Composable architecture: the what, why, and how

When it comes to digital experiences, more and more analysts and IT experts have been touting the benefits of a composable approach. But what exactly is a composable platform, why does it trump other options, and how do you implement it? Read on for the answers.

The meaning of composability?

With a composable architecture, you can select the products that best suit your needs and easily integrate them with other products to build a stack. That's because composable architectures are based on the principle of API-first, ensuring that applications in the stack work with microservices and other APIs even if they're in another language and that those applications can communicate with one another.

The benefits of composability

Composable architectures are relatively new. Until recently, many companies were content to rely on a single vendor to select product solutions for their commerce system. Most of those solutions come as a?suite?(a preintegrated collection of products from a vendor) or a?monolith?(a single product with various features).

Such an approach has its advantages. Because all the software comes from a single vendor, you need not shop around for each and every component. All you need to do is contact one vendor only for questions or issues on sales, implementation, support, and maintenance.

Then why switch to a composable architecture, you ask? Because composable architectures are superior to traditional ones, and the signs are that the time is right for adopting the former.

Why composable beats suites and monoliths

Inertia can be a powerful force. People routinely hang on to unsatisfactory solutions because they’re used to them. Besides, change often means uncertainty, cost, and, above all, disruption to the status quo. However, composable architectures offer distinct advantages........

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