API Management and Resources

Getting started with APIs isn't always easy. Explore numerous resources to learn all about APIs. From best practices and how-to's, to API use cases in the real world, these resources will help you get acquainted with API management, build, design, analytics, and monitoring.

APIs are transforming the world. Businesses are using APIs to achieve digital transformation; that might mean moving faster, creating an agility layer, achieving customer-centric goals, or generating revenue. But companies don't just need to think about building APIs, they have to think about building APIs to achieve business objectives, to make their users happy, and to last a long time.

• What is an API?
• What is API Management?
• What is Full Lifecycle API Management?
• Pick the Right Type of API For Your Project
• Planning Your API
• What is a RESTful API?
• Choosing a Great API Spec Saves Time and Hassle
• How to Maximize Your API's Security
• Design APIs easily with RAML
• What is integration?

Industries of all varieties are adopting APIs to run their businesses more effectively and to better engage with end users. Learn how API adoption has changed a wide variety of industries.

• API Layer
• Mobile Application Integration
• How APIs Transform the Customer Experience
• The Value of APIs for Business
• Connected Retail | APIs in Retail
• API Strategy for Government
• The Value of an API in Healthcare | Connected Hospital
• A Single Patient View Improves Health Outcomes

Dive into the world of APIs with informative webinars about API management, design, development and more.

• API First Development with RAML and SoapUI
• Secrets of a Great API
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Service and API Management
• Welcome to the API Economy

Download from our library of whitepapers, ebooks and case studies to gain deeper insight into API management, implementation, and best practices.

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Service and API Management
• Ben Kepes - Why APIs are Critical to Business
• Secrets of a Great API

Learn how to leverages the ideology of developing a single application as a suite of small independently deployable services that can be reused in multiple business process.

• What Are Microservices?
• Best Practices for Microservices
• Microservices and APIs: a necessary union
• The Top Six Microservices Patterns
• Microservices vs Monolithic Architecture
• Microservices and DevOps: Better together
• Microservices and Security: Increasing security by increasing surface area
• Are microservices a fad?

See how API-led connectivity enables the Internet of Everything. Redefine your product offerings and customer experience through smart connected devices.

• The Internet of Things - Expanding Connectivity
• IoT in the Enterprise

Create smarter banking with an API-led connectivity strategy.

• What is Open Banking?
• How PSD2 Will Revolutionize the Banking Industry
• How Financial Service Firms Can Benefit from Open Banking APIs
• The Value of Secure Open Banking Initiatives