Tag: API Gateway

Over the last couple of years, we’ve noticed a new phenomenon. We started calling it “API complexity.” Until recently, APIs were considered a hot new...

It started with customers telling us they had a pain point: they were using multiple API gateways — both from Axway and from other...

*Republished with permission from VMblog.com. Traditionally, Zero Trust has been focused on moving beyond the network perimeter. But with the growing use of APIs, Zero...

There’s a certain level of nostalgia about software. We often hate to let it go, or circumstances don’t allow us to. Take Microsoft Windows, for...

IT architectures are becoming more complex with multiple API gateways. And without central visibility and control over your APIs, multiple gateways can mean various...

You can use API Gateway tags to control discovery by the Amplify Agents as described here. While Amplify provides for flexible, robust, and granular control,...

This blog post is the second in a series covering custom API subscription approval flows for Amplify Central connected API gateways using agents. You...

Amplify Central agents enable you to connect your API Gateways to Amplify Central in order to have a single control pane to view all...

Multiple API Gateway's value lies in knowing how to manage the complexity in today’s world with the right solution in place. SmartBear’s State of API...

This blog post is the first in a series covering custom API subscription approval flows for Amplify Central Connected API Gateways using agents. You...

This guide reports the steps to build an API Manager image in a Docker environment, as well as how to deploy it to AWS Fargate. Assumptions It’s...

APIs are products and go through the same lifecycle as all products. They get created, see some usage, get improved over time based on...

Many organizations have multiple API Gateways in place. This can complicate the goal of creating an organization-wide approach for managing and using APIs. However,...

Enterprises who are providing SOAP-based web services or REST APIs returning XML payloads to the consuming applications often need the ability to transform XML...

Data-driven decisions are key to ensure we, as a company, make informed choices to find the right direction on the compass of success. As...

I'm pleased to share API Manager CLI utility which could be helpful for engineers working with the Axway API Gateway Manager. This tool is...

API Management architecture and deployment is important for customers and their API journey. Moving forward to determine the path for a successful, scalable, and...

We are very excited to announce the availability of the latest version of API Gateway and API Manager documentation in our open-source docs-as-code workflow!...

There has been some confusion about the architecture of AMPLIFY Central. We’ll try to shed some more light on AMPLIFY Central and answer some...

When using an API Gateway for Authentication with LDAP, there are many steps to take: Authentication using LDAP -- high-level steps: 1.       Configure LDAP Server 2.       Create...

APIs are the key drivers of any business. Companies need to evolve quickly — either scaling up or down. With an API-driven platform, you...

In my first three posts about Axway and Solace, I showed you how Axway could enhance messages to integrate with Solace via their JMS...

A thrilling invite... All of a sudden, I had a meeting invite from a stranger in my inbox. I was contacted by an agency who...

This is my fourth blog post in the journey to integrate the Axway platform with Solace PubSub Event Broker to bring more value to...

In a world made of software, it’s no longer just an IT decision on how we build applications. Let’s talk about how a modular...

APIs are the lifeblood of software development today, allowing information to be shared at lightning speeds between hundreds of different entities. This allows for rapid...

As mentioned in part two of this blog series, modernizing legacy applications to integrate with a modern Event-Driven architecture can be difficult. Digital Evolution by...

Perhaps the biggest barrier to adopting an Event-Driven architecture is modernizing legacy applications. Despite the value of this transformation, legacy applications are hard to...

Starting from the vision that only what can be measured can be controlled, we must learn to capture metrics that can help us observe...

APIs are eating the world. APIs are being discussed on the board-level—even written about in Forbes Magazine. APIs are behind everything digital. And APIs are...

A reverse proxy server is a server that is located behind the firewall in a private network. This helps facilitate and guide client requests to an appropriate back-end server. These capabilities deliver an...

API Gateways are API proxies that are put between the API Provider and the API Consumer. At its heart, an API Gateway is a...

API Management is the method of constructing and publishing APIs (Application Program Interfaces), as well as implementing their usage guidelines, regulating access, cultivating the...

With the traffic of files over 80 GB, B3 uses the Axway platform to streamline securely its processes. B3—Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão is the stock exchange...

In the digital era, most companies expose their APIs to engage with their partners, consumers, users or application developers to expand their businesses. Most...

In a recent survey conducted by the IDC, respondents were asked questions about factors that lead to a good experience using SaaS applications. Here...

As Maverick famously said in Top Gun, “I feel the need—the need for speed.” Fast forward 30 years, and organizations today feel the same...

Recently, someone asked me the question of using API proxy vs. API Gateway. Well, let’s start with the basic premise. You have your backend services and...

I am often asked, what are the five capabilities of an API Management Platform and what should they have? My answer starts with the...

The shift from a pure on-premises landscape of applications to a hybrid mix of SaaS and on-premises applications has resulted in new and bigger...

A critical component of an API-based architecture is to have an API Gateway. This becomes more important as organizations are breaking their monolithic services...

By now most enterprises have heard about the concept of full life-cycle API Management (FLAM), but it is not uncommon when discussing the components...

I recently watched the courtroom scene from A Few Good Men where Jack Nicholson’s character, Colonel Jessep, takes the stand to determine if a...

Out of the box, API Gateway doesn’t have a filter to create, read, update and delete content of the cache. Specially clearing the cache...

It is not uncommon for customers taking their digital transformation (DX) journey to come to a point where they start looking into API Gateways...

Earlier this year, we decided to do a major update to the Axway Managed Cloud offering for API Management. This is a managed service...

Have you been wondering what the definition of an API Mashup is? An API Mashup is an API that coordinates countless APIs. This process...

APIs enable Digitalization and make communication easier. And opening APIs requires security. But what does API security mean? Security is everywhere and applies on...

As with many Kubernetes solutions, we use Helm to manage the deployment of the API Gateway infrastructure. Helm is a very powerful tool that...

To begin this story, I want to say it’s amazing how complex an enterprise-grade application and the flow of data can be – even...

It all started with a witty remark  The idea struck like a bolt of lightning during the Customer Advisory Board (CAB) meeting at Axway’s Imagine...

Leaders in Digital Transformation lead with an API-First Design. An API-First approach means that development of the API revolves around how the end-product will...

A major component of a mature API lifecycle is the way an API provider communicates with its consumers. To establish trust, the provider that...

Erik Nord is Axway’s API Practice Lead in North America. For the last six years, he has specialized in API Management using technologies like...

There are different scenarios in which you might want to integrate with Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD): You want to let...

After my previous article on OAuth 2 scopes, several people contacted me to ask what exactly an API Manager is. In this article, I...

APIs are extraordinary pieces of technology, yet they also come with security risks. It’s important to be fully aware of the necessary measures you...

Recently I was working on a pitch to my executive board, and I wanted to include some content that I thought would be perfect...

DevOps and Axway’s AMPLIFY API Management came to the rescue for the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). MSC, a global shipping leader, needed to increase...

How do API Gateways enable digital insurance? Going digital is not easy, especially when you are a large, leading organization in your domain with...

The NDC (New Distribution Capability) standard, created by IATA, is a distribution standard in XML format aimed at facilitating the exchange of data between...

Across industries, disruptive competitors, new regulations and rising customer expectations are driving digital transformation. APIs are at the heart of digital interactions that will...

The first Release Candidate of the popular OWASP Top 10 contained “under protected APIs” as one of the Top 10 things to watch out...

With the growth of REST APIs inside enterprises, but also outside their boundaries in their ecosystem, monitoring, protecting, and preventing attacks is key, and...

API Security is an important topic and I would like in this article to get deeper into the specific case of Web Service Security. Web...