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A service mesh is an emerging architecture for dynamically linking to one another the chunks of server-side applications -- most notably, the microservices -- that collectively form an application.

Here's what you need to know about Istio, Google's open source service mesh platform for managing data sharing between microservices in a network. Microservices architectures solve some problems but ...

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One of the shifts occurring in IT under the banner of digital transformation is the breaking down of large, monolithic applications into microservices—small, discrete units of functionality—that run ...

Applications that rely on microservices put demands on data-center infrastructure and personnel, but the service mesh can optimize routing requests between microservices without constant human ...

The rise of containers has led to the microservices paradigm, where software is developed and deployed as fine-grained services. Multiple services work in tandem to deliver the expected functionality ...

A service mesh is a layer of IT infrastructure that controls service-to-service communication over a network to enable separate parts of an application to communicate with each other. It is often used ...

“I believe that in the long term, the distinction between service meshes and mesh VPNs will blur, as both products are working to solve the problem of moving packets securely and privately between ...