For API Developers

The Art of Effective API Design

This presentation was recorded at the 2014 Nordic APIs Platform Summit in Stockholm. It is known that an API designer’s goal has evolved to a more developer-centric model. However, the design process has evolved at a slower pace, often resulting in an interface that under-delivers on the initial usability goal. Is there an opportunity to […]

TechTalk: Enterprise Mobility – APIs, Apps, and Mobile Strategy

With employee demands for anywhere access to information and the rise of the mobile device in driving new consumer experiences, it’s more important than ever to have a solid enterprise mobility strategy. We discussed the key elements which are making today’s enterprise mobility programs successful with Layer7 mobile experts SVP and Distinguished Engineer Scott Morrison […]

TechTalk: Avoiding Data Silos Using Linked APIs

Practical problems that software architects on modern product teams face increasingly go far beyond the familiar. Case in point: “Big Data” doesn’t just mean petabytes of data or a data-set that doesn’t fit in a single large RDBMS, anymore. A “distributed system” doesn’t just mean a clever multi-tier architecture or even an AWS deployment happily […]

TechTalk: Enterprise Mobility and BYOD

Smartphones, tablets and the apps they run are revolutionizing the way we work. With the BYOD movement gaining strength in the enterprise, executives and managers cannot afford to ignore the existence of workforce mobility — or the security risks it creates. Matt McLarty and Leif Bildoy of Layer7 discussed how enterprises can realize the opportunities […]

TechTalk: SSO and OAuth Across Mobile Applications Tech Talk Featuring Francois Lascelles

We hosted a live interactive TechTalk on security and Single Sign-On (SSO) for mobile applications. And welcomed back Layer7′s Chief Architect and resident OAuth expert Francois Lascelles. He discussed how to provide SSO for mobile applications, without compromising the security of the apps or the APIs that power them. Francois also took questions throughout the […]