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ESB versus Data Microservices

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In monolithic applications, an ESB connects all the features and functionality of each application run interdependently within a single instance. The monolith contains all of the code for each of the functions and services it performs.

Monoliths start small, but as requirements grow, development teams add new features on top of each. This happens until the monolith becomes interdependent, complex and difficult to untangle. This interdependence is problematic when making upgrades or changes. The code from different development teams working on different areas of the application invariably conflicts and collides. Ultimately, this happens until it’s impossible to manage application improvements.

Eventually, it’s necessary to recode the entire application from scratch. Doing this is costly and could detract from other business priorities. Alternatively, you can dismantle the monolith into its component parts, and create a microservices architecture.

A microservice-oriented architecture is different because the application exists as a network of small, autonomously running services. These loosely coupled microservices communicate with each other to create the larger application.

In this way, the microservices application is a honeycomb of “pluggable” services. They allow you to quickly develop, add, or remove features without affecting the larger whole.

Key takeaway: The microservices application architecture breaks down the traditional, monolithic application into its component parts because doing this allows them to run securely, and independently from each other. This provides a more agile framework for enterprise IT infrastructures because you can quickly, and inexpensively make adjustments to your suite of services in response to changing business requirements.

MDM versus Data Microservices

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MDM solutions focus on providing a single source of truth to serve as a back-office for the data processes and on taking care of the data quality and consistency. They however do not always deliver that data to areas where it can support real-time business decisions and help companies respond to customer needs as these monolithic processes are difficult to change without impacting many existing systems.

Data Microservices, such as Hivity Core® Microservices, focus on delivering data to where it’s needed, when it’s needed, helping you leverage data as a strategic asset and create a competitive advantage. Data Microservices allow to break down the traditional, monolithic application into components and run them securely, and independently from each other. This provides a much more agile framework because you can quickly, and inexpensively make adjustments to your suite of services in response to changing business requirements.

Agile businesses need agile data

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At the heart of your enterprise architecture lies your data — data about your customers, your products, your processes, etc. To serve your organization as a strategic asset, your data need to be well structured, documented, organized and readily available to the people and applications that need it, when they need it.

Hivity Core® Microservices enable you to build an agile architecture that lets you adapt to a continuously changing business environment and respond to evolving customer expectations.