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Our thoughts on applying technology for Digital Government. The topics include DevOps, Cloud, Security and Modernization.Why IT Modernization?
73% of IT leaders believe that centralized/integrated technology systems must be a priority. Economic activities are taking place digitally constituting great challenges for the IT department. The IT department has to not only oversee the daily computer operations,...
read moreWhy companies like Netflix, Uber, and Amazon are moving towards Microservices
In case you have been living under a rock, let us break the news for you- Monolith is out, and now most internet companies have moved towards microservice architecture including Netflix, Uber, Amazon, and Apple. There were many reasons for the shift, but the most...
read more5 reasons why you may want to stick with a Monolithic architecture
Microservices and distributed computing have become the new buzz word among DevOps. Everyone wants to migrate their architecture to microservices, mostly because it is the new trend. Because of that, monolithic applications seem more like a burden on cloud computing....
read moreBreaking Down a Monolithic Application: Microservices vs. Self-Contained Systems
In modern architecture, monolithic architecture and applications have become a thing of the past, and every organization is moving forward to break them down. After all, moving away from monoliths is a logical decision since its more complicated and there are also...
read moreEverything you need to know about monitoring Kubernetes
It can be rather challenging for legacy monitoring tools to monitor ephemeral and fast moving environments like Kubernetes. The good news though is, there are many new solutions that can help you with this. When you are carrying out a monitoring operation for...
read moreMicroservices – Best Practices You Should Know
A new trend that we see in DevOps teams is the adoption of microservices, where big and complex applications are broken down into independent and small processes and services. These microservices can communicate with each other through application programming...
read moreDigital Transformation requires integrating cloud native services
Digital transformation is touching almost all industries. It is, in fact, interrupting business models and is expected to deliver $100 trillion of value over the next decade. Businesses are slowly transforming the ways they operate. They are going all out to drive...
read moreEstablishing Secure Continuous Delivery
As tools and technologies mature, and customers' needs continue to evolve, it becomes rather a norm to ensure constant development and deployment for products and services - aptly called 'continuous delivery.' Updates need to be rolled out consistently via a...
read moreBuilding Enterprise DevOps
The latest approach to Software Development (Dev) and operations (Ops), also known as DevOps, focuses on increasing efficiencies, raising quality, and reducing costs. It eliminates barriers, and bridges the gap between development, testing and operations. DevOps...
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IT Modernization – Start with basics
Economic activities are rapidly shifting to the digital; and to succeed and stay ahead in the competition, organizations must rework their designs, source, build and employ enterprise applications. The strategy which will push this business growth is 'IT...
read moreCloud Agnostic Kubernetes Deployments Are the Future
Kubernetes can help you with containerization and create a more modular infrastructure. But, if you want to achieve better scalability and flexibility, then it’s time to move your Kubernetes cluster to the cloud. The best part - Kubernetes is cloud agnostic, which...
read moreMicroservices: The building blocks of the digital government
Citizens all over the world now expect the government to provide better responsiveness, accessibility, and transparency in their services. In fact, the government is now expected to provide the same quality of services as the private sector. This was proven in a...
read moreModernizing government technology one service at a time
With the constant changes in technology, the government agencies are also now trying to find ways to modernize their IT systems and provide better services. The biggest hurdle are the age old legacy systems which don’t just require a lot of downtime for maintenance...
read moreOpenShift is the easiest way for enterprise Kubernetes adoption
Kubernetes is a part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) which helps handle containers seamlessly. It might have its own API and a command-line interface, but to implement it in production, you need extra tools by your side. There are mainly three ways...
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‘User Experience’ is vital for successful digital government services
What makes the Amazon shopping experience immensely satisfying? Or which characteristics of the augmented reality inspired game Pokémon Go excited people so much that it managed to add 500 million users in only 2 months! The answer lies in ultimate 'user experience,'...
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Can Microservices improve agility of government agencies?
Government mission evolve because of legislative and policy changes. Also, the citizens expectation of government services to evolve to match with other consumer services and be available where they are, in format they can easily consume. To alleviate such risks,...
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6 things to consider before starting Kubernetes implementation
A part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Kubernetes makes handling and working with containers on a web-scale seamless, and it’s also not stringent about the format or form of the container. It has a command line interface and an API of its own, which...
read more7 Key Elements of Digital Government Transfomation
Many government agencies are already using digital technologies like virtualization, cloud, mobility, and advanced data analytics for key areas to increase efficiency and save costs. Sporadic use of digital technologies does not bring forward transformative power....
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3 important implications of Blockchain
If you have been following the transformations in technology, it is possible that you have come across some information on the digital/crypto currencies floating in the market - Bitcoin, Ethereum etc. - and the technology supporting them - Blockchain. What is...
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Getting started with Blockchain implementation
According to experts, Blockchain is one of the most significant technologies to have emerged in the recent years. It is the technology behind Bitcoin, the most famous cryptocurrency in the market apart from Ethereum. Firms like IBM, Microsoft, Walmart etc. have been...
read moreWhy IT Modernization?
73% of IT leaders believe that centralized/integrated technology systems must be a priority. Economic activities are taking place digitally constituting great challenges for the IT department. The IT department has to not only oversee the daily computer operations,...
read moreWhy companies like Netflix, Uber, and Amazon are moving towards Microservices
In case you have been living under a rock, let us break the news for you- Monolith is out, and now most internet companies have moved towards microservice architecture including Netflix, Uber, Amazon, and Apple. There were many reasons for the shift, but the most...
read more5 reasons why you may want to stick with a Monolithic architecture
Microservices and distributed computing have become the new buzz word among DevOps. Everyone wants to migrate their architecture to microservices, mostly because it is the new trend. Because of that, monolithic applications seem more like a burden on cloud computing....
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