Microservices could have won the buzzword of the year for 2014. There were countless presentations, conference talks and articles on the Web regarding the subject. However, few organisations use microservices, many people talk about it, but a general FUD remains that clouds how people perceive, and thus adopt, the technology.Companies like Nike, Netflix and Twitter pioneered microservices adoption. Last year, during the AWS re:Invent conference, Nike’s story was widely shared and referenced as an example of a potential disruptive technology to the enterprise.

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