If they're architects they'll probably be moved by talk of microservices (most architects these days seem to be into that) and you could point out that the lightweight nature of akka + http is better suited to that kind of thing.
On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 7:51 PM, Jacobus <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm hoping that someone can help me with advice on motivating why > containerless services makes sense. I'm trying to motivate writing a new > business service on Akka-HTTP, but other architects stands rock solid on > the argument that only services that can be deployed inside Websphere > Application Server must be allowed. Now, I realise I can probably make > Akka-HTTP run inside a JEE container, but that will be like putting a > Ferrari on the back of a truck. > > Their primary concerns are mostly around deployment, configuration, > monitoring, etc. They also have a sense that things are just safer in > Websphere for some kind or reason. They still think in terms of queues and > transactions, etc. > > If anyone can give me some good business, operational or technical > motivators, then I will be very grateful. Also, if you are aware of any > stat's, benchmarks, etc. on this, then that will help too. Maybe groups > like Gartner have done a bit of a writeup industry moving away from > containers? > > Anything that can help will be greatly appreciated. I need some solid > facts and ideas to back my statements. > > Thanks in advance. > > Cheers, > Jacobus > > -- > >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ > >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: > http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html > >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Akka User List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: >>>>>>>>>> http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Akka User List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
