From Inception to RFC – The SCIM Story
Eight years is a long time in any business, but that’s perhaps nowhere more true than the tech space. Indulge us for a moment, and let’s think back to 2010… We saw Jesse Eisenberg forever linked with...
View ArticleThe Role of Domain Driven Architecture and GraphQL in Digital Transformation
Paolo Negri, CTO at Contentful, believes GraphQL can be used for large-scale domain modeling within digital transformation initiatives. GraphQL is well on its way to matching REST API’s popularity,...
View ArticleKey Lessons From 100 API Projects
If you’d spent the last five years collaborating on over 100 enterprise API projects, what do you think the biggest takeaways might have been? At our 2018 Platform Summit, we had Frederic Pozzi, Vice...
View ArticleWhat Is The Difference Between APIs and Microservices?
If you’re reading this post, chances are that you’ve heard the terms “API” and “microservice” being thrown around increasingly over the last few years. They’re both incredibly important in modern day...
View ArticleWhy Enterprise Apps Need Real-Time Data Streaming
Real-time data for business is powerful. It lets you stay ahead of the curve, acting on insights as they occur. It gives business owners a competitive advantage, which can mean the difference between...
View ArticleEnterprise API Management Book Review
Most business leaders now agree that APIs are an expected facet of business in the modern digital economy. According to the 2018 State Of API Integration Report by Cloud Elements, 85% of organizations...
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API Archaeology: Using Accidental APIs to Inform the API Journey
Large organizations often talk about “beginning their API journey” as if they don’t yet have APIs. In a narrow sense of the word this may be true if we look at APIs as something that is (a) designed...
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Takeaways From the 2020 Cloud Elements State of API Integration Report
We review the 2020 State of the API Integration Report, conducted by Cloud Elements. Download it here. For players in the software space, staying relevant in the marketplace has always been a...
View ArticleHow To Choose A Container Management Platform
Containers and clusters are like tattoos; it’s hard to stop at just one. You start off experimenting, but soon you’re stringing a host of them together, deploying and managing them simultaneously....
View ArticleResetting the API Program at Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric (SE) is a 184-year-old global company leading Digital Transformation in energy management and automation. We have been creating and managing APIs, using API management platforms...
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What’s the Difference Between Monolith and Microservices?
In the world of programming, there are few terms as discussed (and misunderstood) as monoliths and microservices. Often positioned as a competing precedent and antecedent, the relationship between the...
View ArticleWhat is Cell-Based Architecture?
The API space is continuously evolving, increasing options, and changing paradigms to suit specific use cases. This evolution is driven, at least in part, by the continued adoption of API technology in...
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The Difference Between Tight Coupling and Loose Coupling
Many modern programming trends like microservices, containers, and APIs have a strong sense of Loose Coupling. In other words, services are now designed to be reusable and interchangeable, without...
View ArticleHow API Schemas Are Making Connectors Obsolete
Specifications like OpenAPI are providing a solution to outdated connector issues by providing the option to create machine-generated integration services on demand, writes David Brown, founder of TORO...
View ArticleHow To Manage 1000+ Specs At Scale
Learn how Target scaled its extensive corporate API spec catalog Many developers are filled with dread at the thought of sitting down to write or maintain a specification or documentation for their...
View ArticleTips For Internal API-First Approaches
API thought leadership typically focuses on external interaction. This makes sense for API products, and most guidance in the API space is general enough to cater to both internal and external...
View ArticleGoogle Announces Enterprise APIs Aimed at Business Customers
With Google Cloud gaining steam in the services marketplace, the technology giant is doubling down on making its platform more sustainable in the long run. Catering to enterprise users remains critical...
View ArticleHow API-First Accelerates Cross-Team Collaboration
APIs and microservices unlock incredible business potential across the board for various use cases, data sets, and end users. These systems bring major benefits to the business as well as other...
View ArticleHow to Federate GraphQL Across an Enterprise
GaphQL is an incredibly powerful tool, unlocking robust processing flows and data paths for various implementations. GraphQL allows the end user to state what data they want, how they want it, and how...
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