In my 20-year journey as an API Architect—moving from the U.S. Department of Labor to Blue Cross Blue Shield—I’ve seen the pendulum swing from heavy middleware to “code-everything” and back again. Today, the debate usually boils down to three heavyweights: MuleSoft, AWS… Continue Reading →

In my 20+ years of architecting enterprise systems—from federal departments to healthcare giants—one question consistently surfaces during digital transformation: “Should we use a specialized integration platform like MuleSoft, or build it natively on AWS Lambda?” The truth is, both are powerful,… Continue Reading →

With advances in Cloud Computing, infrastructure is readily available via Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).  If one is not using Cloud Operating Systems such as OpenStack in private Cloud then setting up Database (procurement, setup, and administration) poses its own cost. Also a… Continue Reading →

In a very basic term, API is used to access and consume services. For example, electricity is a service and we receive electricity service via appropriate socket in the wall. Once connected to socket one can receive electricity (service), so socket… Continue Reading →

Business Process Management (BPM) technology is designed to improve enterprise processes, well I already have SOA based enterprise application then why would I need BPM? The answer lies in the processes, BPM is more suitable for complex processes and it… Continue Reading →

In the era of Cloud computing there is abundance of data centers hosting business applications. Decrease in Hardware costs makes it affordable to scale at very low cost. Due to emergence of SOA based business applications/products, isn’t it applauding to get subscription… Continue Reading →