article thumbnail

3 commandments that should drive every API strategy

CIO

Much of what has been learned is catalogued by the MACH Alliance, a global consortium of nearly 100 technology vendors that promotes “open and best-in-breed enterprise technology ecosystems,” with an emphasis on microservices and APIs. New APIs should perform narrowly defined services that can be used by a variety of applications.

Strategy 345
article thumbnail

10 tips for modernizing legacy apps for the cloud

CIO

“Identify components that can be migrated to the cloud and evaluate any necessary modifications,” recommends Nandor Csonka, global practice lead for cloud security services at IT security firm NCC Group. He advises that relevant parties should include internal and external teams, technology providers, and application testing groups.

Cloud 246
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Gaining visibility into processes spanning multiple microservices

Bernd Rucker

How to understand your choreography using process events monitoring Enterprises that use event-driven microservices often suffer from a lack of visibility into processes that cross the boundary of one individual microservice. Choreography and event-driven microservices Microservices can use events to communicate among each other.

article thumbnail

Volkswagen drives the automotive industry cloud forward

CIO

Roughly 18 months into the project, VW recently began making available on its factory floor the first AWS microservices of what Frank Goeller, head of digital production at Volkswagen Group, refers to as a “digital production platform.”

article thumbnail

Cloud native platforms: To build or to buy?

CIO

Defining a cloud native platform The Platforms Working Group at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has a great paper defining “platform.” For example, a cloud native platform really wants your apps to follow the 12-factor best practices and use a microservices architecture.

Cloud 263
article thumbnail

Unlocking the Power of AI with a Real-Time Data Strategy

CIO

Cloud-native apps, microservices and mobile apps drive revenue with their real-time customer interactions. Kubernetes is a container orchestration system that automates the management, scaling, and deployment of microservices. It’s also used to deploy machine learning models, data streaming platforms, and databases.

article thumbnail

4 remedies to avoid cloud app migration headaches

CIO

Platform lock-in occurs when you have a complete cloud foundation configuration (resource grouping, policies, RBAC, hybrid connectivity, monitoring, compliance, etc.) If you’re trying to leverage high performance with both, that’s sticky,” he says. When executing a migration strategy, consider two other factors, he adds.

Cloud 312