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Have you seen the movie Crimson Tide? Every person architecting a cloud-native application should see this movie. In it, a breakaway Russian government threatens a nuclear attack on the United States. A U.S. submarine, cut off from communications with Washington but well aware of the Armageddon-level threat, must decide whether The post […]

Cloud-native architectures are perfect for creating and operating modern, innovative applications. Cloud-native applications provide many advantages both to consumers of the applications and to those building and managing them. But bad actors abound, and securely maintaining your cloud-native application is no easy task. There are many things you […]

Managing configuration information in a complex, cloud-native application can be daunting. It can seem like there’s configuration everywhere. There’s configuration describing the network interconnections in your system including routing rules and port blocking. There’s configuration for your load balancers that determine where to send […]

Simplicity is at the heart of our desire to use cloud-native application methodologies. Service-based applications are designed to decrease complexity in individual service components. Using cloud-native infrastructure focuses and reduces our available infrastructure choices. Simplicity is core to virtually all cloud-native patterns; the very […]

Infrastructures are hugely complex, and cloud-native infrastructure is even more so. Often, infrastructures are initially created as a series of one-off decisions. Each component added to the system is different from the component next to it. One server is different from the next. One network switch is different from the The post Infrastructure […]

One of the biggest complaints I hear against microservices architectures is that they create overly complex applications. The fact that they contain so many moving parts (compared to comparable monoliths or N-Tier applications) presumably makes your application more complicated to understand. Microservices architectures do not create overly […]

When attempting to assess the quality of a software application, the most valuable measurement, in my opinion, is that of cycle time. Improvements in cycle time have done more to improve the quality, reliability and availability of software than any other single software development technology. There are many ways to The post Failure is the Secret […]

Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing is a production model that creates manufactured items to meet demand as demand dictates. This is opposed to traditional manufacturing, which makes products ahead of time and stores the product as inventory to be delivered as needed when sold. With traditional manufacturing, if an insufficient amount of The post The […]

What does it take to be a modern cloud architect? A modern cloud architect requires knowledge and expertise over and above what is required to be a traditional software architect. Building and operating applications in the cloud differ significantly from applications in a traditional data center. Cloud architects must not The post 5 Skills All […]

The cloud offers many benefits to a company’s modern application development process. One of the most significant benefits is the ability to automate critical actions that traditionally have required manual steps.Automation is perhaps the single most significant advantage of using the cloud. Cloud architects thrive in their roles by taking […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed how modern applications interact with us, and machine learning has driven the modernization of various processes and systems. We all know that artificial intelligence has strengthened its hold on how we interact with computers. Siri, Alexa, Cortana and Hey Google are now natural parts of The post AI and the […]

From manufacturing to transportation to retail, companies across virtually every industry are supporting their digital transformations by moving to a cloud-based infrastructure. The shift from on-premises software to cloud services has been revolutionary to the process of application development and deployment, especially software-as-a-service […]

Creating a secure application requires many safeguards, but by far the most important are those that secure the data in the application. These are also the most difficult to implement.When it comes to securing application data, there are two distinct types of data that must be secured: Data at rest. This is data that is stored in a datastore, […]

In the software world, identity is the mapping of a person, place, or thing in a verifiable manner to a software resource. Whenever you interact with nearly anything on the internet, you are dealing with identities: Facebook identity Email address Login name and password for a website Everyone has multiple identities—multiple ways that people […]

Any sizeable organization focused on developing and deploying cloud-native applications should consider establishing a cloud center of excellence (CCoE). Creating a CCoE will help you successfully leverage the cloud to increase the scale and agility of your business. In a previous article, I discussed the benefits of a CCoE and why you would want […]

Keeping your application safe and secure is critical to a successful enterprise. Whether you use cloud-native application architectures or on-premises systems—or anything in between—it’s generally considered that splitting your infrastructure into security zones is a best practice. These zones provide security isolation that keeps your […]

I read an OutSystems report the other day that surprised me. According to OutSystems’ “Cloud-Native Development: Ready or Not?” report, although both Gartner and IDC predict that 90% to 95% of applications will be cloud-native by 2025, only 47% of IT decision makers and developers even understand what “cloud native” actually means.In […]

Low code continues to receive a lot of press—and debate. Many software developers still wonder whether the use of low code makes the application development process better, or if it interferes with the development process and results in inferior applications. Others worry about the security implications of low code.Certainly, if the inevitable […]

The future of the internet has been the subject of much speculation and debate in the past few years. From the rise of virtual worlds and immersive experiences to the explosive growth of social media, the internet has become a ubiquitous medium for communication and commerce. With the rise of blockchain, the internet is about to go through a major […]

I was talking to a colleague the other day, and they made a statement that I found very interesting. In enterprise IT organizations, only transactional applications are of any real importance. I couldn’t disagree more.Transactional applications are obviously extremely important to enterprise IT organizations. One viewpoint is that they are the […]

How you use cloud computing will be a major decision in your application strategy architecture and planning, and multicloud is becoming increasingly the popular choice among cloud architects for building high-end, cloud-centric, enterprise applications. If you’ve already decided on a multicloud strategy, you must decide what type of multicloud […]

I was intrigued by an article I read the other day in CSO Online titled “4 security concerns for low-code and no-code development”. The premise of the article was, essentially, that enterprises must beware of low-code solutions, because they can cause security concerns.In the article, author Chris Hughes says, “By allowing more people in an […]

Consumers are changing.When was the last time you went into a bank? Or do you do most of your banking via an online application or website?What about shopping? Do you still go to the mall to find that perfect Christmas present, or are you more likely to look online? How many empty boxes from delivered packages do you have in your garage right […]

In the past few years, cloud computing has become a dominant trend in enterprise IT. The benefits of moving to the cloud are clear: lower costs, increased flexibility, and improved scalability. But as more companies move their infrastructures into public clouds such as AWS or Azure, they face a challenge that is often overlooked: How do they […]

Security breaches frequently hit the headlines, but enterprises can limit their exposure by adopting three key principles when managing permissions.

Poor availability always hits at the worst possible time. New Relic's Lee Atchison outlines five of the main causes in digital applications

It's crucial for a digital business to architect your application so it can scale for growth and unexpected loads. New Relic's Lee Atchison explains why

Back in 2018, New Relic's Lee Atchison controversially argued for AWS Fargate over Lambda or Kubernetes as the future of serverless - but it hasn't lived up to the promise, he now believes

Some organizations still use on-premise solutions for application performance monitoring! New Relic's Lee Atchison explains why SaaS should be a no-brainer

IoT and edge computing sounds very futuristic but it's been with us a while. New Relic's Lee Atchison figures out where the cloud starts and the edge ends