The document discusses microservices architecture and how microservices can be developed and deployed using MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform. It describes the typical anatomy of a microservice including business logic, connectivity logic, and an API contract. It provides examples of different types of microservices and integration patterns. It also outlines MuleSoft tools that can be used to develop microservices using a service-oriented approach and deploy them to private data centers or public clouds like CloudHub.