In different projects, I have had to implement load balancing for multi-region deployments of Azure API Management. API Management with multi-region deployments, allows you to enable a built-in external load balancer. This means that public traffic is routed to a regional gateway based on the lowest latency without...

Introduction

This post is part 2 of a 3 part series.

1. Serverless Patterns and Best Practices for AWS - Part 1 Design
2. Serverless Patterns and Best Practices for AWS - Part 2 Build (this)
3. Serverless Patterns and Best Practices for AWS - Part 2 Deploy and monitor (stay tuned)

In our previous blog we discussed some of...

Versioning is important. I do not have to tell you this. Yet, I see it done poorly over and over again. 

The deficiencies I usually encounter are a lack of unambiguous developer and release processes and poor tooling support. If your developers sit there wondering how to do certain tasks, then the process is broken....

As an Azure developer that specialises in building integration solutions using the Azure Cloud Platform, I typically work to provide integrated connectivity and functionality between enterprise systems.  This can include existing on-premises systems (including legacy) as well as more contemporary workloads that run in...

Introduction

This post is part of a series

1. Serverless Patterns and Best Practices for AWS - Part 1 Design (this)
2. Serverless Patterns and Best Practices for AWS - Part 2 Build
3. Serverless Patterns and Best Practices for AWS - Part 2 Deploy and monitor (stay tuned)

One of the more recent developments in cloud computing...

Contact tracing is an essential tool for health authorities trying to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Many nations are looking to mobile apps to support and automate contact tracing, to help us unlock our lockdowns and to get our societies and economies moving again. Yet, we live in an age where data privacy, cyber...

In these times of social distancing, being together as a team becomes progressively daunting. With more and more businesses adopting remote working, it is crucial to ensure that the morale stays high and team dynamics survive the distance. As such, innovation is the key to evolve and adapt to the new ways of (remote)...

We’re excited to announce the return of APIdays to Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 15th and 16th 2020.

Continuing our unique program and topics covering API-first strategy, developer experience, platform architecture and emerging technologies. Join more than 600 of your peers for two days of...

I recently did an Ignite talk at DevOpsDays Auckland 2019 about GitOps. While preparing the deck for the talk, I had a chance to really reflect on the question “What is GitOps?”.

Definition

GitOps is reconciling a desired state in Git with a runtime environment.

“But this is what we’ve always done!” you say. You’re...

No industry or company, large or small, is immune to thedisruptive forces present in our global economy.

Deloitte, Lean Flow to Enterprise Agility

Organisations are under immense pressure to quickly adapt to change and embrace innovation. This is becoming part of their DNA in order to stay relevant. Organisational...