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Shaping the Future of Commerce with the MACH Alliance

At the heart of the MACH Alliance’s mission is the promotion of MACH principles—Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS, and Headless technologies—that enable businesses to break free from traditional, monolithic architectures and embrace a composable future. Understanding the importance of MACH in the current tech landscape is essential for any organization looking to thrive in the digital age.

Discover Members of the MACH Alliance & Akeneo Partner Ecosystem

What is MACH?

MACH (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) is a set of principles that act as today’s recipe for a flexible technology stack that can support the type of scalability that’s required to stay ahead of the game in an ever-evolving market. Explore the rules of MACH and discover the fast track to an agile business model.

MACH (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) is a set of principles that act as today’s recipe for a flexible technology stack that can support the type of scalability that’s required to stay ahead of the game in an ever-evolving market. Explore the rules of MACH and discover the fast track to an agile business model.

Chances are that your Application Programming Interface (API) is going to be the aspect of your product that developers will spend the most face-to-face time with. It is for this reason that a robust and fluent API is now a critical component of any SaaS business.

Building in the cloud lets you reach for the clouds! Cloud services can be scaled and maintained easier, due to their freedom from the deadlock of on-site development restrictions. The cloud also eliminates many of the computing restrictions of traditional hosts, meaning even more freedom during the development process.

The headless approach means cutting the ties between frontend and backend interactions with the customer base, allowing for unrestricted behind-the-scenes development without worry of disturbing customer experience. Developers using a headless PIM system can easily make changes to their websites on the back-end without risk of unintentionally impacting front-end interactions before they are completely satisfied with their work, making it easy to adapt your website in real time.

MACH Alliance Partners

MACH Alliance

The MACH Alliance presents and advocates for an open and best-of-breed enterprise technology ecosystem. Launched in 2020, their mission is to future-proof and propel current and future digital experiences with open and connected enterprise technology.The vendor-neutral, not-for-profit alliance drives awareness among businesses of the benefits of modern, best-in-class ecosystems that provide flexibility and openness as a key differentiator and driver of competitive advantage.

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MACH-Certified PIM

Certified as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) member, Akeneo’s leading PIM solution is accredited for embracing MACH philosophies and delivering MACH-certified services. Openness and innovative integration lie at the heart of Akeneo’s technology, which helps brands break down silos within Product Information Management (PIM) and provide exceptional product experiences to customers. Akeneo’s extensive connectivity, developed with open API architecture to integrate seamlessly with existing legacy systems or future tech infrastructure, enables ease of use and speed of adoption to deliver results and ROI, helping retail brands future-proof their IT operations.

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