How to get from monolithic architectures to modern Micro-Services with existing enterprise-class E-Commerce Technology and enable powerful APIs

1. Workshop: From Monoliths to Micro-Services
Organizational Requirements
Desktop Tablet Mobile POS Other
APIDays - Berlin - 2015
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2. ★ Offices in Munich, Berlin and
New York
About commercetools
★ Founded 2006
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★ 60+ experts in Europe and North America

3. How to shift away from
monolithic architectures?
Answer: De-Coupling
and Micro-Services
through the power of
APIs

4. Monolithic architectures run most E-Commerce solutions
Integrations
DB(s)
Applications
Presentation Layer
Frontend Logic
Monolithic Architectures have their advantages
‣ initially less complex technical setup
‣ less technical know how required (no devops, security etc.)
but they don’t reflect todays demands
‣ short release cycles
‣ multiple (and changing channels)
‣ reusability of functionality

5. Integrations
DB(s)
Applications
Presentation Layer
Frontend Logic
De-Coupling with Micro-Services and APIs (simplified)

6. Integrations
MicroService
Products
Search
Catalog
Prices
Stock
Webshop Presentation Layer
Frontend Logic
De-Coupling with Micro-Services and APIs (simplified)
App Logic
App UI
MicroService
Customers
Users
Addresses
Groups
MicroService
Orders
Carts
Shipping
Payment
Orders

7. Site Landing Product Discovery Product Presentation Checkout Fulfillment
Platform Infrastructure
Landing Pages
Customers
Static Content Search
Recom-
mendation
Search Persona-
lization
Navigation
Product
Information
Media
Categories Discounts
Prices
Cart Wishlist
Order Creation Payment
Order Mgmt Stock
InvoicingDelivery
Options
Authenti- cation &
Authorization
E-Mail &
Notifications
Session Logging
Monitoring &
Metrics
BI & Analytics …
E-Commerce Micro Services Platform Example
Example Target Architecture for Micro Services
What do I need in my organization to get there?

8. Site Landing Product Discovery Product Presentation Checkout Fulfillment
Platform Infrastructure
Landing Pages
Customers
Static Content Search
Recom-
mendation
Search Persona-
lization
Navigation
Product
Information
Media
Categories Discounts
Prices
Cart Wishlist
Order Creation Payment
Order Mgmt Stock
InvoicingDelivery
Options
Authenti- cation &
Authorization
E-Mail &
Notifications
Session Logging
Monitoring &
Metrics
BI & Analytics …
E-Commerce Micro Services Platform Example
PIM CM OM Marketing Int. Analytics
Inventory
Shipping
Integration
REST API
ERP CMS BI Other
commercetools SPHERE.IO platform delivers the Micro-Service Architecture

9. SPHERE.IO includes
> 99,8 % SLA
< 100 ms
REST-API

10. SPHERE.IO OFFERS AN EASY TO USE BACKEND
INTERFACE WITH PIM AND CATALOG FEATURES
Product Information Management

11. 👤
CENTRALCUSTOMER MANAGEMENT
ACROSS ALLCHANNELS
Customer Management

12. 💳
✈
ACCEPT AND PROCESS ORDERS FROM
ANYWHERE: WEBSHOP, MOBILE APPS, POS, …
Order Management

13. SPHERE API
API USPs:
‣ High performant (<100ms response
time)
‣ High availability (99,9+% measured
availability)
‣ Highest industry SLA (99,8% min)
‣ Global CDN

14. PHP
JAVA NODE.JS
RUBY
IOS
…
THE SPHERE.IO API ENABLES DEVELOPERS TO USE THEIR PREFERRED
FRAMEWORKS AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

15. Highlights
‣ 100+ Releases per year
‣ 99,99% uptime
‣ 1,000+ Features
‣ Worldwide User Base (China,
South Africa,Australia, USA,
Germany, Poland, Italy, ...)
‣ Global scalable platform
‣ Supports more than 40 PSPs and
Akquirer world-wide
‣ Easiest to use commerce
platform for developers and
merchants

16. Internationalization
‣ Localized Merchant Center
‣ Unlimited languages for product
translations
‣ Localizable objects
‣ Currencies
‣ Taxes
‣ Shipping
‣ Payment
‣ Pricing

17. Product Management
‣ PIM capabilities
‣ Flexible product classifications
‣ Catalog management
‣ Staging functionality
‣ Flexible pricing for currencies,
countries and user groups
‣ Multi-Language
‣ Configurable products
‣ Powerful search API

18. Integration
‣ Open Rest API
‣ CSV/JSON Import/Export
‣ SFTP Support
‣ Drag&Drop Integration
Marketplace (elastic.io)
‣ Ready to go Connectors to ERP
and CRM offerings

19. Thank you
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