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Why the Transportation Market Exemplifies the Need for Vertical API Platforms
As many organizations still use legacy systems in tandem with more modern solutions, APIs serve as a connection between the two. There are two types of API companies experiencing success—those with vertical and horizontal platforms—each offering a different level of connectivity and expertise.
4 days ago
How SwaggerHub Helps Your API Development Program Scale
It's a great thing when your product or service is being used by thousands. But systems need to scale to accommodate your growing user base. Managing the processes that help you scale can be difficult. In this article we discuss the ways in which SwaggerHub provides a platform for API team to scale.
06-11-2018
Are We All Reinventing the Wheel?
This article is focused on SaaS and Application developers considering how to best meet their end-user’s integration and automation needs. These days it's not so much ‘do you integrate?’ but ‘how do you integrate?’ In the end the goal should be to focus on satisfying stakeholders.
05-16-2018
How Postman Solves Four Major Concerns of the Enterprise
Enterprise software companies display wide variety in their needs and behaviors but fundamentally they are concerned with security, administration and control, cost-effectiveness and visibility. While the problems are not unique to APIs, the solutions used by modern enterprises include them.
05-07-2018
Five Problems That an API Development Environment Solves
An ADE addresses the needs of the API developer: combining and centralizing the tools needed to work on any aspect of an API development workflow. Here we look at the key features of an ADE, how it supports, simplifies and formalizes API development and meets the most critical API development needs.
03-27-2018
How Autodata Became an API Platform for the Automotive Industry
In the 1970s, Autodata was a publisher of technical automotive manuals that helped vehicle owners fix their own cars. Today, Autodata has become a data and software company that offers a platform that powers an emerging generation of API-based solutions for tomorrow’s automotive market.
02-28-2018
Research Reveals that APIs Can Solve Digital Transformation Troubles
MuleSoft's annual Connectivity Benchmark Report reveals what’s at stake if IT leaders don’t get the job done on digital transformation; four out of five say that they will lose revenue in as little as 12 months if digital transformation isn’t completed. Can APIs be a way to achieve these goals?
02-21-2018
How Adopting APIs can Boost Your Profits
During the upcoming webinar “How API adoption boosts profits” on January 11, Marshall van Alstyne and David Berlind will discuss research that quantifies increased company profits when adopting APIs, and provide real-world examples of how businesses can achieve this type of dramatic impact.
01-05-2018
Send and Receive SMS With Java Using Nexmo
The Nexmo SMS API is a service that allows you to send and receive SMS messages anywhere in the world. Nexmo provides REST APIs, but it's easier to use their official Java SDK. This tutorial covers how to send and receive SMS messages with the SDK so that you can use them in your applications.
12-05-2017
Core Impact 2017 versus Metasploit: the Shootout Comparison
Core Impact 2017 R1 and Metasploit Pro are tools used to create multi-staged, real-world attacks to test enterprise security defenses. Both solutions have a large following, but there are several areas in which they are different that dramatically increase a pen-tester's ability to do their job.
11-02-2017
5 Ways to Build a More Convenient User Experience
We all know about the importance of a good user experience and user interface, but what about user convenience? The most satisfying online experiences often are tied to how convenient they were. If convenience is king, then developers must learn how to create products with convenience in mind.
10-31-2017
How and Why Should I Use a Parsed WHOIS API
WHOIS is a protocol, most often used for querying databases that store information about owners of various Internet resources. When WHOIS is combined with WhoAPI it can become a powerful tool. This article explains how to use WHOIS and offers a number of use cases for using WHOIS with the WhoAPI.
10-23-2017
How to Build a 3D Airport Experience with the Wrld.js SDK
Wrld.js is an SDK built on the Leaflet API that can be used for embedding interactive, 3D, indoor and outdoor maps in a web page. This guide will walk you through the process of using wrld.js to build a 3D airport experience, including searching, point-of-interest markers, and indoor routing.
10-17-2017
How to Choose the Best Background Check API
Not all background checks are the same; while the government court data is universal, the mechanisms to access that data vary wildly from automated searches to manual court-runners. This article provides advice on what to look for when choosing an employment screening API vendor.
10-09-2017
Pragmatic Integration - Leveraging SQL Abstraction for SaaS API Connectivity
As data has become more vital to core business functions, it's also become more decentralized. For developers facing integration challenges, using drivers for integration represents a logical step-up when seeking to simplify architectural complexity and build connected applications more quickly.
10-03-2017
Add Programmable SMS to Your .NET Apps
The Nexmo SMS API lets you send and receive text messages around the world without having to worry about which carriers the recipients are subscribed to. This tutorial shows you how to use the Nexmo C# Client Library to send and receive SMS messages from your ASP.NET MVC web app.
09-12-2017
Use A Weather API? You Could Win Big!
Do you use or plan to use a weather API in the near future? If so, Earth Networks would love to hear your thoughts on the landscape of Weather APIs on the market. Your feedback may help guide improvements in weather APIs and every survey respondent willl get a chance to win an Amazon gift card.
08-14-2017
What is an API Fragment?
Reusable APIs and API fragments are a critical factor in closing the IT delivery gap that arises when there are too many IT projects that need to be delivered with too few IT resources. Instead of starting every project from scratch, you can reuse fragments and APIs to accelerate project delivery.
08-09-2017
Add Programmable Voice to Your Node.js Apps with Express
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Nexmo Application and Voice APIs to create a text-to-speech outbound phone call securely and then how to receive inbound calls by implementing a Webhook. This tutorial assumes you are working with a Unix or Linux-based operating system.
08-09-2017
How to Make your Own Zillow Using the Onboard Developer Platform
As the largest national real estate portal, Zillow has perfected the art of attracting and engaging online real estate consumers. If you are a developer looking to do the same, you can use the Onboard Developer Platform to recreate and improve upon some of Zillow's most popular features.
08-03-2017