Segregating environments
In the beginning stages of your digital transformation journey with API Connect,you will be having discussions about vendor products, licensing, physical hardware, and so on. All of this will be dependent on how many different environments you have within your SDLC. Each environment will have its own set of requirements, such as the number of servers required, high availability, and security. As you know, each environment will serve a different purpose within the SDLC, but should not have a physical dependency or interaction with other environments. That is, each environment should be its own self-contained, independent entity.
When we talk about environments being independent and isolated, this could mean different things for different environments. For example, you may only require a logical separation between your development and QA environments where they share resources, whereas your production environment will likely be physically isolated from all...