JOURNAL ARTICLE

Microservices Architecture Enables DevOps: Migration to a Cloud-Native Architecture

Armin BalalaieAbbas HeydarnooriPooyan Jamshidi

Year: 2016 Journal:   IEEE Software Vol: 33 (3)Pages: 42-52   Publisher: IEEE Computer Society

Abstract

This article reports on experiences and lessons learned during incremental migration and architectural refactoring of a commercial mobile back end as a service to microservices architecture. It explains how the researchers adopted DevOps and how this facilitated a smooth migration.

Keywords:
Microservices DevOps Code refactoring Computer science Architecture Cloud computing Software engineering Software architecture Service-oriented architecture Software deployment World Wide Web Software Operating system Web service

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700
Cited By
68.07
FWCI (Field Weighted Citation Impact)
16
Refs
1.00
Citation Normalized Percentile
Is in top 1%
Is in top 10%

Citation History

Topics

Software System Performance and Reliability
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Networks and Communications
Cloud Computing and Resource Management
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Information Systems
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Networks and Communications

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