Oracle Magazine, Jan/Feb 2018
ARCHITECT ORACLE MAGAZINE JANUARY FEBRUARY 2018 19 Microservices lend themselves to the need for smaller discrete pieces that are more movable Wilkins explains Were seeing increasing involvement in applying this kind of paradigm For Oracle ACE Sven Bernhardt the focus in 2017 was on everything around APIs and modern hybrid architectures based on new architectural concepts like microservices A solution architect with Opitz Consulting Bernhardt explains how the combination of microservices container technologies and cloud based scalable runtime environments makes it possible to define flexible futureproven architectures Microservices and APIs were among several trends that landed heavily on Oracle ACE Rolando Carrascos radar in 2017 a list that also includes DevOps and chatbots For microservices it just happened that during 2017 a lot of customers wanted to invest around it Carrasco says Co owner and SOA principal architect at S P Solutions Carrasco says that for some customers the interest in microservices was more about following the trend than about a legitimate technical need Either way he was happy that microservices were in the mix It was fun to work with them because that work meshed well with his SOA expertise As for APIs API management was and will continue to be a favorite topic to work with both for research and implementation Carrasco says He presented on API management at Oracle OpenWorld 2017 and other events and plans to do so in the future And speaking of the future while Wilkins Bernhardt and Carrasco agree on the impact of APIs and microservices in 2017 there isnt quite that same level of consensus about 2018 All three agree that chatbots will be a major factor this year Chatbots are coming of age explains Wilkins Were starting to see past the novelty use cases into enterprise applications Similarly Chatbots are coming of age Were starting to see past the novelty use cases into enterprise applications Phil Wilkins Oracle ACE
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