API & Microservices

Traditionally, to improve a business process or to facilitate better customer service, most organizations relied on monolithic application suites to elevate business processes. These implementations were quite effort-intensive and disruptive. Moreover, the inclusion of new functionality was highly dependent on the vendor’s upgrade schedule rather than the organization’s own evolving business needs.

The emergence of microservices architecture and APIs has changed it all. Now, instead of writing one large ‘monolithic’ block of code for an application, developers adopt microservices approach which allows the same functionalities to be delivered in the form of discrete lightweight services. These interact with the business through a set of well-defined APIs. APIs enable enterprises to increase the touchpoints of their products and services. This approach works very well as it enables smaller changes to be delivered incrementally; quick and easy introduction of new features and functionalities; thereby speeding up delivery and avoiding major disruptions in services.

Thus, for enterprises with rich legacy landscape, making rapid organizational, technical, and cultural shifts; microservices and APIs are indeed the gateways for scalable and agile digital transformation in a truly non-intrusive manner.