APIs For Executives

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

Riding the Wave of Digital Disruption: 5 Tips to Help Legacy Businesses Operate Like Startups
API University

Many startups are digital natives, meaning they don't have to deal with issues arising from legacy systems as enterprises often have to. Here are five key enablers to help established companies overcome disadvantages they may face compared to digital natives and stay competitive in the long run.

Analysis

David Feuer

Enterprise, Business

09-05-2018

How Singapore Will Run the Country Using APIs
API University

How do you integrate data and services from a government that includes 85 agencies? In Singapore the answer is to create a whole-government API. Users benefit by only having to deal with a single interface while agencies are spared the job of coming together as a single entity.

Case Study

Wendell Santos

Government

06-24-2018

Why Stream Switched from Python to Go
API University Stream

The company Stream announced recently that it has changed its core service language from Python to Go. The company uses Go for all performance intensive code, and it still uses Python where its programmers feel makes sense. Stream is an API for building, scaling, and personalizing activity streams.

Case Study

ProgrammableWeb Staff

Languages, API Strategy

06-10-2018

How HelloSign Fueled 10x Growth in the Digital Signature Landscape
API University HelloSign

This is the third API profile in what we are calling the "Growth Series." HelloSign provides an API that allows developers to create an eSigning experience that's a seamless part of a digital document. This feature along with others has fueled a 10x growth in calls made to its API.

Case Study

Bob Reselman

Electronic Signature, Digital Asset Management

02-19-2018

How and Why to Transform Your Business into a Digital Ecosystem
API University

What does it really mean to be a technology business and how does an organization undergo digital transformation? This article will help make the abstract digital transformation imperative more tangible by focusing on the mechanics of one of its most hyped and most important elements: the ecosystem.

Analysis

Anant Jhingran

API Strategy, Business

01-11-2018

How APIs Can Inspire The Complete Reinvention of an Old Business
API University

Everywhere you look, you'll find old business processes that have been in place for decades. When many of these processes went online, chances are they were reproduced, step-for-step, electronically. No one bothered to think differently about those steps. Jetty is example of one company that did.

Analysis

David Berlind

Insurance, Housing, Real Estate

11-17-2017

How to Align Your Team Around Microservices
API University

For a profession that stresses the importance of naming things well, we've done ourselves a disservice with microservices. The poor naming has led to misconceptions and misapplication of microservices by those hopping on the bandwagon, many times without deep understanding of its concepts.

Analysis

Roger Jin

Microservices, API Strategy

10-09-2017

Meet the New Breed of Developer (Found at the Nearly 70 Year-Old ASICS)
API University

Whether you're leading your decades-old organization through a digital transformation or you're a developer plotting out your career path, you'd better get to know and understand the new breed of developer. She or he is not just a software engineer, s/he's a businessperson too (includes a podcast)

Interview

David Berlind

Application Development, Business

09-29-2017

Learn How Intercom Grew Its Developer Program with APIs
API University Intercom

As part of the series on getting the most ROI out of your API, this case study shows how Intercom grew its developer program by tracking key indicators across a range of business goals — platform reach, developer engagement, financial impact — that aligned with their API strategy and business plan.

Case Study

Mark Boyd

API Strategy, Analytics, API Education

09-27-2017

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

Riding the Wave of Digital Disruption: 5 Tips to Help Legacy Businesses Operate Like Startups
API University

How Singapore Will Run the Country Using APIs
API University

Why Stream Switched from Python to Go
API University Stream

How HelloSign Fueled 10x Growth in the Digital Signature Landscape
API University HelloSign

How and Why to Transform Your Business into a Digital Ecosystem
API University

How APIs Can Inspire The Complete Reinvention of an Old Business
API University

How to Align Your Team Around Microservices
API University

Meet the New Breed of Developer (Found at the Nearly 70 Year-Old ASICS)
API University

Learn How Intercom Grew Its Developer Program with APIs
API University Intercom