We are announcing today the availability of a new product called Intel(R) Expressway API Manager, which we call a composite API platform. What we’ve done here is integrated the Expressway Service Gateway with the developer portal and developer management features … Read more
I was at Gartner Catalyst last week in San Diego for a luncheon keynote where I explored the concept of a composite distributed application. This is an idea that I have been chewing on for some time and is a … Read more
The Enterprise software industry has grown up around the standard three tier-architecture for web applications, which was pioneered circa 1995. This architecture is ideal for web browsers, which have become the universal client of the Enterprise. With the introduction of … Read more
I stumbled across this great blog post from Robin Vasan on the API-fication of software, where his essential claim is that the next generation of software will be solutions constructed from lightweight, RESTful services offered by market disruptors. This type … Read more
Enterprises often frustrate developers. Why do Enterprises always seem so behind when it comes to the very latest technology? In particular, a trend we are seeing is the continued struggle to marry Enterprise authentication with the burgeoning world of REST … Read more
Let’s face it, APIs are hot. They engender community by enabling third-party developers, they allow Enterprises to expose existing content and services in new ways, and they provide a way to deliver brand new products and services. If you haven’t … Read more
If you haven’t heard, APIs are the new website! What? According to programmableweb, API traffic is exploding. For example, did you know that twitter receives 13 billion API calls per month, Salesforce receives 12 billion per month and eBay comes … Read more
If you’ve been around the SFO airport lately, you’ve probably seen advertisements for Splunk, which is a widely deployed monitoring tool for machine data that collects, indexes and harnesses log information generated by all your IT systems and infrastructure, whether … Read more
Hello Everyone – If you’ve been following Gartner and Forrester’s research on the evolution of cloud computing models, the concept of a cloud service brokerage is becoming increasingly popular. I am proud to announce that I’ll be participating in an … Read more
Here’s a question – do we really care about SOAP or REST any longer? With the advent of cloud and the increased focus on the rapidly changing software consumption model, it seems like Enterprises should come full circle back to … Read more
