The benefits of moving away from monolithic applications and adopting a microservices architecture include alignment with how humans work best together, protection from complete downtime, better application scaling, and increased speed to market. Many organizations are already using microservices in their production and development, with research showing that 36% of large companies, 50% of medium companies, and 44% of small companies are already utilizing this approach. A monolithic approach does not support the fast time-to-market cycles needed for businesses to remain competitive, while a microservices architecture provides a working environment for developers to speed up the release process.