Should my organization invest in an ecommerce microservices architecture? [VIDEO]

The number of emerging touchpoints through which businesses engage customers is growing at a rapid pace. New business models are evolving and as exciting as that may be, there is a lot of disruption flowing as business and IT systems become more complex. 

In this quick video, Jamus Driscoll discusses the new era of digital commerce and how ecommerce microservices are playing a big role in digital transformation. By leveraging microservices, brands and retailers are now able to deliver experiences beyond traditional browser-based shopping. 

Brands and retailers are able to adapt quickly to consumer-driven expectations with a microservices architecture when it comes to digital commerce.

Legacy commerce systems aren’t positioned to alleviate this rapid change as they were initially built to deliver a webstore-only experience and are very limited in how they support new channels. Monolithic platforms that are in use today are tightly coupled systems that often lack API layers to enable quick touchpoint onboarding and business logic unification across channels. 

Due to this lack of flexibility and scalability, organizations often look to new commerce platform solutions that offer an API-first strategy and a microservices architecture as their saving grace. But does that make sense for all organizations?

Before embarking on your next digital transformation project, you need to put the business goals at the starting point for any technology, architectural or vendor decisions. 

We previously published a three-part series on microservices to lay the groundwork to help organizations and developers determine if microservices architecture is right for their business. The series outlines what processes and practices are needed to support microservices for digital commerce, in addition to the benefits and difficulties of a microservices architecture. 

Leveraging microservices for your business, Part 1: Why microservices matter
This article breakdowns the true definition of what are microservices and why you might consider them.

Leveraging microservices for your business, Part 2: The good and the bad
This article highlights the benefits and difficulties with a microservice architecture.

Leveraging microservices for your business, Part 3: The backend for frontend pattern is not your friend
This article addresses one of the most critical challenges microservice implementations face, the backend for frontend pattern.