With the rise of multiple cloud platforms and various Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products, there has been a paradigm shift in the integration of architecture patterns. Concepts and patterns that might have been relevant a few years back do not make much impact now because of changes in the infrastructure and software market. This has been seen in the digital transformation paths of many enterprises. Organizations are taking advantage of machine learning, big data platforms, and serverless features (such as Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps), and are moving to more granular microservice-based models of application design. Such application designs allow organizations to have real-time customer interactions and offer a better service model where further innovation is concerned.
As organizations move closer to the cloud with next...