Tag: APIs
Get to know the customer: Meet Julien Bichon of Natixis
In our series, “Get to know the customer,” Axway focuses on getting to the heart of the people behind our customers in an informative behind-the-scenes Q&A.
Last...
Make an Axway Amplify Platform Webhook Handler using an API Builder Flow
As discussed in this blog post, integrating with the Amplify platform entails two main operations:
1. Responding to platform webhooks (subscription and resource)
2. Making platform...
API News Roundup – December 2021
As we all cautiously step into 2022, many are trying to predict what the new year ahead will bring. We don’t have a crystal...
Looking back on 2021: Axway’s year in review
As 2021 comes rapidly to a close, we’re looking back on a year full of ups and downs for many people in the world,...
Opening Everything through collaboration – the API way
Collaboration is at the heart of digital innovation. Building or taking part in a digital platform economy means encouraging and enabling an ecosystem of...
NOV Inc. creates new value to deliver secure business services around the clock with...
When global energy equipment provider NOV Inc. wanted to create new sources of customer value while enhancing operational efficiency, they turned to Axway to...
Amplify Integration Builder Multi Trigger Flow
While you can easily change a flow's trigger type, say, from manual to schedule, flows can only have a single trigger type active at...
Xignite offers real-time market data for fintechs with Amplify Streams
When market data solutions provider Xignite wanted to boost its offering by providing its fintech clients with support for real-time trading services, the SaaS...
Viewing APIs through a business lens with Axway at API World 2021
Axway is proud to be an official sponsor of API World, which took place virtually this year from October 26–28. Thousands of global technical...
API News Round-up – November 2021
Did you know some of our greatest content doesn’t live here on the blog? Axway experts often share their knowledge at conferences and in...
An API-first organizational shift gives HM Health Solutions better digital experiences with Amplify API...
In an increasingly competitive U.S. healthcare industry, HM Health Solutions’ clients face a fast-moving regulatory landscape, as well as customers who expect better, more...
Amplify Integration Builder Connector instance variables
Most Integration Builder users are familiar with Flow Instance variables. However, Connectors also have instance variables. You can see that when you create a...
Hong Kong telco is accelerating service innovation with the Amplify API Management Platform
The impact of an API platform in updating your IT infrastructure and generating better agility is demonstrated in Hong Kong telco’s success story.
When a...
Practical API Security: The OWASP API Security Top Ten
API security is on everyone's mind: After all, APIs always opens up network-accessible interfaces that previously may not have been exposed. Making sure that...
Amplify Central Agent Status Change Notifier
Amplify Central agents provide a powerful and seamless means to synchronize APIs in your API Gateways, whether they be the Axway Amplify API Gateway...
Get better APIs with Conway’s Law
Mel Conway formulated his famous law in 1967 and it was a reflection on how large organizations work and produce results. The "official version"...
Create an Amplify Central Integration Webhook Using the Axway CLI
In the Amplify Central Integration Webhooks — Basics blog post, we introduced Amplify Central Integration Webhooks and how to create them using APIs. In...
Using Prism for API mocking and Contract Testing
What is API mocking? In short, it's about creating a simplified version of an API that works at a mechanical level, even though it's...
A brief history of API management and where it’s going
The term "API Management" is used frequently, but it can mean different things to different people. There is no single "right" or "wrong" way...
How to create a Service Account in order to make Axway Amplify Platform API...
Client Secret-based Amplify Service accounts are required in order to make Axway Amplify Platform API calls to do things like approving a Unified Catalog...
What is HTTP/3 and what does it mean for APIs?
The majority of APIs today are based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). HTTP has been around for a very long time, in computer...
Transforming the Insurance industry
The pandemic impacted dramatically the insurance industry. Yet, some providers have been quick to evolve in the face of the crisis, while others had...
Format an API Builder Data Connector API Response
The format of the API Builder Data Connector API Response looks similar to this:
{ "success": true, "request-id": "9803004a-253b-4a2a-ad9a-f5ad9ece4479", "key": "employees", ...
Axway and Transparent Data partner up with the formidable Amplify API Management Platform
Transparent Data is a Polish technology company that has created its own business category in data software since 2013.
Thanks to a unique combination of...
Growing API complexity on Tech Talks Daily podcast
Jana Frejova recently joined Tech Talks Daily podcast host Neil Hughes to discuss growing enterprise API complexity, how it’s slowing down future growth, and...
API complexity holds enterprises back
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...
The power of API-driven technologies
As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, companies will need to focus on innovation in order to keep pace with the changes....
Responding to interoperability demands in healthcare with self-service and automation
As Patient Bulk FHIR APIs and Payer to Payer FHIR APIs come online, health plans must scale solutions to meet the demands of the...
Integration Builder’s Connector Builder Hooks – Pre Hook Example using Crypto
Axway's Integration Builder has over 200 connectors to various applications such as Salesforce, GitHub, SAP Hana, and many more. However, if a connector doesn't...
CommonSpirit Health speeds ahead with data-driven patient services
With Axway’s Amplify API Management Platform, CommonSpirit Health has developed a rigorous data governance framework that helps ensure sensitive medical data is always protected....
Creating a digital focus for products with API First
"API First" is something that often is mentioned when it comes to API strategy and other aspects of how to move to a more...
Amplify Central: Add Headers to an Integration Webhook
In a prior post, we discussed secrets for an Integration Webhook Authorization header.
However, what if your Webhook requires a different header, such as an...
Powered by Axway, Fabrick is vying to become Europe’s leading open finance ecosystem
A pioneer in open finance headquartered in Milan, Italy, Fabrick helps banks and third-party solution providers connect and innovate together.
With Axway’s Amplify API Management...
Amplify Central – Add API traffic badges to your environment description
In a prior blog post, we saw how to add API traffic badges (shields) to your API Service description providing a better user experience...
Representing Problem Details in HTTP APIs: An introduction to RFC 7807
Almost all APIs have a way of how problems and errors can be reported, making it easier to understand for the API consumer that...
Is your organization event-enabled?
In the center of consumers, organizations and applications are crucial, valuable data that is expected to be fresh, relevant, and delivered at lightning-fast speeds.
Real-time...
Axway Decision Insight uses Operational Intelligence (OI) for Controlled Substances Suspicious Order Monitoring “SOM”
The Opioid epidemic has been at the forefront of recent headlines before the COVID-19 pandemic. The DEA has been handing out record fines to...
Amplify Central: Add API Traffic Badges to your API Service Description
In this blog post, we'll demonstrate the openness and extensibility of the Amplify Platform by leveraging Integration Webhooks and Platform APIs. We'll show how...
Modernizing France’s social security services with URSSAF – Caisse Nationale
Thanks to Axway’s Amplify API Management Platform, URSSAF - Caisse Nationale is now handling more than four million daily secure API transactions. And it’s...
Jeff Bezos’ API mandate: What the five rules mean and do
In 2002, Jeff Bezos issued what is now known as the API mandate: The new direction at Amazon would be that all capabilities would have...
Unified API and integration governance takeaways: Why API complexity happens
It started with customers telling us they had a pain point: they were using multiple API gateways — both from Axway and from other...
Amplify Central Integration Webhooks – API Publish Approval
In a prior blog post, we looked at Amplify Central integration webhooks and an external application that detects when a new version of an...
Hands-on with Spectral: Using API linting for better API design and API governance
Spectral is an open-source API linting tool (powered by Stoplight) that allows users to write rules which then can be used to check API descriptions....
Eyal Sivan discusses open banking on PayPod podcast
Axway’s Head of Open Banking, Eyal Sivan, recently joined PayPod podcast host Scott Hawksworth to discuss why open banking is so transformative for the...
Zero Trust: Moving from perimeter security to API layer, continuous authentication
*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...
Amplify Whiteboard chat #4 – Policy Agents
Previously in my Amplify articles, I covered an open API Management Plane, API Discovery and Subscriptions, and API observability and traffic analytics.
In my final Whiteboard...
Enterprise success story and its challenges
A successful enterprise is like a productive human being. A flourishing human (for whatever success means to each of us) starts their life knowing...
Amplify Central Integration Webhooks – Basics
Introduction
Integration webhooks provide an "event" based means to monitor activity in Amplify Central in an external application that you create. Coupled with Amplify Central...
Key takeaways from business-first API strategy: Transforming the business with APIs at scale
Enterprises that are well along their digital transformation journey are attaining new levels of maturity. But with that maturity comes increased complexity. Organizations are...
Consuming APIs and IPAs is not that different
Beer can be brewed to perfection, but it’s up to the consumer to enjoy the golden liquid up to its very last sip. The...
Amplify Whiteboard 2: API Discovery and Subscriptions
In the first Amplify Whiteboard article, we described how the governance of APIs and the developer experience (DX) need to shift to a new...
Hypermedia APIs: What are they and what can they do for you?
Like anything in life, APIs come in different "flavors." In the case of APIs, these are called "API Styles," and there are five major...
ENGIE Group powered by Axway Amplify API Management Platform: Leveraging data for smarter energy...
ENGIE GROUP is a global leader in innovative, low-carbon energy and services. It is France’s largest producer of onshore wind and solar power and...
Amplify Central Connected Gateway Custom API Subscription Flow – Incident Management Use Case
In a prior post, we looked at an API Subscription Approval flow that integrates with your CRM for a business process-based approval mechanism for...
Manage Amplify Central API Visibility
In this blog post, we'll look at an example of how to manage API visibility in Amplify Central. Refer to the Manage catalog assets...
API marketplaces + Catalogs are all about innovation
Your API strategy stands little chance of adoption if you don't have an API Catalog. But it's more than a registry — built the...
How to make five billion dollars with APIs: API Monetization at eBay
API Monetization is on everybody's mind: How can I make money with APIs? How can I justify my investments in API-related activities?
But all too often, direct...
What is API First and how can I leverage it to add business value...
There is a lot of confusion around "What is API First," how is it different from "API First Design," and how all this fits...
Four challenges of using multiple API gateways: Webinar takeaways
IT architectures are becoming more complex with multiple API gateways. And without central visibility and control over your APIs, multiple gateways can mean various...
GS1 Digital Link: An API for Every Thing
Everybody "knows" GS1 because it's the organization that standardizes the EAN/UPC barcodes that we find on pretty much every product that we buy in our supermarkets and...
Amplify Central/Unified Catalog tag-based API Discovery – filter based on tag name
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,...
Key takeaways on mitigating the OWASP® API Top 10 threats (webinar)
Have you been wondering how to combat API security threats? Paul McCann, Security Architect at Axway, and Colin McGovern, Product Manager, talk you through...
Centralized Management of Decentralization: API Governance at scale
APIs and API management creates the most value when the APIs are closely aligned with value production and flows so that it becomes easier...
Why your API platform needs to be open
API platforms are an essential ingredient of digital transformation. APIs provide digital access to assets and capabilities of your organization, and all APIs together (your API...
Amplify Central Connected Gateway Custom API Subscription Flow – Integration Basics
This blog post is the second in a series covering custom API subscription approval flows for Amplify Central connected API gateways using agents. You...
MaPS: Building for the Pensions Dashboard, Part 2
The Pensions Dashboard is evidence that the influence of open APIs and the open everything agenda is growing beyond the confines of open banking...
APIs as change agents
APIs have been taking the world by storm. In times of global disruption and the replacement of physical interactions with digital journeys, APIs drive...
Hyrum’s Law: What it means for API Design and Management
The promise and challenges of loose coupling
One of the main aspects of APIs is that they should provide loose coupling, meaning that providers and consumers...
What are the top list of API Management vendors and key criteria
When selecting the right API Management tooling to support your digital initiatives, platforms, and transformation, it's critical to factor in some key criteria that...
2021 set to put open banking into the fast lane
Data on open banking adoption around the globe is now available for the final quarter of 2020, and one thing is clear: 2021 will...
Key takeaways from Open banking coming of age: How banks evolve as API Providers...
Open banking has gained prominence in the last few years. It’s not a fait accompli just yet, much more will evolve as banks turn...
What are API Rate Limits?
API Rate Limiting is simply controlling how many requests or calls an API consumer can make to your API. You may have experienced something...
Amplify Central Connected Gateway Custom API Subscription Flow – Introduction
This blog post is the first in a series covering custom API subscription approval flows for Amplify Central Connected API Gateways using agents. You...
Top 10 API trends for 2021
2021 Digital Transformation Trends are a key indicator for the future of APIs. APIs run the world and 2020 saw a huge increase in...
From APIs to value: The future of API Portals
APIs are the fundamental building blocks of Digital Transformation: They expose capabilities, and when used in the context of an API-First Strategy they also demand that everything...
How fit is your API?
How fit do you need to be?
How fit does your API need to be? It may not be the case that your API needs...
Tips on using Stoplight for API Design for API Builder
Axway's API Builder makes it easy to create APIs in minutes with a low-code/no-code interface and a powerful flow engine.
A common starting point for...
Four easy ideas for a perfect API Developer Experience
If you are a Developer and use APIs, you certainly have used some API Portals. An API Portal is a website that provides you with all the API definitions (Swagger...
API News Roundup – January 2021
As we bid farewell to 2020, we welcome the first API news roundup of 2021. Celebrate the new year with us as we look...
API Archaeology: Guiding the API Journey
Part of the Axway Catalyst mission is to help organizations on their API Journey. As part of this mission, we speak to many organizations in various stages...
Axway joins Financial Data Exchange (FDX) to exchange ideas on Open Banking
The Open Banking/finance/insurance movement continues to gain momentum. The global Open Banking market value in 2019 was $9,045M with an expected growth of 24%...
The Axway path to faster Partner onboarding
Organizations are constantly looking for ways to save costs while increasing agility and time to market. The faster you can get your trading partners securely...
API linting with Spectral: What is it and how does it work?
API linting is the process of making sure that APIs are not just technically correct (which is the realm of validation tooling), but that...
Monolith modernization with APIs and Microservices: What is the strangler pattern and how to...
Any organization that is not starting from scratch has existing IT systems and infrastructure in place. In many cases, this legacy has issues keeping...
2020 Medicare Interoperability Rule in Healthcare: OpenID Connect, Identity and Consent
The Interoperability Rule is driving transformation in healthcare. In an earlier post, we discussed some of the drivers and goals of the Interoperability Rule...
Axway Catalysts take the virtual stage at APIdays Paris
Axway Catalysts were center stage at APIdays Paris, which took place December 8-10, 2020. This year’s event included a virtual booth and workshop by...
AMPLIFY Unified Catalog: How to publish auto-discovered APIs from GitHub
In this blog post, we will look at how to discover APIs (OAS & WSDL) within your git repos and to publish them in...
Building blocks for HTTP APIs: IETF 109 Working Group Meeting
As discussed in a recent interview with Darrell Miller, one of the chairs of the new "Building Blocks for HTTP APIs" working group, this working...
What is the future of digital transformation and how to plan for it?
Many companies see digital transformation as a project — but this is a misconception on various levels.
Digital transformation explained
Digital transformation means that your company...
API News Roundup – November 2020
It's the season to give thanks, and we are extremely grateful for our readers sticking with us through two years of delivering the latest...
API Lifecycle Management: Deprecation and Sunsetting
APIs are products and go through the same lifecycle as all products. They get created, see some usage, get improved over time based on...
API Formats: Why JSON won over XML
The vast majority of APIs today are using the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to represent the structured data that they are exchanging. While JSON has been...
KPIs for APIs Part 4: Resilience KPIs
In Part Three of our series, KPIs for APIs, we spoke about selecting KPIs to track efficiency impacts. Today we will explore the notion...
API governance: What is it and why does it matter?
One topic that often comes up in organizations past a certain size is the question of API governance. This simply reflects the inherent tension...
How to manage multiple environments from single project
If you are developing a mobile app or an API like we did with the Griffin App, there is a high likelihood you need...
Building Blocks for HTTP APIs
APIs are Languages, and like with any language, it is important to think about who is using them and how to design the language.
When...
KPIs for APIs, Part 3 — Efficiency KPIs
In Part Two of the series on KPIs for APIs, we discussed how KPIs are being used and what KPIs are agreed upon to...
Open banking: A perspective from Brazil
The gradual “opening up” of information flows in Financial Services is pushing the innovation agenda forward. By allowing customers to share data securely, open banking...
Responding to cyber security threats in healthcare: API-First meets Protection-First
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are warning the...
Axway wins Best in Microservices Infrastructure at API World 2020
We recently shared the news that Axway was selected for an API Award for Best in Microservices Infrastructure. This week, we received our award...
Open Everything: What place is there for energy players?
In recent years, energy has been at the center of debates around social responsibility, but it has also become a major line of reflection...
KPIs for APIs Part 2 — more uses
In Part One of our blog series, KPIs for APIs, we discussed how KPIs for APIs (Key Performance Indicators) are used to develop your...
Dun & Bradstreet: leveraging APIs to deliver business intelligence data in near real-time
Since 1841, the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (D&B) has been delivering insights for businesses that provide commercial data and analytics for over 265 million...
The benefits of cybersecurity for business – what you need to know to stay...
Companies are a prime target for attacks, whether large or small in scope. Every day there are hundreds of threats. Companies need to be proactive...
KPIS for APIs – the execution imperative in an x24 digital acceleration
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for APIs can be used to sustain and grow your Platform, by showing the value of your APIs to your...
API News Roundup – October 2020
As the seasons change, temperatures are getting cooler, but API news stories are getting hotter. This month we continue to share the latest API...
2020 Medicare Interoperability Rule in Healthcare
Even after 10 years of regulatory investment in digital health, we have not solved the problem of sharing data seamlessly between health systems, health...
API is a language!
There are many different ways in which you can answer the seemingly simple question: "What is an API?"
Previous discussions focused on the technical fundamentals ("it...
Open Healthcare — a perfect storm — technology, need and mandate
A perfect storm is "an event in which a rare combination of circumstances drastically aggravates the event."
After interviewing a meteorologist about the 1991 Halloween Nor’easter, author Sebastian Junger describes three...
FHIR® within the healthcare spectrum: Part 3
In Part 2, we explored the health-as-a-service platform and its desired objects for a better modern technology approach. In Part 3, we delve into...
Designing APIs for extensibility
The main role of APIs is to serve as the connective fabric between different components and capabilities within an organization and across organizations.
One important aspect of...
Omniexperience: The key to differentiation
Omniexperience is the key to surviving the present and thriving in the future.
Omniexperience is differentiating your company's offerings.
Sounds great, but...
Omni-what-the-heck?
Before we dive into this...
Opening payments — an interview with Nilixa Devlukia
The following article is an adapted transcript based on the audio recording of Episode 6 of the Mr. Open Banking podcast with Nilixa Devlukia....
The healthcare community-building patient experience with API Platforms: Part 2
In Part 1 of our series, 5 roles in the healthcare community, we demonstrated how Axway’s customers span the five main areas of the...
The healthcare community-building patient experience with API Platforms: Part 1
The healthcare community is guided by one key objective — to deliver the best patient experience during diagnostic, cure, and observation.
Axway’s customers span the...
Managing API versions: The API lifecycle
Managing API versions are part of the bigger picture of API lifecycle management. Most importantly, the goal is to make sure that API consumption...
What is Semantic Versioning?
Semantic Versioning is a versioning scheme for using meaningful version numbers (that's why it is called Semantic Versioning). Specifically, the meaning revolves around how API versions...
Breaking down The Forrester Wave™: API Management Solutions, Q3 2020
With the current climate, with the current uncertainty… we have rocketed 10 years ahead. Previously, the need for innovation was often mistakenly seen as...
Designing Private, Partner, and Public APIs: What’s the Difference?
One of the defining characteristics of an API is that it should be reusable, but that doesn’t say much about the scope of an...
Transhumanism: The next API will be human
Save this date in your calendars: on August 28, 2020, Elon Musk will give a press conference to present Neuralink's latest developments.
This announcement takes...
API growth: Why and how APIs are growing in the time of COVID
With a pandemic that has disrupted businesses globally, APIs are being used for new services that are being consumed daily. With that comes the...
The 5 API styles: Understanding REST, OpenAPI, HTTP, gRPC, GraphQL, and Kafka
APIs are languages that allow applications to exchange information. Today, there are many possible technologies that can be used to design and implement APIs....
API identity: Is my API gold or blue?
You all remember the photo of the dress which went viral on the internet a couple of years ago. Viewers of the photo disagreed...
Event-Driven Explainer
Event-driven computing has been around for a while. However, the asynchronous nature of event-driven applications requires that specialized knowledge, craft, and tools used to...
API News Roundup – July 2020
Summer is in full swing and it's time to take a vacation! But we are not taking a break from our monthly API news...
Trends on the rise in uncertain times
From working remotely and adapting to a new office environment to retail shopping slowing down, what were once trends in one direction have shifted...
The technology behind open banking with Chris Michael
The following article is an adapted transcript of Episode 1 of the Mr. Open Banking podcast with Chris Michael. The audio version with the...
API Management and architecture deployment
API Management architecture and deployment is important for customers and their API journey. Moving forward to determine the path for a successful, scalable, and...
Creating real-time experiences with API streaming
These days, it's hard to find someone who has never heard of streaming. The first memory that comes to mind for most people is...
The API-First digital government approach part 3: Digital maturity
This is the third part of our three-part blog series looking at how the digital government agenda around the world is being enabled by...
Open banking vs. open health
Let me start by saying, this is about open data and the question of who owns the data: the customer (patient) or the vendor.
In...
Office of the Comptroller of Maryland gains security and supports service innovation with Axway
The Office of the Comptroller in the State of Maryland is responsible for crucial organizational practices from collecting taxes, to salary disbursement to state...
API News Roundup – June 2020
Summer is here! Although much of the world remains behind closed doors, we are celebrating warmer weather and sunnier days. What is also hot...
Five ways APIs help businesses during uncertain times
APIs are the key drivers of any business. Companies need to evolve quickly — either scaling up or down. With an API-driven platform, you...
CSOS: A Business Case for APIs and Microservices
To the detriment of those around me, I often point out technology failures. Quite often, those failures relate to the inability to easily "break...
IMAGINE SUMMIT 2020 is going virtual
Because timely, pertinent knowledge cannot wait till next year.
If you've attended Axway's IMAGINE SUMMIT in previous years, you already know we strive to deliver...
Best Practices for AMPLIFY Organization Management
The following best practices provide guidelines on how to manage your AMPLIFY™ Platform organization(s). These best practices provide an excellent starting point to help...
AMPLIFY Platform Demo Series, Part 16: Monitoring your API traffic
Hello again from our AMPLIFY demo blog series, the go-to source for mastering the basics of Axway’s AMPLIFY™ Platform! Thanks to our team of...
The API-First Digital government approach, part 1: Trends
In a three-part blog series, we review the emerging digital government movement around the world. In this first part, we look at the trends...
BOTTEN & KLUMM SHOW | LET’S TALK ABOUT DIGITAL!
Digital transformation is everywhere. So two expert Digital Catalysts, Brian Otten (BOTTEN), and Kay Lummitsch (KLUMM) came up with a brilliant idea to invite...
Use Axway Integration Builder in a Sentiment Analysis Application: Part 1
Introduction
Sentiment analysis (also known as opinion mining or emotion AI) refers to the use of natural language processing, text analysis, computational linguistics, and biometrics...
Shining the light on Axway’s partnerships
A few months ago, we announced and published Axway’s enhanced Partner Programs for Technology Alliance Partners and Business Partners.
We are now happy to shine...
International Interoperability of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A view of goals & opportunities
This article discusses how to exchange COVID-19 contact tracing information between countries that use contact tracing apps and infrastructure. It takes a structured look...
API News Roundup – May 2020
As businesses slowly reopen in cities around the world, we turn our attention to how APIs are helping companies transition to a new reality....
Winners! Social & Political Cohesion category of #EUvsVirus Hackathon
The #EUvsVirus hackathon assembled some of Europe’s best minds to bring new, creative ideas and solutions to the global pandemic of COVID-19.
In this first...
Monetization: Approaching products as API Design Wins
Think of when you went to an arcade, popped in a token to play that classic pinball machine. Perhaps you play Animal Farm on...
Why being on a Digital Journey is not enough
1979—I was thirteen years old when Pink Floyd released their album The Wall. I was overwhelmed. I can’t tell how often I was listening...
Using the Syncplicity Events API to get real-time visibility of events
The recently available Syncplicity Events API gives administrators increased visibility of activities within Syncplicity. It provides valuable additional auditing and monitoring capabilities and allows...
Getting started with Syncplicity REST APIs: Part 2
You may have read part 1 of my series, “Getting started with Syncplicity REST APIs” and now want to try some real API calls....
API News Roundup – April 2020
The world is adjusting to a new normal, and for many, APIs are helping ease that transformation. This month, we review the top API...
4 tips to take the stress out of working from home
Like most people in various businesses worldwide, I have been forced to work from home with no end in sight — this has been...
Why Kafka often underpins modern event-driven architecture
The purpose of this post is to highlight the different Kafka capabilities which explain its wide adoption in the industry and also attracted the...
Connecting Evernote to Syncplicity via AMPLIFY Application Integration
This article demonstrates what I learned while rapidly creating a proof of concept to publish and connect Evernote to Syncplicity via AMPLIFY Application Integration. I...
Healthcare in an increasingly remote world
Grounded from travel, I am working to put myself in my customer's shoes. What do hospitals, medical device manufacturers and health plans need most...
API News Roundup – March 2020
Recent global events have caused March to prove a very news-heavy month all around, and tech stories are no exception. Here is a look...
Extend your MFT to exchange files with any cloud storage: A Step-by-Step Guide to...
With the increasing pervasiveness of applications in the cloud, your file exchange platform is likely to face additional requirements to exchange with different cloud...
Integrating Axway Application Integration: Automating the use of Twitter Tweets with Hashtags
This blog entry is part of a two-part series where we will ultimately build a Cloud to Cloud (C2C) integration between Twitter and Slack,...
Digital business is a people business: SERVIN’ UP DIGITAL EPISODE 2
It’s important to have a close relationship with your customers. In the second installment of my video series “Serving up Digital,” my friend, Andrea...
What is a reverse proxy server?
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...
How API Design and ecosystems drive the insurance experience
Minimizing risk is lucrative. The better the experience, the more members of the ecosystem will know when and how to interact in ways that...
Automating sales documentation repositories using AMPLIFY Integration Builder
ow do you manage your sales documentation? A customer relationship management tool (CRM)? An intranet site? Excel sheets?
Since I am responsible for the sales...
Integrating Axway Application Integration and Slack
This blog entry is part two of a three-part series where we will ultimately build a Cloud to Cloud (C2C) integration between Service Now...
Three painful lessons you can avoid with your APIs and mobile apps
What can we all learn from the Iowa Caucus app failure to help us with our strategy for mobile apps and api management?
The Iowa...
What is API Economy?
API Economy (also known as API-driven economy) simply refers to the exchange of value between consumers and providers through APIs.
API Economy Examples
Take Uber, for...
The future of open banking
Observation: The future of open banking and the banking model is under attack — negative rates, loss of payments (GAFA, Crypto), fintech disintermediating the...
The road to the Axway 2020 Sales Kickoff Pin
Electronic badges have been gaining popularity for the last few years at conferences like Defcon and Hackaday's Superconference, taking badge making to new heights.
I...
What are event-driven APIs?
APIs have become an economic imperative for many businesses. But APIs solely based on request-response style interactions are limited by the fact that each...
API News Roundup – January 2020
Happy New Year! My resolution this year is to give you more great API news content every month. So without further ado, here is...
Should I monetize my APIs?
API Monetization consists of tracking API Usage on a per-customer basis, enforcing usage plan quotas, and informing back-end billing systems of usage levels. This...
API Portals: Why are they important?
We often think of APIs in a very technical way, but in reality, APIs are about providing business offerings and value. Many organizations treat...
API News Roundup – December 2019
The holidays are almost here, but we are not taking a break from our monthly API news roundup. So before you deck the halls,...
Interview Engie: changing from a business model to one of “as a service” [Article...
ENGIE has been undergoing a significant transformation since 2016, making it the world leader in the transition to zero-carbon energy. Gérard Guinamand, Chief Data...
Categorize your APIs: Tips and Tricks
There are many reasons it makes sense to split up or categorize your APIs into different sections in the API Portal to improve the...
Hybrid integration and API Management (What’s the difference?)
In the broad integration markets we play terminology moves fast as does technology. Most recently, a set of questions and discussions have surfaced on...
API News Roundup – November 2019
November is the month for giving thanks and self-reflection. This month we are reflecting on some of the great API news stories that are...