Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) is transforming how businesses build scalable, responsive systems, yet its asynchronous nature poses significant error-handling challenges. This session will explore how integrating MuleSoft and Solace can overcome these issues and elevate error management into a strategic advantage.
Common challenges in EDA include tracking message delivery failures, processing exceptions, and handling data inconsistencies. We will delve into proven strategies such as retry mechanisms, circuit breakers, dead-letter queues, and comprehensive error logging. These techniques ensure systems recover gracefully, minimizing downtime and disruptions.
But effective error handling doesn’t just protect systems it unlocks new possibilities. By capturing and analyzing error data, businesses can leverage complex event processing to identify patterns, predict potential failures, and automate responses. This capability lays the foundation for incorporating AI-driven insights, enabling proactive management and decision-making. With AI, systems can continuously learn from past events to refine error responses and improve operational health.
Attendees will gain actionable insights on how robust error-handling practices enhance system reliability, reduce operational costs, and improve user experiences. By investing in these strategies, organizations can build resilient architectures that support growth and adapt to evolving business needs. Join us to discover how integrating MuleSoft and Solace in your EDA framework can not only fortify error handling but also pave the way for advanced, AI-powered complex event processing.
About Bits In Glass Speakers: Aaron Wentzell, Eric Carstead
Aaron Wentzell, VP, Solution Delivery – Growing up on a farm in Northern Alberta, I followed an unconventional path to a fulfilling IT career. As Vice President and Integration Practice Lead at Bits In Glass, I combine my passion for technology, team building, and organizational change. Over the past nine years, I’ve expanded our team from 7 to over 60 top-tier integration developers spread across 3 continents, enabling us to partner with leading clients in industries like banking, logistics, and technology. I lead strategic planning for growth and manage key partnerships, ensuring competitive excellence.
Eric Carstead, Principal Architect – Eric is the Principal Architect at Bits In Glass (BIG), where he leads the architecture team, drives the adoption of emerging technologies, and oversees the technical quality of BIG’s integration and data projects. With over 40 years of experience in the technology industry—30 of those in architecture roles—Eric brings unmatched expertise to every client engagement. His career highlights include serving as Chief Enterprise Architect at Sun Microsystems, Industry Architect for Oil and Gas at IBM, and Chief Architect for large-scale construction projects, including a refinery and a SAGD oilsands facility. Eric also led enterprise integration for Air Canada, enabling a seamless migration of their critical Passenger Reservation and Departure Control Systems. Eric specializes in designing and implementing complex integrations and enterprise infrastructure, with deep experience in platforms such as MuleSoft, AWS, Solace, TIBCO, Informatica, IoT, SCADA, and OSIsoft PI. His extensive background ensures that clients benefit from innovative, scalable, and high-performing solutions tailored to their unique needs.
