APIs For Executives

Merging Companies? 4 IT Questions to Answer
API University

Mergers inevitably increase the IT complexity an organization faces. APIs are universal connectors, so the ways in which businesses monitor and manage their APIs can turn those connections into points of leverage and opportunities for the increased insight and control needed in an M&A.

Analysis

David Feuer

Business, API Management

12-20-2018

How the USDS is Modernizing Medicare’s 50 Year Old Payment System
API University CMS Quality Payment SubmissionsBlue Button

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

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

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Merging Companies? 4 IT Questions to Answer
API University

How the USDS is Modernizing Medicare’s 50 Year Old Payment System
API University CMS Quality Payment SubmissionsBlue Button

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