Business Impact: Before and After Microservice-Based APIs

IBM, UNISYS, HP, Digital, Siemens, Honeywell — Big global brands still depend on their legacy systems.
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Using data storage and access methods — like VSAM, IDMS, IMS, DB2, Oracle, and ADABAS — to store and rapidly access data through mission and business-critical applications are written in COBOL, Assembler, Fortran, ADS, RPG, and Natural, these business giants now find themselves unable to stay on the cutting edge in terms of speeding delivery of innovative digital channels and applications.

When you have legacy systems and must cater to customers and prospects that are heavily reliant on digital services delivered via mobile or Web, you need to find a way to close that gap between old technology and modern demands. The answer is microservices.