Now-a-days every single CIO, CTO, or business executive that I speak to is captivated by these three new technologies: Big Data, API management and IoTs (Internet of Things). Every single organizational executive that I speak with confirms that they either … Read more
KuppingerCole analyst Craig Burton (of Burton Group originally) wrote a recent article about Façade proxies. You can read the article here: http://blogs.kuppingercole.com/burton/2013/03/18/the-faade-proxy/ As Craig notes, “A Façade is an object that provides simple access to complex – or external – … Read more
Hackathons help you explain APIs to developers. But, do you know who you should be really selling the value of your APIs to? It goes way beyond the developers and IT operational folks. Who do you think it is ……CIO, … Read more
Alright, I am sure you have heard this again and again but it’s worth saying it one more time. The first ever API strategy & practice conference is going be in NYC on Feb 21, 22 (http://www.apistrategyconference.com/). If you are … Read more
I keep telling my customers, it is not about what you think is important but it is about what your customers (internal, external or partners) see as important when it comes to building APIs and mobile apps, or APIs for … Read more
Kin Lane recently wrote a couple of blogs about why copyrighting an API is not common. I couldn’t agree more that copyrighting APIs is uncommon. First of all, the API definition is just an interface (It is the implementation detail … Read more
Sooner or later the following (not so hypothetical quandary) will undoubtedly arise: When moving your data to the cloud, you’ll be faced with an array of decisions that will need to be made. What considerations will you make for the … 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
Here is a link to the API whitepaper produced by Dan Woods, Chief Analyst CITO Research (of API book fame); Blake Dournaee, Intel Product Manager; and yours truly. I think it came out better than expected and has a foreword … Read more
The unprecedented explosion of modern technologies combined with a burgeoning mobile space has forced enterprises to rethink previously held beliefs about the static enterprise perimeter. Remember the olden days when you said your enterprise was completely self-contained in one data … Read more
