Intro: Microservices, orchestration, an assessment Microservices have become a popular architectural paradigm when building large complex systems. The appeal of building microservices comes from the idea that dividing functionality into smaller services facilitates distribution of work amongst engineers. Thus, changes to the…
24/04/2023
Tech radar – Discover emerging tech trends
Written by Sangeeta Vishwanath What is our Technology Strategy? Which Technology areas are we investing in? These are questions we explore regularly within the Mantel Group team, and the Mantel Group Technology Radar (Tech Radar) forms a cornerstone of how…
24/04/2023
A Tour of OAuth Standards
Written by Brett Henderson The previous blog Entitlements In Context provided some context around how IAM (Identity and Access Management) fits into typical DigIO solutions. It made some mention of the OAuth 2.0 standards without going into much detail. These standards are…
The Need For Cross-Browser Testing Tools Imagine navigating the digital world without the worry of web and mobile application compatibility issues. Sounds blissful, right? Thanks to cloud-based, cross-browser testing tools like LambdaTest, BrowserStack, and SauceLabs, this is no longer a distant dream. These platforms…
24/04/2023
I work remotely from Magnetic Island — any moment now I’m sure I will wake up from this dream!
Introduction Magnetic Island is 8km off the coast of tropical North Queensland. My wife and I, together with our three kids are lucky to call this beautiful place home. How does a person from the industrial town of Brierley Hill, England end up living…
24/04/2023
Using Kafka with Go: A Tech Assessment
Written by Song Xue There’s an increasing demand for Kafka across the Mantel Group brands in client projects. Java, Kotlin, and Scala are the default languages for writing applications that interact with Kafka since it is a JVM-centric ecosystem. Continuing the…
01/03/2023
Party-Based Authorisation
In the previous blog, A Tour of IAM Standards, I walked through a history of standards relating to IAM (Identity and Access Management). OAuth 2.0 provides a great building block for identity and access management solutions and its inclusion of…

