"I don't want technology to be a constraint": Why The Very Group is shifting to microservices

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"There's nothing wrong with monoliths, but it can inhibit your velocity," says Very Group CIO Matt Grest
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"There's nothing wrong with monoliths, but it can inhibit your velocity," says Very Group CIO Matt Grest

It's no longer a surprise to hear about sweeping digital transformation programmes.

Even before the pandemic, being in the cloud made so much sense; and the last two years have forced even the last legacy holdouts to come to terms with the need to modernise. It's less common to...

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