Advisory IT Architect

Understand Apache Kafka and its advantages

Users of modern-day cloud applications expect a real-time experience but how is this achieved? Apache Kafka is the open-source streaming technology behind some of the most popular real-time, event-driven user experiences on the web, including AirBnB, Netflix, and Pinterest. In the lightboard video below, Whitney Lee from IBM Cloud explains how the technology enables developers […]

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The difference between VMs and Containers?

What are VMs and Containers exactly, and how do they fit into our modern cloud-native way of building and architecting applications? In the video below, Nigel Brown from IBM Cloud, answers this question and much more in four parts. He also argues why users should not just look at virtual machines and containers as competing […]

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Kubernetes Services – The foundation for your App modernization

I am pleased to invite you to a webinar on Kubernetes Services on 26th June, 10:00-10:30 CET. Kubernetes has evolved extremely in the last 4 years, and is today the defector standard for new cloud applications and to modernize existing applications. Kubernetes has lot of great features, but it is complex to manage on your […]

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What is Istio?

Istio is open technology that provides a way for developers to seamlessly connect, manage and secure networks of different microservices — regardless of platform, source or vendor. What exactly is microservices and this Istio thing everyone is talking about? In this video, JJ Asghar explains the basics of this new, open-platform, independent service mesh and […]

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