Essential Guides

TechTarget editors have curated a collection of “essential” articles on key IT topics. These articles have been packaged into guides which offer our readers comprehensive, problem solving content to help inform and guide their research.

An essential guide to software container usability and management

Like many development technologies, containers are becoming both more usable and more complex. This guide will walk you through changes in containers and their latest usability. Continue Reading
The world of microservices and container technologies

Microservices and containers are gaining in popularity, promising to improve app development processes, resource management and more. Learn the facts about this technology. Continue Reading

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A guide to open source technology in application development

The open source community continuously adapts to address the latest application development and deployment needs of organizations large and small. What can these tools do for you? Continue Reading
The enterprise architect's guide to application state management

If your project is caught in a state-related conundrum, keep this guide handy when you need to untangle complex stateful and stateless app design and management predicaments. Continue Reading
The vital guide to modern programming languages and their uses

Get to know programming languages that match modern development styles and architectures like mobile dev, serverless computing and microservices. Continue Reading
An essential guide to iPaaS management and vendors

Before committing to iPaaS, understand the landscape. This guide takes a look at how iPaaS works, the vendor considerations and the essential components of an integration strategy. Continue Reading
How serverless works to usher in a new era of applications

Dive into this architecture-centric guide on serverless computing that includes API management tips and advice on when to implement serverless microservices designs. Continue Reading
An architect's guide to microservices security

Whether you're new to distributed architecture or well underway with deployment, this guide on microservices security covers the basics through advanced tooling and strategies. Continue Reading
Assess and select the right application monitoring tools

Select the most effective APM platform for your application environment by examining what leading vendors offer for monitoring, reporting and analysis features. Continue Reading
Guide: Application development and DevOps security

This essential guide covers DevOps security tools and how security is becoming more and more necessary in order to avoid application development vulnerabilities. Continue Reading
An guide to modern microservices management

Microservices management can be a struggle for even the most advanced developer. Learn how to prepare and deploy an architecture and strategies for avoiding disaster along the way. Continue Reading
A guide to modern mobile application development strategies

While some fly high with their mobile applications, others struggle to get off the ground. This guide takes a look at the tools and techniques that can solidify mobile development. Continue Reading
Taking a look at today's API management services and strategies

API management services are experiencing a significant transformation due to vendor acquisitions and constant changes in strategy. Find out what this means for your enterprise. Continue Reading
Discover the advantages API management platforms offer organizations

This guide examines the increasing popularity and importance of API management tools and how adopting one greatly benefits not just development staff, but entire organizations. Continue Reading
Choose the best application modernization services for your business

There is a range of methods and tools that organizations can use to modernize legacy software. PaaS? Containers? See which application modernization services suit you best. Continue Reading
The API lifecycle: A look at planning to production

APIs are important, but there is no reason to jump in blindly to their development. This guide will help you learn about the API planning, development and post-production processes. Continue Reading
SOA tutorial: Trends, governance and the microservice impact

How should we think about SOA today? Is it going the way of the dinosaur, or experiencing a second wind of usability that just requires a little tweaking? We explore in this guide. Continue Reading
Essential Guide: The latest on enterprise architecture strategy

What enterprise architecture management issues do you face? Below is a collection of all things enterprise architecture strategy, from new trends to advice to mobile development. Continue Reading
Get up to speed with BPM news, apps, tools and strategies

Organizations need to have strong business process and business rules management strategies in place. This guide goes over some of the latest news and expert advice on BPM and BRM. Continue Reading
API integration tutorial: Latest trends and strategies

Learn about API trends in security, testing, design and B2B strategies in this essential guide. Continue Reading
Application integration software: A buyer's guide

This buyer's guide can help you determine your business needs so you can find the right type of application integration software for your company. Continue Reading
News from JavaOne 2015

Get the latest updates from JavaOne 2015 as the conference is happening. This guide covers the highlights from this year's annual conference. Continue Reading
Guide to app modernization: Moving from legacy apps

Learn why enterprises are moving away from legacy applications and toward app modernization. Continue Reading
Guide to mobile 2015: What is new?

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Enterprise architect's guide to optimal BPM workflow

Learn how to maximize BPM workflow in this guide. Get advice from experts, plus a glossary of important terms. Continue Reading
Guide to app portfolio management and legacy modernization

Read about app portfolio assessment and legacy migration. Plus, watch videos and take a quiz on app modernization. Continue Reading
Enterprise architect's guide to API best practices and trends

Learn about latest advancements and API best practices in this guide. Get a primer on design strategies and a glossary of must-know terms. Continue Reading
Guide to enterprise mobile app development and SOA

This guide serves as a primer for building enterprise mobile apps, including tools, trends and strategies. Continue Reading
Using old apps? New approaches for application modernization

This guide delves into various application modernization approaches that will help keep old apps useful. Continue Reading
Maximizing and managing big data with SOA middleware

This guide provides expert advice on using the SOA-data relationship to manage big data and data hierarchies. Continue Reading
Guide: When and how to use REST

This guide goes over RESTful APIs and basic scenarios where REST should be used instead of SOAP. Continue Reading

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