprise-edition/)**
 - Migration from AWS EBS `gp2` to `gp3` with IOPS and throughput config
 
 ---
 
+### Cloud native architecture
+
+The CYBERTEC PG Operator is designed from the ground up with a **cloud-native approach**:
+
+- **Declarative configuration** via Kubernetes CRDs - completely in the spirit of *Infrastructure as Code*.
+- **Self-healing and automation** through Kubernetes and [Patroni](https://github.com/zalando/patroni), including automatic failover, leader election and rolling updates.
+- CI/CD-friendly**: No direct access to the Kubernetes API required - ideal for GitOps workflows and automated deployments.
+- Platform-independent**: Runs on any Kubernetes-compatible infrastructure - whether public cloud, on-prem or hybrid.
+- API-driven control**: Patroni provides a REST API to query the cluster state and trigger failover - essential for dynamic, service-oriented architectures.
+
+This architecture forms the basis for a modern, highly available and scalable PostgreSQL platform in the cloud era.
+
+---
+
 ## PostgreSQL features
 
 - PostgreSQL 13 to 17
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 - Fully integrated backup & PITR with `pgBackRest` or `pg_basebackup`
 - Extensions like:
 - [PostGIS](https://postgis.net/)
-- pgAudit](https://github.com/pgaudit/pgaudit)
-- TimescaleDB](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb)
-- pg_cron](https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron)
-- credcheck](https://github.com/MigOpsRepos/credcheck)
-- set_user](https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user)
+- [pgAudit](https://github.com/pgaudit/pgaudit)
+- [TimescaleDB](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb)
+- [pg_cron](https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron)
+- [credcheck](https://github.com/MigOpsRepos/credcheck)
+- [set_user](https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user)
 - Minimal downtime during upgrades thanks to rolling updates and failover mechanisms
 - Self-healing, redundancy and pod anti-affinity for maximum availability