Around the turn of the century, there was really just one choice for building business applications: using a server that you owned and that sat in your own data center. Then came the cloud and with it ...

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The main advantage of microservices is the ability to leverage the strengths of different technologies and platforms, as well as develop each module independently, without being tied to the entire ...

This piece explores how we moved from a single-region monolithic system to a distributed, multi-region microservices ...

Transforming the monolithic architecture of a traditional financial services enterprise is a mammoth project. Not only does it have to be done right, but it also has to be done invisibly without any ...

Microservices promise to help break down monolithic applications and enable the consistent delivery of services. But they can't do the job without help. This is where event-driven architecture (EDA) ...

Since the term “microservices” hit the software industry like a bolt of lightning in 2014, technical professionals of all stripes have been analyzing this new architectural style from their own frames ...

Microservices over monolothic apps! Perhaps - but the reality is never that simple. Here's how Yesware uses MongoDB as a service from mLab to give salespeople tools they need. Microservices are hailed ...