Key Takeaways from AWS reInvent 2022

January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 Ankur Kumar

AWS re:Invent 2022 (Nov 28 — Dec 2) has continued the tradition of being the most happening cloud computing technology event. While there were many sessions covering leadership, partnership, technology updates, case studies, and much more — this article focused on sharing key takeaways from the event for software architects. #1 —Asynchrony and Event-driven Architecture enable the global scale The key theme of Werner Vogels’ keynote highlights the benefits of building asynchronous,…

2022 — The Year In Review From Technology Perspective

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 Ankur Kumar

2022 has been a phenomenal year from a technology perspective accelerating the adoption of digital transformation across the industry. I published an article at the beginning of the year consolidating top technology trends for 2022. In hindsight, these have been the common trends with the accelerated technology adoption driven by the business demand this year. This article summarizes technical announcements, progressions, and events as observed throughout this year. #1 — Cloud is…

Key Takeaways from Google Cloud Next 2022

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 Ankur Kumar

Along with significant product announcements, Google Cloud Next 2022 showed the company’s expanding customer base and partner ecosystem. This article outlines key takeaways from Google Cloud Next 2022, which has expanded its audience thanks to the conference’s global broadcast. #1 — Expanding Customer & Partner Ecosystems Keynote participation by leaders from Google Cloud’s key customers such as — Jim Farley (CEO, Ford), Brian Armstrong (CEO, Coinbase), Kevin Mandia (CEO, Mandiant), and many more — indicates a…

Top Microservices Frameworks in Go

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Ankur Kumar

This article is an effort to summarize the Top Microservices Frameworks in Go. Considering the flexibility in MSA (Microservices Architecture), these are not mutually exclusive and you can choose as per your architectural requirements, business need, organizational context, and other factors under consideration. Modern cloud-native architecture can use multiple frameworks in the same organization to develop different microservices. As per Go’s naming conventions, these frameworks can be referred to as…

Key Takeaways from Azure Open Source Day 2023

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Ankur Kumar

Microsoft has organized an Azure Open Source Day on March 7, 2023. A key focus of the event was to promote building Cloud-native applications applying Open source technologies along with Azure. This article highlights key takeaways from Azure Open Source Day 2023 sharing news, product updates, innovation stories, and more. #1 — Developer productivity with the open-source ecosystem #2 — Artificial Intelligence (AI) Services and Machine Learning are in mainstream adoption #3 — Enhanced and new…

Top Ten Technology Trends for 2023

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 Ankur Kumar

Observing technology trends by analysts, research companies, and thought leaders provides a broader perspective. It not only helps software architects to understand the impact of technologies being adopted but also helps them build the right skill set for themselves or their team. This article synthesizes the top ten technology trends for 2023 and beyond based on broader research. This article is in continuation to our previous article for 2022 — click here…

With the growing demand for cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes is becoming a de facto skillset for software architects, developers, and system administrators. While there are different mechanisms to learn Kubernetes, certification such as the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) program by The Linux Foundation helps to provide the direction, curriculum, and knowledge needed for real-world experience. Why get CKA certified? The CKA certification is designed to make sure that holders have the…

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