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New Book Review: "Future Legends"

New book review for Future Legends: Business in Hyper-Dynamic Markets, by Janka Krings-Klebe, Joachim Heinz, and Jörg Schreiner, 2017, reposted here: Just recently, I read a post submitted to a professional forum that someone had written on the subject of agility and why agility is not really what organizations need

New Book Review: "Pricing Done Right"

New book review for Pricing Done Right: The Pricing Framework Proven Successful by the World's Most Profitable Companies, by Tim J. Smith, Wiley (Bloomberg Press), 2016, reposted here: As the author (founder and CEO of Wiglaf Pricing) mentions at the outset, every offering of a given firm and

New Book Review: "Next Generation Databases"

New book review for Next Generation Databases: NoSQL, NewSQL, and Big Data, by Guy Harrison, Apress, 2015, reposted here: Since it had been about 4 years since I read a database survey book entitled "Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement"

New Book Review: "Microservices vs. Monoliths"

New book review for Microservices vs. Monoliths: The Reality Beyond the Hype, by Chris Richardson, Dan Haywood, Mike Gehard, Matt McLarty, Mark Little, and Adrian Cockcroft, C4Media (Publisher of InfoQ.com), 2017, reposted here: This book brings together several previously published articles, blog posts, and presentations by individuals who have

New Book Review: "Spring Microservices"

New book review for Spring Microservices, by Rajesh RV, Packt Publishing, 2016, reposted here: The mix of theory and practice that this book provides is among the best I have ever run across, although those looking to potentially work through this book should be aware that a number of issues

New Book Review: "Migrating to Microservice Databases"

New book review for Migrating to Microservice Databases: From Relational Monolith to Distributed Data, by Edson Yanaga, O'Reilly, 2017, reposted here: This book addresses a much-needed topic in microservices architecture: the database in the context of microservices. However, after reading several other books on microservices architecture, I found

New Book Review: "Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture"

New book review for Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture, by Mark Richards, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: Unlike some other books focused on microservices architecture, Richards specifically investigates microservices architecture in the context of service-oriented architecture (SOA) that came to dominate the technology industry circa 2005. As the author explains

New Book Review: "Reactive Microservices Architecture"

New book review for Reactive Microservices Architecture: Design Principles for Distributed Systems, by Jonas Bonér, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: This text provides an introductory look at Reactive microservices architecture, written by Jonas Bonér, co-author of the Reactive Manifesto. After a brief look at the general concept of microservices,

New Book Review: "Introduction to Apache Flink"

New book review for Introduction to Apache Flink: Stream Processing for Real Time and Beyond, by Ellen Friedman and Kostas Tzoumas, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: Good effort on the first (and currently only) book available on Apache Flink. As the authors comment in the introductory pages, the purpose

New Book Review: "Microservices AntiPatterns and Pitfalls"

New book review for Microservices AntiPatterns and Pitfalls, by Mark Richards, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: As explained in the preface, the intention of the author is to introduce several of the more common antipatterns and pitfalls that emerge when using microservices. The goal here is to help readers