Microservices

Introducing Microservices to an Organization

In the third and final part of this webcast series co-hosted by CA API Management, IDG and the API Academy, our own VP Matt McLarty provides suggestions on how to navigate the struggles involved in identifying a starting point for one’s journey to microservices. See part one and part two here.

Microservices, APIs and Digital Transformation

In the first of this three-part webcast series co-hosted by CA API Management, IDG and the API Academy, author and global technologist Mike Amundsen, our Director of API Architecture, cuts through the hype and identifies the key trends, challenges and pitfalls facing companies of all sizes in the search for microservices at speed, safety and scale. […]

API Management 302: Using an API Gateway in Microservice Architecture

Get to grips with the specifics of deploying an API gateway in a microservice architecture In  Lesson 304: API Design for Microservices, we describe the essential role APIs play in microservice architectures. In Lesson 101: API Management Basics, we explain why an API gateway is essential to ensuring API security, usability, scalability and reliability. Here, we focus on […]

API360 Microservices Summit: Microservices Implementation Lessons

This panel discussion from the API Academy’s API360 Microservices Summit in New York, June 2016, shares insights on effective practices for implementing and benefiting from a microservice architecture. The panelists are Erich Ess (Jet.com), Sangeeta Narayanan (Netflix), Cassandra Shum (Thoughtworks) and Adrian Trenaman (HBC Digital). The moderator is Lou Powell of Vanick Digital.

API Design 304: API Design for Microservices

Learn some best practices for designing APIs that will function optimally in microservice architectures Microservice architecture is helping an increasing number of organizations to minimize the time required for software application projects and to maximize the reliability of backend systems. In this lesson, we explain why APIs are essential to microservices and provide some best practices […]