MACH Alliance
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 Logo of The MACH Alliance | |
| Company type | Advocacy group |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology |
| Founded | 2020 |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Jon Panella (Chairperson) Casper Rasmussen (President) |
Number of employees | 6 |
| Website | https://machalliance.org |
The MACH Alliance is a non-profit profit advocacy group whose members include software vendors, systems integrators, agencies, and individual experts known as "Ambassadors",[1] advocating for open technology ecosystems.[2][3] The Alliance was formed in June 2020[4] and has, as of July 2024, over 111 members[5] spanning six continents.[6]
History
[edit]The MACH Alliance was founded in June 2020[4] by four companies: Contentstack, Commercetools, Valtech and EPAM Systems, plus ten inaugural members: Algolia, Amplience, Cloudinary, Constructor.io, Contentful, E2X, Fluent Commerce, Frontastic, Mobify and Vue Storefront.[7]
- Microservices-based,
- API-first,
- Cloud-native software-as-a-service and
- Headless offerings.
About a year later, MACH membership reached 30 members[10] and again a year later doubled to about 60 members.[11]
Membership
[edit]The MACH Alliance actively seeks software vendors, systems integrators, agencies, consultancies, and individual experts who share their vision for open and best-of-breed (a collection of specialized expert applications) enterprise technology ecosystems. The MACH Alliance established certification standards that help identify those that embrace MACH philosophies and offer MACH-certified services. In order to become a member, an organization must be in full compliance.[12]
Activities
[edit]The MACH alliance's main activities in support of their advocacy are events and the publication of various content pieces.[13][14]
Services
[edit]Users can choose cloud services.[9][15] The ability to choose only requires cloud services, which reduce costs.[9][15][16][17] MACH has specialized expert applications.[9][16][17] MACH-based cloud services provide rollouts that can be scaled faster.[17]
Managing many cloud services from different vendors can bring maintenance hurdles and costs associated with tracking, monitoring, securing the integration points, and integrating the service components. MACH is currently a general architecture rather than a standard specification, which implies that technologies and behaviors may differ from cloud service to cloud service.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "About MACH Alliance". machalliance.org. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ Adrian Bridgwater (2022-08-22). "Why Headless in MACH is a no-brainer". IDG Connect. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ Katy White (2021-01-20). "What is the MACH alliance?". deptagency.com. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ a b Janus Boye (2021-10-11). "What's the MACH Alliance all about?". www.boye-co.com. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ Roy Edwards. "MACH Alliance surpasses 100 members". www.enterprisetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "From Launch to the "Coolest Tech in Town Club" in a Year". The Baas Company. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ Roy Edwards (2020-06-24). "MACH Alliance launched to empower enterprises with modern, SaaS technology". enterprise times. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ Emily Seares (2022-10-25). "'The coolest tech club in town': how Mach is changing digital offerings". Raconteur. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ a b c d e Bill Doerrfeld (2022-12-08). "Introduction to MACH Architecture". DevOps.com. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ Adrian Bridgwater (2021-08-30). "The speed of software, MACH Alliance hits 30". ComputerWeekly. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ Gabrielle Rodgers (2022-03-02). "MACH Alliance Adds 8 Members That Support Composable Architectures". CMSWIRE. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ Gary Ballabio (2022-03-28). "What Is the MACH Alliance?". Cloudinary. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Upcoming Events". MACH Alliance. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "Insights". MACH Alliance. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ a b Alice Cumming (2022-12-13). "Demystifying MACH – the 2023 e-commerce buzzword". Business Leader. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ a b Phil Wainewright (2022-07-07). "The next fundamental shift in business tech arrives at MACH One". diginomica. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ a b c Stefan Schinkel (2021-12-01). "What is MACH Alliance?". dotcms. Retrieved 2023-02-14.