Microservices
Soap is has traditionally been used to connect code running on Windows and Linux platforms, but the world has moved on. Today, the cleanest approach is to run each software building block in its own virtual machine. This is essentially a microservice. The code runs in a container, complete with its own operating environment, and communicates with other microservices using a Representational state transfer (REST) or RESTful APIs.
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News : Microservices
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October 16, 2019
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Southeast Asian organisations warm to Anthos
Google Cloud sees pockets of interest in Anthos and could review its pricing strategy as adoption of the multi-cloud management platform grows
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October 14, 2019
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Oct'19
Why API-first software development leads to shiny API people
There is a fundamental difference between using application programming interfaces for integration and having an API strategy for reuse. We look at how APIs can make digital initiatives shine
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October 14, 2019
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Oct'19
PDPC issues cross-border data transfer guidelines for cloud services
Singapore’s data protection watchdog issues advisory guidelines to help businesses and cloud suppliers stay on the right side of the law under the country’s data protection regime
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October 11, 2019
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How code reuse drives business change at the DWP
Department for Work and Pensions is using application programming interfaces to promote reuse of granular microservices across the organisation
In Depth : Microservices
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Microsoft’s road to multicloud support
From Microsoft’s perspective, multicloud is more about portability than resiliency Continue Reading
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Automation key to unravelling mysteries of the universe at CERN
How CERN is using enterprise asset management from Infor and ramping up the automation of its IT services to plumb the depths of the universe Continue Reading
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How Australia is keeping pace with microservices
Adoption of microservices remains patchy in Australia, although some sectors pursuing digital transformation are catching up rapidly Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Microservices
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Platform9 pumps 'programmatic DevOps' with Managed Kubernetes
How can you (a company, we mean) be an open source as-a-Service company? That's how Platform9 describes itself. In truth (and for some clarity) the firm is in fact a SaaS managed hybrid cloud firm ... Continue Reading
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MongoDB: Why AWS is pumped about serverless architecture
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Open Source Insider blog written by Mat Keep in his role as director of market research and analysis at MongoDB. The company is known for its MongoDB ... Continue Reading
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What is cloud native computing?
Cloud native computing as championed, advocated and evangelised by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) itself is an approach that uses an open source software stack to deploy applications ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Microservices
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The high price of not understanding how automation works with existing software licences
Businesses must check their software licences before they introduce robotic process automation or they risk breaking the rules Continue Reading
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The challenge of our era - digital transformation at Allianz
The insurance firm wants to become "digital by default" and its CIO explains the vital role DevOps and cloud play in its change programme Continue Reading
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Open source for hybrid cloud success: Is it an open and shut case?
Quocirca’s Clive Longbottom ponders whether enterprises need to adopt an open source-first strategy for hybrid cloud success Continue Reading