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How to Succeed in the API Economy; a Prescription from ProgrammableWeb
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In aggregate, the organizations around the world that directly or indirectly monetize their APIs form the basis of what the media often calls the “API Economy.” As a subset of the total global economy, the API economy is responsible for the exchange of trillions of dollars of value annually.

Analysis

David Berlind

API Strategy, API Design

12-03-2018

Is the API in Your App a Trojan Horse?
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Attackers know that API calls originating from inside an app are a blueprint for the infrastructure inside your data center. Further, they can use those same API calls to hide their malicious purposes, like a Trojan horse ready to slip through the front door. Apps are the new emerging threat vector.

Analysis

Aaron Lint

Security, API Design

11-29-2018

Open APIs – The Need for Common Standards in Banking
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The ripple effects of regulation such as the EU's PSD2 and Open Banking initiatives in the UK and APAC, designed to stimulate increased competition in banking, are being felt worldwide. But what do these changes mean in practice for developers seeking to build fintech apps to work with bank APIs?

Analysis

Joseph White

Banking, API Design, API Strategy

11-27-2018

Five Reasons Microservices Don’t Always Work for Your Application
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Microservices, an approach where software can be broken into small, distinct components offers many advantages over monolithic architectures. But, they are not a catch all solution for your application. This article looks at when moving to a microservice approach may not be in your best interest.

On the Web

Wendell Santos

Microservices, API Design

11-18-2018

How the USDS is Modernizing Medicare’s 50 Year Old Payment System
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently faced with the reality that their legacy system, one that processes 4% of the US GDP, needed to be modernized for a number of reasons. This is the story of what USDS is doing to address the situation and keep a mission critical system online.

Case Study

Wendell Santos

Healthcare, API Strategy, Government

11-13-2018

The Blockchain Train Is Leaving The Station. Should You Be On board?
API University

Few trends exemplify the idea of FOMO the way blockchain trends do. But should you invest your time or money into it? This article offers some ways that you can get started with blockchain so that you can be aware of a rapidly growing and evolving market and make the best decision for yourself.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

11-02-2018

HyperLedger is a Platform-Agnostic Toolset For Building Blockchain Apps
API University

While often perceived as competitive to Ethereum, HyperLedger operates on a different wavelength. Hyperledger provides a set of agnostic tools for developers who are building blockchain apps, regardless of the core blockchain layer. Therefore it is a suite of the tools mentioned in this article.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

10-30-2018

Stitch Avoids the End of API Economy as We Know It
API University

Taking advantage of APIs is a quick and inexpensive technique for a business so long as those APIs are available and remain constant. Changes happen to APIs all the time and this is the story of Stitch, a company that found a way to succeed, despite the uncertainties inherent to the API economy.

Analysis

Bob Reselman

API Strategy, Business

10-26-2018

How to Build a Secure API Strategy for the API Economy
API University

APIs, via B2B partnerships and B2C applications, can increase a company’s reach and make digital assets and services available to broader audiences. There are dangers posed by the adoption of insecure APIs in the enterprise. Hence, businesses need a strategy for building and operating secure APIs.

Analysis

Setu Kulkarni

Security, API Strategy

10-25-2018

Remember This Word: Blockchain
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This is the beginning of ProgrammableWeb's series on Cryptocurrency and why it matters to developers. In this article we present an overview of the ecosystem including a brief overview of blockchain, Ethereum and more as well as some of the common API types you can expect to see.

Analysis

Jeremy Glassenberg

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

10-22-2018

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How to Succeed in the API Economy; a Prescription from ProgrammableWeb
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Five Reasons Microservices Don’t Always Work for Your Application
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How the USDS is Modernizing Medicare’s 50 Year Old Payment System
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The Blockchain Train Is Leaving The Station. Should You Be On board?
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HyperLedger is a Platform-Agnostic Toolset For Building Blockchain Apps
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Stitch Avoids the End of API Economy as We Know It
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How to Build a Secure API Strategy for the API Economy
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Remember This Word: Blockchain
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