API Strategy & Architecture: A Coordinated Approach

API Academy Discover how to align API architecture with your organization’s business goals The rise of the application programming interface (API) represents a great business opportunity and an equal technical challenge. Business goals and API implementation must be aligned in order to get the most out of your APIs and get your digital business initiatives […]

The API Management Playbook

API Academy See 13 essential use cases and discover key capabilities for effective API Management To execute ideas quickly and seize new opportunities, it is critical for digital businesses to create and manage APIs effectively. But what is effective API Management? The API Management Playbook from CA Technologies provides a great reference guide for: Winning at digital […]

Microservice Architecture: Aligning Principles, Practices & Culture

Irakli Nadareishvili, Ronnie Mitra, Matt McLarty & Mike Amundsen Design and apply microservices to embrace continual change in the digital economy Microservice architecture is helping organizations embrace continual change. But how do you design and apply microservices effectively? This book from O’Reilly, written by API Academy experts, provides comprehensive guidance through eight chapters that take a deep dive into: […]

APIs and the Smart City

Exploring the role of APIs in enabling smart city initiatives As cities grow and evolve, so do the issues that local governments need to address. Leveraging technology to provide public services more efficiently and intelligently is one approach that dozens of cities across the globe are doing. Examples include everything from connected streetlights to full-service […]

Continuous API Management

Mehdi Medjaoui, Erik Wilde, Ronnie Mitra & Mike Amundsen Making the Right Decisions in an Evolving Landscape A lot of work is required to release an API, but the effort doesn’t always pay off. Overplanning before an API matures is a wasted investment, while underplanning can lead to disaster. This practical guide provides maturity models […]

From Platforms to Ecosystems

Distilling patterns and practices from the evolving ecosystem of APIs into recommendations and conventions becomes an essential part of moving from static platforms to constantly evolving ecosystems. Watch Academy member Erik Wilde’s talk at the October 2017 Nordic APIs summit in Stockholm as he describes the importance of finding optimal balance between complete autonomy for each […]

Continuous API Management

Mehdi Medjaoui, Erik Wilde, Ronnie Mitra & Mike Amundsen Making the Right Decisions in an Evolving Landscape A lot of work is required to release an API, but the effort doesn’t always pay off. Overplanning before an API matures is a wasted investment, while underplanning can lead to disaster. This practical guide provides maturity models […]