Service mesh platform that provides traffic management, security, and observability for microservices. Like having a smart traffic control system for communication between application components.
A company uses Istio to automatically encrypt all communication between their microservices and monitor performance.
AWS App Mesh, Azure Service Mesh, and Anthos Service Mesh are similar service mesh solutions provided by AWS, Azure, and GCP respectively, offering traffic management, security, and observability for microservices.