Owen Garrett, Head of Products @NGINX, talks about some of the biggest challenges companies are facing transitioning from monoliths to microservices. He describes the proxy model (Kubernetes-Ingress controller model), delves into why and when you might need to use a service mesh and reviews the various service mesh products on the market today.  Finally, he introduces NGINX Unit, a dynamic web and application server – configured via API – that is designed to run applications in multiple languages. https://unit.nginx.org/	

Owen Garrett leads the product and go-to-market strategy for NGINX’s web acceleration and application delivery technologies. Owen has over 15 years of experience in software engineering and product leadership at companies such as Zeus and Riverbed, and holds a number of patents in the field.

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Owen Garrett: Pragmatic Microservices, Service Mesh, and NGINX Unit

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Owen Garrett: Pragmatic Microservices, Service Mesh, and NGINX Unit

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