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    Home » Sections » IT services » Creating endurance through modernised applications

    Creating endurance through modernised applications

    Promoted | LSD Open's Deon Stroebel writes on the power of Kubernetes, observability, public cloud and event-driven architectures.
    By LSD Open17 October 2023
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    In a digital age characterised by unprecedented change, enterprises must place endurance at the forefront of their strategy. Endurance is no longer about sheer might but rather adaptability, resilience and reliability.

    As large enterprises continue their journey towards digital maturity, the modernisation of applications stands out as a critical pillar.

    This modernisation leverages a mix of technologies — from Kubernetes and observability tools to the public cloud and event-driven architectures like Kafka. Here’s how these pieces come together to ensure enduring digital platforms.

    Kubernetes: the orchestration dynamo

    Modern businesses demand agility. Your applications need the ability to scale, evolve and self-heal, all while maintaining operational efficiency. Kubernetes, the renowned container orchestration tool, offers precisely this.

    By containerising applications, you’re inherently making them more modular and manageable. Kubernetes takes this a notch higher by ensuring these containers are orchestrated seamlessly, whether you’re deploying, scaling or managing their lifecycle. For enterprises, this translates to applications that can gracefully handle high-traffic demands, roll out updates without downtime, and recover faster from potential issues.

    Observability: the lens into digital health

    Endurance is as much about prevention as it is about recovery. Observability tools give businesses the ability to understand their digital operations at an unmatched depth. This isn’t just monitoring – it’s a holistic understanding of the internal state of a system derived from external outputs.

    Consider an athlete. Merely monitoring heart rate doesn’t give a full picture. It’s essential to observe muscle fatigue, hydration levels and mental state. Similarly, enterprises need insights into application performance, user interactions, system health and more. Observability ensures you’re not flying blind, enabling proactive issue detection, efficient troubleshooting and optimising the overall user experience.

    This includes application logs, performance monitoring (APM), traces and more.

    Public cloud: the elastic backbone

    Public clouds such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure provide an infrastructure platform that’s both scalable and resilient. For enterprises aiming for endurance, the cloud offers several advantages:

    • Scalability: On-demand resources mean your applications can scale seamlessly with demand, without massive upfront capital expenses.
    • Resilience: Built-in redundancy, across geographical zones, ensures high availability and disaster recovery.
    • Innovation: The continuous evolution of cloud services means enterprises can leverage cutting-edge technologies without internal R&D.

    Moreover, when combined with Kubernetes, enterprises get a potent mix: a reliable cloud infrastructure and an efficient orchestration layer. This combination ensures applications are not only scalable but also resilient.

    Event-driven architectures: the reflex system

    In a complex digital landscape, events such as data changes, system updates and user actions are constant. How your applications respond to these events can significantly impact endurance. Event-driven architectures (EDA), especially with platforms like Kafka, offer a solution.

    EDA fosters an environment where microservices or components of an application react in real time to events. Kafka, a distributed streaming platform, efficiently manages these events, ensuring data integrity and timely action. For businesses, this means:

    • Real-time responsiveness: Applications can instantly react to changes, offering dynamic user experiences.
    • Decoupling: Components operate independently, enhancing resilience. If one service fails, it doesn’t cascade across your system.
    • Efficiency: Event-driven systems often require fewer resources than traditional polling systems, ensuring optimal utilisation.

    Synergy for endurance

    No single technology can guarantee endurance. It’s the synergy among Kubernetes, observability tools, public cloud platforms and EDA that creates a robust foundation. As enterprises continue to mature digitally, embracing this synergy is not just an option, it’s imperative for longevity in a competitive landscape.

    In essence, modernisation is about weaving endurance into the digital fabric of an enterprise, and with the right tools and approach, businesses can not only endure but also thrive amid the rapid tides of change.

    • The author, Deon Stroebel, is chief commercial officer at LSD Open
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