The microservices trend may be moving beyond being just another technology fad to becoming an important component of an enterprise strategy. Though microservices can offer many benefits to the organizations that use them, like any new technology, they come with their own unique challenges.
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The Benefits and Challenges of Microservices Architecture
In case you haven’t heard, microservices are in. After seeking out a comprehensive definition of microservices, and then pitting microservice architecture against Monoliths, SOA and APIs, it’s time to ask the burning question, "Just why are mammoth brands like Amazon, Netflix and Google choosing to go with microservices
Continue reading...What are Microservices and Can this Architecture Improve Your Application Development?
The software products we use every day for both business and leisure are going through a quiet transition behind the scenes. A decade ago, it was the norm to build software as one, large, unified product — as a monolith.
Continue reading...DAM Innovation Is Finally on the Horizon: From Value Chains To Blockchains
Four years ago I predicted innovation in the DAM industry would suffer because so many digital asset management (DAM) solutions were monolithic and overburdened with features. Vendors of these solutions would find themselves too busy keeping these applications up and running to find the time to innovate.
Continue reading...Beware the Many Dangers of Blind Technology Adoption
Just because a piece of technology is new, doesn’t mean it will be a good fit for your business. Yet year after year, businesses keep chasing after cutting-edge solutions simply because they’re shiny and new.
Continue reading...VMware Acquires Cloud Metrics Provider Wavefront
VMware announced today its intention to acquire Wavefront, a cloud-based metrics monitoring and analytics platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Officials at VMware, which provides virtualization and cloud infrastructure software, said the acquisition will help the Palo Alto, Calif.-based $7.
Continue reading...Why You Should Adopt a Microservices and Move Beyond Cloud Washing
Now that we’ve settled into 2017, IT and business leaders have solidified their New Year’s goals for change and growth. For many, the way to achieve their strategic objects is by enhancing efficiency with cutting-edge software solutions.
Continue reading...Forrester Analyst: PaaS a ‘Revolution’ for Web Content Management
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) has sparked a “revolution” in how web content management (WCM) products are built. According to Forrester Research analyst Mark Grannan, PaaS removes friction from the delivery process by automating infrastructure tasks which allows digital practitioners to focus on content.
Continue reading...Microservices Make Inroads: Reinventing Scalability
The promise of microservices for the enterprise (today) is this: If the parts of an application could be staged separately, on whatever cloud platform or on-premises platform you have on hand, then you could continually optimize that application for cost.
Continue reading...Microservices Make Inroads: Replacing the CMS Monolith
The term microservices is quickly evolving from an esoteric topics discussed only among gearheads or "stackers" to an increasingly important enterprise issue. In simple terms, microservices is the decomposition of services and software into smaller and more portable components. When we first explained it, the concept was
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