June 2023 Summaries

Orkes' June 2023 highlights include significant updates and events, such as the introduction of JDBC tasks in Orkes Conductor, which allow SQL queries in databases like MySQL, and enabling domain-specific permissions through applications or groups. The company hosted a series of meetups and webinars, including a Conductor-Developer Meetup in New York and a Microservices & Distributed Applications Meetup in Singapore, aimed at fostering community engagement and sharing expertise in building scalable applications. A notable webinar featured Foxtel's use of Orkes Conductor to enhance microservices and workflow orchestration, while Orkes' presence at events like QCon New York, Developer Week Latin America, and Interface by APIDays highlighted the platform's capability in developing resilient distributed applications. The company also released new resources and content, including episodes of the Contributor Podcast and blog posts on building robust systems with Java Spring Boot and Conductor.

In May 2023, two prominent tech conferences, Microsoft Build and the Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit, took place, focusing on advancements in artificial intelligence and application innovation, respectively. Microsoft Build, held in Seattle, was a hybrid event where CEO Satya Nadella announced key AI-related updates, such as Bing integration into ChatGPT and the introduction of Windows Copilot and Azure AI Studio. The conference featured over 400 sessions, emphasizing AI, cloud development, and DevSecOps, with Orkes showcasing its expertise in building distributed applications using Orkes Conductor. Concurrently, the Gartner Summit in Las Vegas gathered software engineering leaders to explore strategies for enhancing business value through application innovation, with Orkes contributing insights on digital transformation. Both events provided valuable networking opportunities and knowledge sharing, with Orkes planning further participation at QCon New York in June 2023.

Managing subscription renewals manually can be challenging and potentially lead to costly disruptions for organizations, which is why automation through tools like Orkes Conductor is recommended. Orkes Conductor, built on Netflix's Conductor, can automate subscription workflows, such as managing monthly subscriptions with trial periods using Java Spring Boot 2. The workflow features a trial period with welcome emails and a waiting phase, followed by a recurring billing process, and allows users to cancel at any point. Webhooks are utilized to signal subscription cancellations, ensuring the workflow's flexibility and responsiveness. The subscription management application can be run locally using the code available on GitHub, offering a practical solution to streamline subscription processes while reducing the risk of human error.

The May edition of Orkes Monthly Highlights showcases significant updates in Orkes Conductor, including enhanced support for Join tasks with the new Join Script feature and improved visibility of task input templates in workflow definitions. The edition recaps several key events, such as the virtual Conductor Meetup co-hosted with Netflix, where experts discussed the seamless workflow management benefits of Conductor for companies like Normalyze and Netflix. It also covers the team's participation in the Gartner Summit and Microsoft Build 2023, where discussions centered on leveraging Orkes for digital transformation and building distributed applications. Looking ahead, Orkes will be speaking at QCon New York 2023, where CTO Viren will discuss creating resilient distributed applications. The edition also highlights Orkes being featured as an AI innovation in the Microsoft commercial marketplace and provides readers with new resources and recent blog posts on topics like handling failures in distributed applications and orchestrating infrastructure upgrades.