eBook
Microservices Unleashed: Evolving Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud at Lower Cost, Risk, and Complexity
Brad Murdoch, EVP, Strategy and Product, Lightbend, Inc.
Gerard Maas, Senior Software Engineer at Lightbend, Inc.
Stavros Kontopoulos, Senior Software Engineer at Lightbend, Inc.

Audience: IT Executives and Enterprise Architects
Technical level: Introductory
While microservices have many benefits on their own, there are many challenges to building them at scale. Having a way to build systems of microservices uniformly and effectively is an essential element of any enterprise’s cloud migration strategy.
Built on a few core principles, Reactive microservices enable teams to deliver scalable, self-healing systems with the right persistence strategies in place for handling unexpected issues gracefully in the cloud—all while delivering digital services and software to customers at reduced cost, risk, and complexity.
In this ebook, you’ll explore how to unleash the full power of the cloud with Reactive microservices, including what this technology is, what it does, and the business value it can bring to your company. You’ll also discover:
- Key principles that define a Reactive microservice
- How Reactive microservices can reduce IT costs
- Real-world customer stories from Fortune 100 companies