Service Mesh & API Management + Networking, Swag and Food and Beverages!

Join us Tuesday evening, June 4 for our June meetup!

The topic will cover Service Meshes and API Management, and should be extremely interesting and engaging. Christian Posta, Global Field CTO at Solo.io will be the featured speaker.

Food and beverages will be served, networking opportunities will abound, and some really cool swag (shirts and hats) will be available.

Doors will open at 6:00 pm sharp - show up early and network, get a t-shirt/hat/sticker, and grab some pizza and drinks. Live programming begins at 6:30 pm ET with a few announcements, then we'll turn it over to our featured speaker.

Location and Address:
IBM
Building 500, Room G-104
4205 S Miami Blvd
Durham, NC 27703
*Questions regarding venue can be directed to Sahdev directly at 336-254-1689.

Directions:
1). Enter IBM campus from Miami Boulevard and Cornwallis Road,
2). Follow signs for IBM Software Group Main Lobby B500 and take third left (DEVELOPMENT LANE) toward Main Lobby 500.
3). Park into the Visitor Parking lot which is in the front of the B500. You will be escorted from the building entrance/lobby.

Talk Topic/Title:
Blurring Boundaries: A Sidecar-less Service Mesh for Federated API Management

Talk Abstract:
As the landscape of API architectures evolves, so does the maturity of API management strategies. Common views have often differentiated API Gateways and Service Mesh as solutions addressing distinct problems; however, their convergence is becoming increasingly apparent, especially in large-scale implementations like those seen at Google. With the advent of Istio's Ambient mode—a sidecar-less data plane—this convergence has crystallized, merging the functionalities of API Gateways and Service Mesh into a cohesive, Federated API management framework.

This talk will explore the transformative impact of Istio Ambient mode, which marries the scalability and robustness of a service mesh with the direct API management capabilities of gateways. This fusion presents an architecture reminiscent of Microgateway deployments but without their associated operational challenges, thereby enabling a federated approach to API management that enhances scale, tenancy, and self-service capabilities.

Key discussion points will include:

• Enhancing authentication and authorization processes between APIs using modern, open-source technologies like Envoy proxy.
• Eliminating inefficient centralized hair-pinning by leveraging a distributed, sidecar-less mesh.
• Facilitating developer autonomy through improved API self-service and management interfaces.
• Implementing resilient failover strategies that ensure high availability and robustness of API services.
• Adapting traditional API gateways to function as microgateways for internal (east-west) API traffic,
• optimizing both control and data flow within services.

Join this talk to delve into how these technologies are not only adapting to modern demands but are also driving the next evolution in API management, fostering environments that are more agile, secure, and user-friendly.

Questions? Contact us at **info@allthingsopen.org**.