Author: Mark Makary

Reactive Vs. Synchronous Rest. Interaction patterns in Microservices Architecture

October 27, 2017

Image is Copyright of Lightbend Introduction One of the things we have learned through working with some of our customers that they were at the early stage of the Microservices journey; they started experiencing performance issues and reporting that their Apps are not very responsive anymore. This article will explore inter-service communications as one possible … More Reactive Vs. Synchronous Rest. Interaction patterns in Microservices Architecture

The Rise of the Microservices Frameworks.

May 9, 2017

The Mircroservices reference architecture and the reactive manifesto are sharing a lot of traits, you can join both to benefit from the reactive microservices architecture, for more on that, please check the book by Jonas Bonér, Reactive Microservices Architecture. Traditionally, the Microservices movement originated and flourished around the fuse of app containers such as Docker and … More The Rise of the Microservices Frameworks.

Is the API Management Business is Slowing down?

February 20, 2017

You can hear the mumbling and the whispering getting louder and louder within the industry courts this days and here’s our take on this intriguing question. To start, I would like to distinguish and clarify. The API management demand is different than the API management business. The API management demand is still peaking and if … More Is the API Management Business is Slowing down?

The Scala Question, 2016.

March 10, 2016

If you’re researching on the question of which general-purpose programming language or platform should you use for your next web application and contemplating Java 8 and Scala; you might find this article useful or interesting. In 2011, Oracle released Java 7 and promised a 2-years release cycle, however many felt that; Java is not moving … More The Scala Question, 2016.

Simplifying APIs & Microservices Architecture for non-technical audience.

February 19, 2016

The Software Development world is constantly looking for ways to speed up the time to market and increase efficiency -produce more for less- and lower maintenance or future expansion cost. Solution Architects always look for new approaches to accomplish this. The Microservices architecture is no exception to the above, it is an old concept capitalizing … More Simplifying APIs & Microservices Architecture for non-technical audience.

API Management, Vendor Selection Process Best Practices.

January 13, 2016

The API Management vendors and products have recently evolved and grown and currently we have a large set of features and capabilities are offered by those multiple vendors. Also, those vendors can provide those features and capabilities using different approaches and techniques, which one to choose? Throughout the years, working with customers in that space, I find … More API Management, Vendor Selection Process Best Practices.