The African technology industry is on the rise. But there is a common perception that there is a shortage of tech talent on the continent. But is this perception accurate? In this article, we will explore the current state of the African tech talent landscape. Is scarce or limited? It’ll Read more…
Core banking systems are the backbone of modern financial institutions, and as technology evolves, so do the solutions available. In this article, we will compare traditional and microservices-based core banking platforms, highlighting their features, benefits, and drawbacks. We will also provide guidance on which solution may be the best fit Read more…
Introduction When it comes to discussing Open Banking, Open APIs in Banking, BIAN APIs, and Banking as a Service, it’s important to understand that these are all different concepts that relate to the same singular idea of giving third parties access to a bank’s data and/or functionality so they Read more…
Photo credit: freepik.com by author Luckystep Kubernetes, often referred to as the “cloud operating system,” is an open-source platform for managing clusters of containerized applications and services. Kubernetes was developed by Google engineers Joe Beda, Brendan Burns, and Craig McLuckie in 2014 and released as open source shortly thereafter. Kubernetes Read more…
A cloud ☁️ database can optimize your business’s virtualised computing 🖥️ environment. Improved agility and innovation can help your business unlock greater value. 📈 Source : @forbes
In the competition between Virtual Machines and Containers, the containers seem to be winning. And there’s a good for that. Containers use something called ‘Virtualization’. But, what is Virtualization? Well, virtualization is a concept that lets a single machine be divided into multiple machines virtually. These virtual machines run in Read more…
The Strangler Pattern entails building a new system around the borders of an existing one and allowing it to develop slowly over time until the previous system is, quite aptly put, ‘strangled’.
Automating the core business processes is a difficult thing to achieve. 💯
Snap Inc. took on the challenge of migrating to Kubernetes! They went all the way from monolith to microservices. Their objectives were clear: Centralized management of services + Enhanced Security. To achieve these, they used a lot of tools available for Kubernetes. Kubernetes has a lot of room for customization Read more…