Sometimes Less Really Is More
When you hear the term “less is more”, what comes to mind? Some people use that term when they refer to simplifying their lifestyle,...
Hybrid API Gateways: Combining the Best of SaaS and On-Premise Software
There are a lot of people hard at work building APIs who are rightfully focused on just getting the API right and not looking...
Trial Licenses Put the Buyer in the Driver’s Seat
Have you ever been shopping for a car and wished you could drive it for a few weeks to give it a good shakeout...
API Modeling: A Zero-Code Way To a Designer API
To successfully compete or even survive in today's ever-changing business climate, organizations need to become more agile. They need to respond to customer expectations and...
Monolithic API Gateways: Out of Step in a Hybrid World
I’m constantly amazed by the rate of change and innovation in my personal life and in the world we live in today. Just when...
The Coming Microservices Cataclysm (And How to Avoid It)
When I speak about APIs, digital transformation, and the state of web architecture around the world, it seems most of the questions I get...
Google Buys Apigee—A Primer on How to Boil a Frog
The recent announcement by Google that they intend to buy Apigee is causing a lot of talk around the API management water cooler. Of...
The Rise of the API Business in Y Combinator
After the recent successful IPO of Twilio, a company whose business is to provide APIs around telephony capabilities, there has been renewed interest in...
Why APIs Are Soaring for Airlines Reconnecting With the Customer
With their air mile schemes and frequent flyer programs, airlines have long been a frontrunner in the kind of personalized service delivery which has...
Why the Inside Story on APIs is Just as Newsworthy
The hype around API belies the fact that this technology has been bubbling away under the radar for some time.
But thanks, in part, to...