Editor – This seven‑part series of articles is now complete: Introduction to Microservices Building Microservices: Using an API Gateway (this article) Building Microservices: Inter‑Process Communication in a Microservices Architecture Service Discovery in a Microservices Architecture Event‑Driven Data Management for Microservices Choosing a Microservices Deployment Strategy (this article) Refactoring a Monolith into Microservices (this article) You can […]
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TL; DR: Storage Made Easy (SME) is a cloud service broker platform that unifies in-cloud and on-premises infrastructure to make data management and compliance a breeze. The company’s Enterprise File Fabric keeps businesses secure through a single, easily manageable converged storage system with customizable security, governance, and audit controls. Between an agile and talented remote workforce, and plans to […]
Organizations large and small are increasingly turning to cloud-based solutions for their computing needs. The drivers behind the shift may vary, ranging from cost benefits and increasing IT effectiveness, to catering to remote workforces and speeding up deployment. No matter the reason, there’s no doubt cloud migration is on the rise, with no end in […]
The software development process has changed drastically over the last 10 years. DevOps has taken over the world, and as more Development and IT teams work in harmony, the more these agile companies sing the praises of continuous deployment Continuous deployment is what makes DevOps so special. Instead of releasing application updates every 1-6 months, […]
Developers don’t adopt locked down platforms. That one simple statement summarizes decades of tension between IT operations and development teams. Along the spectrum of control versus agility are the desires and needs of IT operations teams responsible for keeping environments up and running and compliant to regulations and the needs of developers who are responsible […]
We’re excited to announce the 1.7.6 release of ClusterControl – the only database management system you’ll ever need to take control of your open source database infrastructure. This new edition expands our commitment to cloud integration by allowing a user to deploy a SQL database stack to the cloud provider of your choice with the HAProxy load […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably already know that microservices is the architecture du jour. Coming of age alongside this trend, Segment adopted this as a best practice early-on, which served us well in some cases, and, as you’ll soon learn, not so well in others. Briefly, microservices is a service-oriented software architecture in which […]
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The modern informational technology industry is obsessed with hype. You’re obliged to pick a new fancy tech or you will be blamed in backwardness and people won’t be interested in what you’re building. But what is more important: the tools you’re using or a product that you make? The modern informational technology industry is obsessed […]