Developer Advocate, OpenShift Evangelist

Ian Lawson

Ian 'Uther' Lawson was a software engineer in the real world for 20+ years before joining Red Hat as an Open Source fanatic. For the last 10 years he has been a Domain Solution Architect, talking to anyone and everyone about the brilliance of OpenShift and other Red Hat products. He now works as a Developer Advocate and gets to enthuse all the time.

Ian Lawson's contributions

Understand how to breakdown a monolith into Quarkus based microservices

Using API Management for applications during modernization

Rehosting, a cornerstone in the evolution of software development and deployment, has traditionally enabled the concurrent operation of multiple operating systems and applications on the same physical hardware. This approach, often employed through virtual machines (VMs), enhances efficiency, scalability, and resource utilization.

Modernization: Managing data during the process

Yashwanth Maheshwaram +1

April 12, 2024

Data refactoring unlocks the potential for adaptable, resilient applications. Consider these techniques when migrating monolithic applications to microservices.

Developers frequently work with monolithic applications. However, the popularity of these monolithic applications has waned due to their lack of flexibility. Scaling a specific component requires scaling the entire application. Transitioning to a microservice architecture, with modular, independently scalable units addresses these challenges and is well-suited for cloud environments. This article focuses on moving a monolithic application, exemplified by a Java™-based e-commerce app called Pedal, to the cloud, offering guidance for this complex task.