api management

Request-Response with REST/HTTP vs. Data Streaming with Apache Kafka – Friends, Enemies, Frenemies?

Request-response communication with REST / HTTP is simple, well understood, and supported by most technologies, products, and SaaS cloud services.…

2 years ago

Streaming Data Exchange with Kafka and a Data Mesh in Motion

Data Mesh is a new architecture paradigm that gets a lot of buzzes these days. This blog post looks into…

3 years ago

Apache Kafka and API Management / API Gateway – Friends, Enemies or Frenemies?

Event Streaming with Apache Kafka and API Management / API Gateway solutions (Apigee, Mulesoft Anypoint, Kong, TIBCO Mashery, etc.) are…

4 years ago

Case Study: From a Monolith to Cloud, Containers, Microservices

Case Study: How to Move from a (Middleware) Monolith to Cloud, Containers and Microservices leveraging Docker, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Consul,…

7 years ago

Comparison of Open Source IoT Integration Frameworks

Comparison of Open Source IoT Integration Frameworks such as Eclipse Kura (+ Apache Camel), Node-RED, Flogo, Apache Nifi, StreamSets, and…

8 years ago

Open Source Project Flogo – Overview, Architecture and Live Demo

Introduction to the Open Source IoT Integration Project Flogo to build very lightweight edge applications and microservices for cloud native…

8 years ago

Trends at JavaOne 2016: Microservices, Docker, Cloud-Native Middleware

JavaOne 2016 Trends: Besides focus on Java platform updates (Java 9, Java EE 8, etc.), I saw three hot topics,…

8 years ago

TIBCO’s Hybrid Integration Platform

This blog explains the different components of a hybrid integration architecture, their deployment models, when to use them, and their…

8 years ago

Microservices = Death of the ESB? (2016, Meetup Dublin)

I was invited to speak at Microservices Meetup Dublin this week. I updated my slide deck "Microservices - Death of…

8 years ago

Right Technology, Framework or Tool to Build Microservices

The following slide deck shows plenty of different technologies (e.g. REST, WebSockets), frameworks (e.g. Apache CXF, Apache Camel, Puppet, Docker)…

9 years ago