API Evangelist Kin Lane has just released a new paper that provides an overview of the Backend as a Service space. Kin’s research does a great job covering the breadth of tools and services that get lumped in under the … Read more
Kin Lane has started tracking what he calls API Brokers over at API Evangelist. This quote illustrates the promise of API brokerage: I envision other new API brokers emerging, in niche areas like images, video or messaging. Imagine if you could … Read more
I saw a conversation today on Twitter that asked why we don’t just embed proper security into Hadoop instead of suggesting the API gateway approach to Hadoop security that my colleague Blake proposed. The same could be asked about any number … Read more
Join us Wednesday, May 22 at 10:00a Pacific / 1:00p Eastern for our next webinar with Capital One and Mashery: APIs are a hot topic in all sectors of IT – they have gone from being niche solutions provided by … Read more
Last year the Open Data Center Alliance published an excellent whitepaper that defined the concept of “cloud-aware” applications. The ODCA paper sets forth the following recommendations: Everything is a Service Use RESTful APIs Separate Compute and Persistence Design for Failure … Read more
A few weeks ago I blogged about different Mobile Middleware usage models for enterprise. Continuing that thread, this post will drill down into API security considerations for enterprise mobile apps. Mobile applications are typically intended for use outside of the … Read more
This month the Cloud SIG of the PCI Security Standards Council released supplemental guidelines covering cloud computing. We’re happy to see APIs included as a recognized attack surface. As this document makes clear, responsibility for compliance for cloud-hosted data and … Read more
Registration is now open for our next webinar on Tuesday, March 5 at 10AM Pacific, 1PM Eastern – “Mobile Optimized Healthcare API Programs: New Revenue from Legacy Data” Mobile apps, partner & developer API programs, and healthcare data are converging … Read more
Introduction With the trends of consumerization and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) acceptance, enterprises are increasingly seeking to securely integrate tablets and smartphones into their environments. Meanwhile, external customers and partners desire mobile apps that provide on-demand, self-service alternatives to traditional consumer web … Read more
Apps World Focus on Enterprise Mobile Applications My team attended Apps World in San Francisco last week. The show almost could have been called “Mobile Middleware World”. It was clear that we’re not the only ones who think 2013 will be the year … Read more
