What is Orchestration?

Orchestration is the method of coordinating distributed software components and systems so they execute seamlessly as an automated, repeatable process, with a central platform (orchestrator) managing interactions between diverse components like microservices, APIs, databases, and algorithms. Unlike automation, which focuses on making individual processes automatic, orchestration involves coordinating complex workflows across multiple systems, offering benefits such as error handling, state tracking, and enhanced efficiency. The orchestration layer serves as an infrastructure component that coordinates these interactions without the need for direct integration, providing centralized governance, observability, and ease of scaling and updating. Orkes Conductor is a platform designed to streamline this process, allowing developers to quickly build and manage workflows with tools for debugging, performance monitoring, and scalability, supporting various languages and frameworks for diverse use cases from data orchestration to user journey management.