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Linebreak and New Icon join forces to deliver innovative real-time solutions
Linebreak UK, a leader in enterprise real-time solutions, is pleased to announce a merger with New Icon, specialists in design-led software and AI engineering. The merger will create a focused capability enabling enterprises to become real-time businesses for efficiency and growth in a fast-moving, distributed world.
Bristol-based New Icon brings 15+ years’ experience in delivering ambitious IoT, digital and AI solutions through agile design-thinking and engineering. Linebreak leverages decades of architecture expertise and a unique technology ecosystem, enabling enterprises to harness distributed and edge AI solutions.
Linebreak CEO, Dolo Miah, explained, “together Linebreak and New Icon will deliver the next
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Microservices or Full VMs? Pros, Cons, and Common Architecture Mistakes
We often get asked the same handful of questions when reviewing system architectures - especially from teams wrestling with legacy infrastructure or planning a rebuild:
- Why are full virtual machines being used instead of microservices?
- Why split the database across multiple servers?
- What is automated / manual deployment?
These aren’t just technical decisions but strategic ones. And there’s no single right answer. Architecture choices depend on your team, your product, and your constraints. So, here’s a breakdown of how we approach some of the most common questions - based on real conversations and real problems we’ve solved.