Modernizing Your Aging ArchitectureMichael Facemire, Principal Analyst

June 24, 2015

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Opportunity & Challenges

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Enterprise Mobility Challenges

Backend

Integration/Federation

Channel

Security

Client-side

Development

Delivery & Organization Challenges

MAM

MD

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API ?

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Software — approaching a zero-day event!D

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Zero-day

2-4 months

12-18 months

Heritage Architecture

Modular Architecture

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AP

I Layer

Delivery Layer

Where is the experience created?

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

V 1.0 (MVP)

V 1.2.2V 1.2V 1.2.1

Regression + Emergency Patch

New OS version released

V 2.0V 2.1

Features +Defect fixes

Regular Internal Sprint Cycle + Beta Testing (2 weeks)

A Typical Mobile App Release Schedule

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Are You Experienced?

User Experience

Performance

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The Enterprise Backend Challenge

SOAP XML-RPC REST SQL MQ

Systems

Of

Record

RESTJSON OAUTH

Mobile Devices, Internet of Things, M2M

LOB Apps Directory CMS CRM

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Architecture Discussion

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Let’s Learn From Our Mistakes

Business

Application

Business

Application

Business

Application

Static

HTML!! Servlets!! XML +

XSLT!!

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Mobile Integration Value

Business

Application

Business

Application

Business

Application

RESTful API Layer

Mobile SDK/Libraries

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Current Web Implementations Are Broken

Today’s Web Reality Mobile’s Requirements

Agility The application layer is hard-coded to the data and presentation layers

Dynamically composed services that support contextual experiences

Scalability Services cannot rise and fall with changing demand

Distributed deployment for performance and rapid scaling

Flexibility Monolithic solutions, not a composition of best-of-breed offerings

Loosely coupled components to support wireless clients aggregated services

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Four-tier Architecture

Services

Aggregation

Delivery

Client

3rd Party Apps

DB CRM ERP

Web Services/ESBExternalServices

Content Cache & Optimization

Content Transformation

Mobile GlassWearables

Service Aggregation/Federation

Identity Federation

Security Endpoint

Protocol Transformation

M2M

Business PartnerServicesMaintain Velocity & Modularity

Elastic & Rapid Development

Granular & Rapid Content Delivery

Every Front-end Channel

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CRMLOB Apps CMS Directory

Service API

Aggregation Tier In Detail

Service API

Service API

Service API

Service API

Service API

Aggregation Tier A

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ierFederated Access Layer

Business Process API

Business Process API

Business Process APIBusiness

Process API

Delivery TierClient Tier

App 1 App 2

Eng

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Con

text

Ser

vice

sBusiness

Intelligence

Analytics

Role-based

Access

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Paradigm Transformation

Model

View

Controller Model

View

ControllerTightly Coupled

Disconnected,

Asynchronous

YESTERDAY TOMORROW

Multiple Canonical Models

Asynchronous Boundaries

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Moving From This…

UI Presentation LayerHTML/JavaScript/CSS

UI Generation LayerJava/.Net

Business LogicJava/.Net

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To This!

UI Presentation LayerHTML/JavaScript/CSS

UI Generation Layer

Business LogicJava/Scala/.Net

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Performance And Scale Matter

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Composition is the Future

V C

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Start at the bottom

Services

Aggregation

DB CRM ERP

Web Services/ESBExternalServices

Service Aggregation/Federation

Identity Federation

Security Endpoint

Protocol Transformation

Business PartnerServices

• Create all new services with a consumable API.• Investigate API solutions for existing services.• Hint: Application modernization budgets can help!

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Online Services

IoT

Retail

Education

Technology

Social

Media

Finance

Who has succeeded in architecture modernization?Source: Typesafe

Modernize with Proven TechnologySource: Typesafe

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Conversions up 20%Mobile orders up 98%

Achieved > 10x performance improvement…on the same hardware

Reduced code base by 99% from 479,000 to 5,000 lines

Improved elasticity to handle 100X increase in traffic

Modernized from monolithto microservices

Radically simplified toolset and architecture freed developers to

deliver rapid innovation

How they did it:Typesafe Project Success Subscription (PSS)

• Full Lifecycle Support• Access to our engineering team; Best practices

• Support Service Level Agreements (SLAs)• Up to 1 hour 24/7 SLA

• Certified Build• Validated integrations; Backwards compatible patches

• Training and Consulting• Commercial Licensing Options• Ongoing Knowledge Transfer• Developer Recruitment and Speaking Opportunities

Thank you

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Michael Facemire+1 617.613.6675mfacemire@forrester.com@ASocialFace