Introduction As organisations adopt microservices for rebuilds and new applications, many will realise that the established ‘Test Pyramid’ approach to testing is considerably less effective than it was with traditional applications. The Test Pyramid emphasises unit tests that focus on the application’s individual functions and code. These comprise the bulk of this testing strategy, reflected […]
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Introduction Lift and shift migrations were sometimes frowned upon in the past. Mainly because they fail to unlock the benefits of cloud and can result in higher costs. But increasingly people understand that there is a place for this approach in the migratory mix. As Amazon Web Services (AWS) explains: Most migrations happen in phases […]
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Background Data Governance is often on top of the Chief Data Officer’s agenda. With the advent of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the China Personal Information Protection Law (CPIPL) and others, companies are taking a closer look at their data practices. Beyond the need for regulatory […]
It’s great to see cloud-native platforms finally listed as one of Gartner’s Top Strategic Technology Trends for the year ahead. This indicates that cloud use is maturing, with organisations gaining a clearer understanding of how to leverage its benefits. Every year, Gartner pinpoints the key trends it expects to act as ‘force multipliers’ of digital […]
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Event Storming is a workshop-based approach to migrating a monolithic application to a microservices architecture. It follows a series of steps to assess the monolith, discover events, and identify actors who use the system. The final step of grouping these insights will help to inform an effective event-driven microservices architecture. The rise of Microservices has […]
Introduction In our previous blog post, we learned about Personally Identifiable Information (PII), and the additional regulatory requirements that it carries. We covered three common requirements of PII regulation: Tracking Access; which talks about being able to audit who is accessing sensitive data, when they access it and where they access it. Protecting Data; which […]
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Introduction Over the last few years, we have seen more enterprises open to adopting public cloud and migrating at least some of their data sets. Understanding how data can be protected in the cloud is a common question from teams less familiar with this technology. In this two-part blog post, we will first build an […]
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Introduction Cloud adoption can be really hard to get right. It brings a host of challenges, complexities and risks that need to be carefully managed to ensure the many benefits of cloud computing are realised. Landing zones offer an effective way to simplify and de-risk cloud adoption. They give developers a pre-configured foundation to build […]
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Introduction With a shift towards modern development practices, services architecture has become a goal for many of our heavily regulated and security conscious clients. As the shift towards cloud computing increases many clients are striving to understand the challenges and opportunities that a Serverless approach provides while defining what a scaled cloud implementation means for […]
Introduction Is ‘Serverless’ just a new buzzword or is it a way to considerably reduce cloud operational cost for suitable applications? In this blog post, we provide an introduction to Serverless to help you determine whether it is relevant to your organisation. What Is Serverless Architecture? Simply put, Serverless architecture is a way to build […]