Microservices Architecture: The New Business Enablers

These days, microservices or microservices architecture is a familiar term in the software development arena. As traditional software architectures became more complex and problematic over the years, recent entrants such as the microservices architecture are gaining momentum among enterprises and businesses.

But, is it just the hype or above that? Well, let’s take a closer look at how microservices are evolving to be the new business enablers.

What are Microservices? 

The microservices architecture decomposes or divides the entire application into a set of manageable services. It basically follows the phenomenon of ‘do one thing really well’. According to Martin Fowler, the software guru, a microservice architecture consists of “suites of independently deployable services” organized “around business capability, automated deployment, intelligence in the endpoints, and decentralized control of languages and data.” 

When microservices were introduced, the main idea was to reduce application complexity. The independent microservices communicate with each other through simple and universally accessible Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Experts have strongly opinionated that the concept of containers and microservices go hand-in-hand and are a perfect fit. But, it’s also possible to build microservices without containers. 

So, coming back to the question - how is it different from a monolithic architecture? Here is a closer comparison between both the architectures.

Comparison between Microservices and Monolithic Architecture

Key Benefits of Microservices Architecture for Business

• Reduces Complexities & Improves Fault Isolation

A microservices architecture breaks down the entire application into multiple components or independent services. Each of the services can be worked upon and deployed/redeployed independently without affecting other components. Although the application evolves over time, isolated code bases in the system will not affect the productivity of the development team and slow down critical business operations. 

Even if a microservice fails, the other services will continue to function without any obstruction. This places your business application in a secure spot as zero application time is guaranteed with microservices.

• Simplifies Technology Adoption & Encourages Experiments 

A microservices architecture does not restrict your system to use a particular technology stack. The technologies can be chosen based on business opportunities and competency advancements. Different services within a single application can be written using different languages. 

Why does this matter to businesses like yours? It reduces the failure percentage. If you are an early technology adopter and want to experiment with the latest technologies, then a microservices architecture gives you the freedom to do so. You can choose a certain service to perform using the chosen technology stack, analyze its performance, and then progress wisely. Hence, it allows you to take risks with low failure percentage. 

• Enables DevOps Sofware Delivery Approach

Microservices enable DevOps by following its principles of continuous development, integration, and deployment. In a DevOps ecosystem, both the development and operations team work in synchronization to develop and deploy robust software apps at a faster rate...

You can read the full article here: https://www.sayonetech.com/blog/microservices-architecture-the-new-business-enablers/