API interaction types in a microservice architecture: queries, commands, and events
One of the debates that’s been smoldering since the microservices movement began is how microservices should communicate with one another.
The many flavors of API coordination
Software architects can often conflate the different types of API call coordination. To help address this pitfall, see the classification system I use.
The locomotive: technological capabilities for microservices
Similar to steam engines leveraging prior innovation to get to bullet trains, companies just getting started with microservices can take shortcuts confidently because of microservices pioneers.
The third rail: putting microservices in context
Don’t compromise on microservices prerequisites, both technically or organizationally. It’ll cost you a pretty Franklin banknote.
Top 5 blog posts of February 2019
Check out the five most popular blog posts in February 2019!
Getting on track with microservices
As enterprise IT seeks greater speed and agility through the adoption of a microservice architecture, they find this new paradigm can collide with long-established operating models.
How microservices enable organizational agility
The big don’t eat the small, the fast eat the slow. In today’s hyper-competitive digital economy, organizations succeed or fail based on their agility: the velocity at which they can deliver the new products, services, and features that meet the changing needs of their market.
How microservices can benefit your business
No company, no matter its size or industry, is safe from disruption. It’s easier than ever for new entrants to enter a market and turn entire industries upside down. Unless organizations can nimbly innovate at the speed of their competition, they will be left behind, and large organizations with calcified processes and structures will be hit the hardest.
Untangling B2B file exchange integration with API-led connectivity
The orchestration of system-to-system file transfers by enterprises with external trading partners (commonly known as B2B file transfer) has been around for decades; as far back as the beginning of standard network protocols.
8 most popular blog posts of 2018
This year we published over 235 blog posts in 2018 with insights gleaned from our incredible developer community, partners, and customers. Our content covered a wide range of content—from APIs versus web services to common API design mistakes to deploying a Mule application with a Maven and Jenkins pipeline. Here are the eight most popular blog posts in 2018.