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Although microservices is a simple concept and solves so many problems, there seem to be some bumps in the road to implementation. How far the digital world has come. I reflected on this recently when I needed to replace a…

How do you modernize your existing infrastructure when critical systems are inflexible packaged apps that don’t play well with others? The race to be more modern, more digital, and provide the best, most dynamic customer experience is well underway. And,…

APIs will continue to grab the spotlight on center stage this year, with microservices waiting in the wings to perform as co-star. Adoption of APIs is set to rise further in 2021, with 58% of executives making the API economy a top priority for their organization.…

The other day I was ordering a new jacket from a popular website. The process was efficient and friendly; I was able to find, configure and pay for exactly the jacket I wanted in less than 10 minutes. That’s when…

As agility becomes the new transformation buzzword, microservices are having their moment in the sun. With success stories like Netflix and Google, businesses of every size are looking at microservices initiatives. Business leaders are buzzing with excitement for microservices. Indeed, they bring them up…

While the microservices integration approach offers agility and flexibility to developers, many are finding out the hard way that there is a whole lot of complexity that comes along with it. I asked Ann Marie Bond, Senior Manager of Product…

While the microservices integration approach offers agility and flexibility to developers, many are finding out the hard way that there is a whole lot of complexity that comes along with it. With leading businesses like Amazon, Google and Netflix jumping…

Here’s a quiz: What do these five things have in common? A puppy, an RV, a bicycle, a kayak and lysol spray. The answer is that they’re all things you can’t get anymore without a large bank balance or an…

In-car navigation systems aren’t new. In fact, in 1981 you could have bought a shiny new Honda Accord with a $2,750 add-on called the Electro Gyro-Cator. This primitive GPS-like box featured a gas gyroscope that used the car’s movements to…

I recently saw a job posting at a major tech company that asked for “minimum 12+ years' experience in Kubernetes administration and management.” If you’re familiar with the platform, you can see the problem right away. Kubernetes is only 6…