With the advent of microservices, the functionalities that used to be bundled together in a single web/mule application are now running on different containers across VMs and at times across datacenters. This presents a huge challenge to trace transactions as they traverse across the container/VM boundaries. To address this challenge, companies build a custom distributed tracing […]
The majority of B2B collaboration now happens over APIs. Ergo the data flowing through your API is a good representation of the health of your business. Yet, outside of infrastructure engineering, there’s a lack of tooling around how to leverage that API data. Today, business analytics tools either focus on: Offline transactional data sitting in databases and […]
There’s a lot to like about microservices: they facilitate scaling, aid in isolating faults, and make it possible to feed an entire development team with just two pizzas. With that said, a greater concern for some is that of security… Are microservices more or less secure than monoliths? What do you need to consider when switching […]
GitLab this week delivered an update to its namesake continuous integration/continuous delivery platform that promises to make pipelines more efficient and easier to manage, in addition to making it easier to set up pipelines in Windows environments. Version 12.7 of the core GitLab platform adds support for Parent-Child Pipelines and Pipeline Resource Groups. Parent-Child Pipelines make […]
Is technical debt ALWAYS bad? It’s a question we’ve touched on a lot in earlier blog posts. Whether you’re a scale-up CTO or tackling legacy issues at an enterprise insurance organisation, managing technical debt is a challenge. One model we often refer to is Martin Fowler’s technical debt quadrant. It takes a simple approach to interrogate the complex matter […]
A 2018 DigiCert survey revealed that 100% of companies struggling to implement IoT security compliances had faced at least one IoT security incident. Fast forward to 2020, IoT adoption has increased manifold owing to social distancing and lockdown norms during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This has led to even more vulnerabilities and IoT security breaches. According to a new […]
Modern cloud native applications are designed to be scalable, elastic, reliable, and predictable. To achieve these characteristics, certain principles can help guide admins or architects when running applications in Kubernetes. In this article, we are going to cover three important patterns to consider when running a cloud native application on Kubernetes. At the end of […]
Embracing DevOps approaches can help organizations improve agility, increase revenues, lower costs, and become more competitive. Many of the arguments in favor of adopting DevOps approaches focus on the benefits that the IT department can experience as a result. But a recent study found that DevOps can have a much bigger impact. CA Technologies and […]
IFTTT: Everything works better together With more than 14 million registered users in 2018, IFTTT (If This Then That) is a mobile device application that lets the users create conditional commands by linking two existing apps. An app with a simple interface, IFTTT allows developers to build and publish their conditional statements using its technology. […]
Digital transformation is one of the most reliable ways to enhance customer experience and drive industry growth. And a service industry like hospitality needs to focus on ways to attract and retain more customers with their improved solutions. COVID-19 has turned many industries upside down, and one of the most affected hospitality business. While many independent hotels got […]