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BPM and microservices

The combination of BPM and microservices offers a new world of opportunity for organizations looking to digitalize their critical business processes. This section reviews the tools, techniques and technologies that are driving the ability of microservices to truly support BPM needs and explores how organizations can manage this relationship properly.

Recent Definitions

• event

  An event, in a computing context, is an action or occurrence that can be identified by a program and has significance for system hardware or software.

• EAI (enterprise application integration)

  Enterprise application integration (EAI) is the task of uniting the databases and workflows associated with business applications to ensure that the business uses the information consistently and that changes to core business data made by one application are correctly reflected in others.

• employee self-service (ESS)

  Employee self-service (ESS) is a widely used human resources technology that enables employees to perform many job-related functions, such as applying for reimbursement, updating personal information and accessing company benefits information -- which was once largely paper-based, or otherwise would have been maintained by management or administrative staff.

Highlights

• Three questions to ask when forming an API strategy

More BPM and microservices Topics

• Business process modeling and design
• Business rules management systems (BRMS)
• Cloud and iBPM
• Dynamic case management and smarter process applications (SPAs)
• Event-driven architecture, CEP and operational intelligence

Microservices and development

As microservices continue to take a larger role in the operation of today's organizations, what does this mean for developers? Find content from our experts that looks at the development implications of microservices architecture, including the techniques, tools and guidelines they may need to rely on.

Recent Definitions

• object-oriented programming (OOP)

  Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming language model that organizes software design around data, or objects, rather than functions and logic.

• source code

  Source code is the fundamental component of a computer program that is created by a programmer. It can be read and easily understood by a human being.

• Ballerina language

  Ballerina language is an open-source, cloud-native programming language designed to ease the burden of integration development associated with enterprise applications.

More Microservices and development Topics

• Microservices and DevOps
• Microservices pattern, platforms and frameworks
• Microservices testing and QA
• Software containers

Digital transformation and app modernization

Technology changes rapidly. In order to stay competitive, organizations need to make sure they are on top of their digital transformation and application modernization processes. Here, our experts break down the ins and outs of these processes and examine the tools and strategies that will help push your transformation in the right direction and keep apps up to date.

Recent Definitions

• autoresponder

  An autoresponder is a computer program that automatically sends an email, SMS or a series of emails to a contact list subscriber based on time or event triggers.

• mobile application development

  Mobile application development is the set of processes and procedures involved in writing software for small, wireless computing devices such as smartphones or tablets.

• mobile application development platform (MADP)

  A mobile application development platform (MADP) is a type of software that allows a business to rapidly build, test and perhaps deploy mobile apps for smartphones and tablets.

More Digital transformation and app modernization Topics

• IoT and microservices
• Legacy application modernization
• Microservices and mobile development
• Software refactoring

Managing architectures

No matter where you are on your journey to microservices or SOA, management should be a constant focus. This includes holistic governance, orchestration processes, proper management of APIs and more. This section provides news, tips, case studies and other content that look at how organizations should think about managing microservices architectures and SOA.

Recent Definitions

• e-learning (online learning)

  E-learning (sometimes called web-based training) is anywhere, any-time instruction delivered over the internet or a corporate intranet to browser-equipped learners.

• API management

  API management is the process of overseeing application program interfaces (APIs) in a secure, scalable environment.

• chatbot

  A chatbot -- sometimes referred to as a chatterbot -- is programming that simulates the conversation or "chatter" of a human being through text or voice interactions.

Highlights

• Three questions to ask when forming an API strategy

More Managing architectures Topics

• API management strategy
• APM and log analysis
• Holistic governance, risk and compliance (GRC)
• Microservices versioning
• Securing services
• Service orchestration
• Service registry and repositories
• Service-oriented architecture (SOA)