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Migrating monolithic software systems into microservices requires the application of decomposition techniquesto find and select appropriate service boundaries. These techniques are often based on domain knowledge, static code analysis, and…
Microservices bring various benefits to software systems. They also bring decentralization and lose coupling across self-contained system parts. Since these systems likely evolve in a decentralized manner, they need to be monitored to…
One of the most challenging problems in the migration of a monolith to a microservices architecture is the identification of the microservices boundaries. Several approaches have been recently proposed for the automatic identification of…
Migrating from monolithic systems into microservice is a very complex task. Companies are commonly decomposing the monolithic system manually, analyzing dependencies of the monolith and then assessing different decomposition options. The…
Microservices are supporting digital transformation; however, fundamental tools and system perspectives are missing to better observe, understand, and manage these systems, their properties, and their dependencies. Microservices…
While the recently emerged Microservices architectural style is widely discussed in literature, it is difficult to find clear guidance on the process of refactoring legacy applications. The importance of the topic is underpinned by high…
Software modernisation through the migration from monolithic architectures to microservices has become increasingly critical, yet identifying effective service boundaries remains a complex and unresolved challenge. Although numerous…
While Microservices are a preferred choice for modern cloud-based applications, the migration and architectural refactoring of existing legacy systems is still a major challenge in industry. To address this, academia has proposed many…
Architecture recovery tools help software engineers obtain an overview of their software systems during all phases of the software development lifecycle. This is especially important for microservice applications because their distributed…
The microservices architectural style is widely favored for its scalability, reusability, and easy maintainability, prompting increased adoption by developers. However, transitioning from a monolithic to a microservices-based architecture…
Microservice architecture refers to the use of numerous small-scale and independently deployed services, instead of encapsulating all functions into one monolith. It has been a challenge in software engineering to decompose a monolithic…
Monolithic applications are being decomposed to a microservices architecture, aiming to improve maintainability, performance and modularization. Although such decompositions have now been widely carried out in the industry, little is…
In migrating production workloads to cloud, enterprises often face the daunting task of evolving monolithic applications toward a microservice architecture. At IBM, we developed a tool called Mono2Micro to assist with this challenging task.…
In recent years, microservice architecture has become a popular architectural style in software engineering, with its natural support for DevOps and continuous delivery, as well as its scalability and extensibility, which drive industry…
Microservice system solutions are driving digital transformation; however, fundamental tools and system perspectives are missing to better observe, understand, and manage these systems, their properties, and their dependencies.…
As organizations increasingly transition from monolithic systems to microservices, they aim to achieve higher availability, automatic scaling, simplified infrastructure management, enhanced collaboration, and streamlined deployments.…
Architecture recovery tools help software engineers obtain an overview of the structure of their software systems during all phases of the software development life cycle. This is especially important for microservice applications because…
Context. Re-architecting monolithic systems with Microservices-based architecture is a common trend. Various companies are migrating to Microservices for different reasons. However, making such an important decision like re-architecting an…
Recent research has proposed different approaches on the automated identification of candidate microservices on monolith systems, which vary on the monolith representation, similarity criteria, and quality metrics used. On the other hand,…
Microservices fuel cloud-native systems with small service sets developed and deployed independently. The independent nature of this modular architecture also leads to challenges and gaps. The intended system design might deviate far from…