The shift to Event-Driven: evolution, benefits, and competitive advantages

Event-driven architecture (EDA) is becoming increasingly important in the design of APIs as consumers demand more interactive, immersive, and responsive digital experiences. EDA allows clients to subscribe to events and receive updates in real-time when both parties are online. This approach shifts the complexity from the client to the producer, enabling enterprises to drive fluid user experiences that modern users expect. Event-driven architecture is a recurring theme in Gartner's trends for the 2020s, with predictions that event notifications will form part of over 60% of new digital business solutions and more than half of organizations managing APIs will incorporate mediation of event notifications into their operations.