Microservices are the current hype in the software architecture community. However, microservices can be used in many different scenarios to reach different goals. Self-contained Systems (SCS) represent one approach to achieving some of those goals while avoiding many common pitfalls.

Taking the microservices approach can mean adding a serious workload. So what’s the incentive? Architecture consultant Eberhard Wolff lists all the reasons why a microservices approach is worth the extra effort.

Eberhard Wolff continues his examination of why we need to revise the role of Java application server in deployment, devops and microservices.

There. We said it. Don’t believe us? Eberhard Wolff checks for a pulse and shows us why we need to blow some life into the application server.

“The market for Cloud solutions for Java applications remains very exciting.”