How APIs Will Shape the Future
blog.compete.com
on 04/04/2013
Excerpt: What is an API? API stands for Application Programming Interface, but more importantly APIs are gateways for information to travel between disparate sources. An API is a delivery mechanism, much like a truck while delivering packages, or a train while freighting supplies. The API moves the data from one place to another. This is the reason why APIs are essential to the Big Data movement; they allow for combining enormous amounts of data from disparate sources. This allows for boundless creativity in developing applications, managing back-end data modeling systems, or creating net new services. Customer and market data is the new gold, but proper management is critical to maximizing its value.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Bigdata
Designing A RESTful API That Doesn't Suck
devo.ps
on 03/24/2013
Excerpt: With devo. ps you can easily manage your own infrastructure: deploy servers in the cloud (AWS, Rackspace, Linode), add and configure services and automation.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, APIs, Design, How-To, Story
API and SOA convergence
blog.cobia.net
on 03/21/2013
Excerpt: Both API and SOA success requires creating loosely coupled consumer-provider connections, enforcing a separation of concerns between consumer and provider, and exposing a set of re-usable, shared services, and gaining service consumer adoption. With traditional SOA, many development teams publish services, yet struggle to create a service architecture that is widely shared, re-used, and adopted across internal development teams. Over a period of six years (i. e. 2003-2009), I consulted and advised over 200 large enterprise IT organizations on how to create effective SOA strategy and SOA roadmaps. The experience provided a battle-tested SOA strategy for moving organizations forward.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Enterprise, SOA
WHY CIOS MUST CARE ABOUT NEW API MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS. HINT, IT'S ABOUT MOBILE APPS
blogs.forrester.com
on 03/17/2013
Excerpt: Thanks to the good work of my colleagues Eve Maler and Jeffrey Hammond, we have a new Forrester Wave on API Management Platforms, including evaluations of Layer 7, Mashery, WSO2, Intel, IBM, Vordel, and 3Scale. I won't spill the beans on the leaders, but I will share some of their analysis with my own interpretation to explain why you must care. First, let's define API management platforms as:
Middleware that developers use to publish and configure interfaces and that applications use at runtime to connect to the data services they need. Here's why API management platforms matter:
As you build mobile apps for customers, partners, and employees, you need apps that perform well over the last wireless mile.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Forrester, InfoSec, Platforms
API Community Debates Governance versus Innovation
www.infoq.com
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: The need for "API Governance" was a hot topic at the recent API Strategy and Practice conference, which brought together API practitioners and experts from a broad spectrum of startups, vendors and enterprises. Lorinda Brandon, director of solutions strategy at Smartbear Software reported on the debate asking whether governance and innovation "had to be enemies. " Lorinda notes that among the diversity of attendees at the conference there is still the same old gap between the enterprise and the start-up that we have come to expect. "For as long as I've been in the industry, the difference has always been around governance and process vs rapid innovation.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Governance, SOA
5 lessons from API giants like Twitter and Google
venturebeat.com
on 03/08/2013
Excerpt: The Application Programming Interface (API) provides a link for smartphone and tablet devices to get data from the cloud, social networks to accept shares, and data to easily be exposed between companies. For information technology, this is the age of APIs. In the early Web, data was shared through bulletin boards and forums. As the Internet went mainstream, users demanded a better experience with guided tasks, and a three-tier architecture became standard. This application topology led to many isolated islands of logic and data, which were made accessible by the introduction of web services which allowed third party developers to build applications to connect them through APIs.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Google, Twitter
Panoptix App Developer Program: What APIs would you like to see
whatspossible.johnsoncontrols.com
on 03/08/2013
Excerpt: At last November’s launch, the Panoptix App Developer Program provided building and meter APIs. Earlier this year we added AHU and VAV APIs. In the near future we will announce the availability of a Utility Bill API. We will continue to expand the API set to meet the needs of our partners. This could be additional HVAC equipment, weather stations, or other entities involved in building efficiency. As the product manager for the Panoptix platform, I’d like to get some feedback from you. What information are you looking for from the Panoptix platform? What information is critical for you to extend your current applications, or to support new applications? Why is this important or of value to you?... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Apps, Buildings, Developer, Home, Idea, Panoptix, Showcase
API Business ROI | APIfy
www.apify.co
on 03/07/2013
Excerpt: Numerous measurements exist for APIs. On the technical level, these metrics are fairly well understood. However, on the business level, there is a great deal of confusion over how the effectiveness of an API program can be accurately measured. Layer 7’s March 14 webinar, ROI for APIs – which will feature input from TechCrunch and AT&T – should help to clear up some of this confusion. In particular, the webinar will focus on how hackthons can be used to gather valuable data for API ROI measurement. How you measure your API ROI will depend on the purpose your APIs play in the greater business picture.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Apify, APIs, Blog, Cloud, From, Googlereader, Ifttt, Management, ROI, the
ImpactStory: tell the full story of your research impact
impactstory.org
on 03/04/2013
Excerpt: Our data (like our source code) is wide open. As a non-profit organization, we are in this because we believe open altmetrics are key for building the coming era of Web-native science. ImpactStory is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and others.... read the full post.
Tags: Analytics, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs
The Future of Data Visualization Tools | Visual.ly Blog
blog.visual.ly
on 03/04/2013
Excerpt: Data is everywhere and well-designed data graphics can be both beautiful and meaningful. As visualizations take center stage in a data-centric world, researchers and developers spend much time understanding and creating better visualizations. But they spend just as much time understanding how tools can help programmers and designers create visualizations faster, more effectively, and more enjoyably. Let’s talk about some of the work in that area, and what the future looks like. As any visualization practitioner will tell you, turning a dataset from raw stuff in a file to a final result in a picture is far from a single-track, linear path.... read the full post.
Tags: Analysis, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Datavisualization, visualizaiton, visualization
Excerpt: With devo. ps you can easily manage your own infrastructure: deploy servers in the cloud (AWS, Rackspace, Linode), add and configure services and automation.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, APIs, Design, How-To, Story
API and SOA convergence
blog.cobia.net
on 03/21/2013
Excerpt: Both API and SOA success requires creating loosely coupled consumer-provider connections, enforcing a separation of concerns between consumer and provider, and exposing a set of re-usable, shared services, and gaining service consumer adoption. With traditional SOA, many development teams publish services, yet struggle to create a service architecture that is widely shared, re-used, and adopted across internal development teams. Over a period of six years (i. e. 2003-2009), I consulted and advised over 200 large enterprise IT organizations on how to create effective SOA strategy and SOA roadmaps. The experience provided a battle-tested SOA strategy for moving organizations forward.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Enterprise, SOA
WHY CIOS MUST CARE ABOUT NEW API MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS. HINT, IT'S ABOUT MOBILE APPS
blogs.forrester.com
on 03/17/2013
Excerpt: Thanks to the good work of my colleagues Eve Maler and Jeffrey Hammond, we have a new Forrester Wave on API Management Platforms, including evaluations of Layer 7, Mashery, WSO2, Intel, IBM, Vordel, and 3Scale. I won't spill the beans on the leaders, but I will share some of their analysis with my own interpretation to explain why you must care. First, let's define API management platforms as:
Middleware that developers use to publish and configure interfaces and that applications use at runtime to connect to the data services they need. Here's why API management platforms matter:
As you build mobile apps for customers, partners, and employees, you need apps that perform well over the last wireless mile.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Forrester, InfoSec, Platforms
API Community Debates Governance versus Innovation
www.infoq.com
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: The need for "API Governance" was a hot topic at the recent API Strategy and Practice conference, which brought together API practitioners and experts from a broad spectrum of startups, vendors and enterprises. Lorinda Brandon, director of solutions strategy at Smartbear Software reported on the debate asking whether governance and innovation "had to be enemies. " Lorinda notes that among the diversity of attendees at the conference there is still the same old gap between the enterprise and the start-up that we have come to expect. "For as long as I've been in the industry, the difference has always been around governance and process vs rapid innovation.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Governance, SOA
5 lessons from API giants like Twitter and Google
venturebeat.com
on 03/08/2013
Excerpt: The Application Programming Interface (API) provides a link for smartphone and tablet devices to get data from the cloud, social networks to accept shares, and data to easily be exposed between companies. For information technology, this is the age of APIs. In the early Web, data was shared through bulletin boards and forums. As the Internet went mainstream, users demanded a better experience with guided tasks, and a three-tier architecture became standard. This application topology led to many isolated islands of logic and data, which were made accessible by the introduction of web services which allowed third party developers to build applications to connect them through APIs.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Google, Twitter
Panoptix App Developer Program: What APIs would you like to see
whatspossible.johnsoncontrols.com
on 03/08/2013
Excerpt: At last November’s launch, the Panoptix App Developer Program provided building and meter APIs. Earlier this year we added AHU and VAV APIs. In the near future we will announce the availability of a Utility Bill API. We will continue to expand the API set to meet the needs of our partners. This could be additional HVAC equipment, weather stations, or other entities involved in building efficiency. As the product manager for the Panoptix platform, I’d like to get some feedback from you. What information are you looking for from the Panoptix platform? What information is critical for you to extend your current applications, or to support new applications? Why is this important or of value to you?... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Apps, Buildings, Developer, Home, Idea, Panoptix, Showcase
API Business ROI | APIfy
www.apify.co
on 03/07/2013
Excerpt: Numerous measurements exist for APIs. On the technical level, these metrics are fairly well understood. However, on the business level, there is a great deal of confusion over how the effectiveness of an API program can be accurately measured. Layer 7’s March 14 webinar, ROI for APIs – which will feature input from TechCrunch and AT&T – should help to clear up some of this confusion. In particular, the webinar will focus on how hackthons can be used to gather valuable data for API ROI measurement. How you measure your API ROI will depend on the purpose your APIs play in the greater business picture.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Apify, APIs, Blog, Cloud, From, Googlereader, Ifttt, Management, ROI, the
ImpactStory: tell the full story of your research impact
impactstory.org
on 03/04/2013
Excerpt: Our data (like our source code) is wide open. As a non-profit organization, we are in this because we believe open altmetrics are key for building the coming era of Web-native science. ImpactStory is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and others.... read the full post.
Tags: Analytics, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs
The Future of Data Visualization Tools | Visual.ly Blog
blog.visual.ly
on 03/04/2013
Excerpt: Data is everywhere and well-designed data graphics can be both beautiful and meaningful. As visualizations take center stage in a data-centric world, researchers and developers spend much time understanding and creating better visualizations. But they spend just as much time understanding how tools can help programmers and designers create visualizations faster, more effectively, and more enjoyably. Let’s talk about some of the work in that area, and what the future looks like. As any visualization practitioner will tell you, turning a dataset from raw stuff in a file to a final result in a picture is far from a single-track, linear path.... read the full post.
Tags: Analysis, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Datavisualization, visualizaiton, visualization
Excerpt: Thanks to the good work of my colleagues Eve Maler and Jeffrey Hammond, we have a new Forrester Wave on API Management Platforms, including evaluations of Layer 7, Mashery, WSO2, Intel, IBM, Vordel, and 3Scale. I won't spill the beans on the leaders, but I will share some of their analysis with my own interpretation to explain why you must care. First, let's define API management platforms as: Middleware that developers use to publish and configure interfaces and that applications use at runtime to connect to the data services they need. Here's why API management platforms matter: As you build mobile apps for customers, partners, and employees, you need apps that perform well over the last wireless mile.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Forrester, InfoSec, Platforms
API Community Debates Governance versus Innovation
www.infoq.com
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: The need for "API Governance" was a hot topic at the recent API Strategy and Practice conference, which brought together API practitioners and experts from a broad spectrum of startups, vendors and enterprises. Lorinda Brandon, director of solutions strategy at Smartbear Software reported on the debate asking whether governance and innovation "had to be enemies. " Lorinda notes that among the diversity of attendees at the conference there is still the same old gap between the enterprise and the start-up that we have come to expect. "For as long as I've been in the industry, the difference has always been around governance and process vs rapid innovation.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Governance, SOA
5 lessons from API giants like Twitter and Google
venturebeat.com
on 03/08/2013
Excerpt: The Application Programming Interface (API) provides a link for smartphone and tablet devices to get data from the cloud, social networks to accept shares, and data to easily be exposed between companies. For information technology, this is the age of APIs. In the early Web, data was shared through bulletin boards and forums. As the Internet went mainstream, users demanded a better experience with guided tasks, and a three-tier architecture became standard. This application topology led to many isolated islands of logic and data, which were made accessible by the introduction of web services which allowed third party developers to build applications to connect them through APIs.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Google, Twitter
Panoptix App Developer Program: What APIs would you like to see
whatspossible.johnsoncontrols.com
on 03/08/2013
Excerpt: At last November’s launch, the Panoptix App Developer Program provided building and meter APIs. Earlier this year we added AHU and VAV APIs. In the near future we will announce the availability of a Utility Bill API. We will continue to expand the API set to meet the needs of our partners. This could be additional HVAC equipment, weather stations, or other entities involved in building efficiency. As the product manager for the Panoptix platform, I’d like to get some feedback from you. What information are you looking for from the Panoptix platform? What information is critical for you to extend your current applications, or to support new applications? Why is this important or of value to you?... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Apps, Buildings, Developer, Home, Idea, Panoptix, Showcase
API Business ROI | APIfy
www.apify.co
on 03/07/2013
Excerpt: Numerous measurements exist for APIs. On the technical level, these metrics are fairly well understood. However, on the business level, there is a great deal of confusion over how the effectiveness of an API program can be accurately measured. Layer 7’s March 14 webinar, ROI for APIs – which will feature input from TechCrunch and AT&T – should help to clear up some of this confusion. In particular, the webinar will focus on how hackthons can be used to gather valuable data for API ROI measurement. How you measure your API ROI will depend on the purpose your APIs play in the greater business picture.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Apify, APIs, Blog, Cloud, From, Googlereader, Ifttt, Management, ROI, the
ImpactStory: tell the full story of your research impact
impactstory.org
on 03/04/2013
Excerpt: Our data (like our source code) is wide open. As a non-profit organization, we are in this because we believe open altmetrics are key for building the coming era of Web-native science. ImpactStory is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and others.... read the full post.
Tags: Analytics, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs
The Future of Data Visualization Tools | Visual.ly Blog
blog.visual.ly
on 03/04/2013
Excerpt: Data is everywhere and well-designed data graphics can be both beautiful and meaningful. As visualizations take center stage in a data-centric world, researchers and developers spend much time understanding and creating better visualizations. But they spend just as much time understanding how tools can help programmers and designers create visualizations faster, more effectively, and more enjoyably. Let’s talk about some of the work in that area, and what the future looks like. As any visualization practitioner will tell you, turning a dataset from raw stuff in a file to a final result in a picture is far from a single-track, linear path.... read the full post.
Tags: Analysis, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Datavisualization, visualizaiton, visualization
Excerpt: The Application Programming Interface (API) provides a link for smartphone and tablet devices to get data from the cloud, social networks to accept shares, and data to easily be exposed between companies. For information technology, this is the age of APIs. In the early Web, data was shared through bulletin boards and forums. As the Internet went mainstream, users demanded a better experience with guided tasks, and a three-tier architecture became standard. This application topology led to many isolated islands of logic and data, which were made accessible by the introduction of web services which allowed third party developers to build applications to connect them through APIs.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Google, Twitter
Panoptix App Developer Program: What APIs would you like to see
whatspossible.johnsoncontrols.com
on 03/08/2013
Excerpt: At last November’s launch, the Panoptix App Developer Program provided building and meter APIs. Earlier this year we added AHU and VAV APIs. In the near future we will announce the availability of a Utility Bill API. We will continue to expand the API set to meet the needs of our partners. This could be additional HVAC equipment, weather stations, or other entities involved in building efficiency. As the product manager for the Panoptix platform, I’d like to get some feedback from you. What information are you looking for from the Panoptix platform? What information is critical for you to extend your current applications, or to support new applications? Why is this important or of value to you?... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Apps, Buildings, Developer, Home, Idea, Panoptix, Showcase
API Business ROI | APIfy
www.apify.co
on 03/07/2013
Excerpt: Numerous measurements exist for APIs. On the technical level, these metrics are fairly well understood. However, on the business level, there is a great deal of confusion over how the effectiveness of an API program can be accurately measured. Layer 7’s March 14 webinar, ROI for APIs – which will feature input from TechCrunch and AT&T – should help to clear up some of this confusion. In particular, the webinar will focus on how hackthons can be used to gather valuable data for API ROI measurement. How you measure your API ROI will depend on the purpose your APIs play in the greater business picture.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Apify, APIs, Blog, Cloud, From, Googlereader, Ifttt, Management, ROI, the
ImpactStory: tell the full story of your research impact
impactstory.org
on 03/04/2013
Excerpt: Our data (like our source code) is wide open. As a non-profit organization, we are in this because we believe open altmetrics are key for building the coming era of Web-native science. ImpactStory is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and others.... read the full post.
Tags: Analytics, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs
The Future of Data Visualization Tools | Visual.ly Blog
blog.visual.ly
on 03/04/2013
Excerpt: Data is everywhere and well-designed data graphics can be both beautiful and meaningful. As visualizations take center stage in a data-centric world, researchers and developers spend much time understanding and creating better visualizations. But they spend just as much time understanding how tools can help programmers and designers create visualizations faster, more effectively, and more enjoyably. Let’s talk about some of the work in that area, and what the future looks like. As any visualization practitioner will tell you, turning a dataset from raw stuff in a file to a final result in a picture is far from a single-track, linear path.... read the full post.
Tags: Analysis, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Datavisualization, visualizaiton, visualization
Excerpt: Numerous measurements exist for APIs. On the technical level, these metrics are fairly well understood. However, on the business level, there is a great deal of confusion over how the effectiveness of an API program can be accurately measured. Layer 7’s March 14 webinar, ROI for APIs – which will feature input from TechCrunch and AT&T – should help to clear up some of this confusion. In particular, the webinar will focus on how hackthons can be used to gather valuable data for API ROI measurement. How you measure your API ROI will depend on the purpose your APIs play in the greater business picture.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Apify, APIs, Blog, Cloud, From, Googlereader, Ifttt, Management, ROI, the
ImpactStory: tell the full story of your research impact
impactstory.org
on 03/04/2013
Excerpt: Our data (like our source code) is wide open. As a non-profit organization, we are in this because we believe open altmetrics are key for building the coming era of Web-native science. ImpactStory is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and others.... read the full post.
Tags: Analytics, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs
The Future of Data Visualization Tools | Visual.ly Blog
blog.visual.ly
on 03/04/2013
Excerpt: Data is everywhere and well-designed data graphics can be both beautiful and meaningful. As visualizations take center stage in a data-centric world, researchers and developers spend much time understanding and creating better visualizations. But they spend just as much time understanding how tools can help programmers and designers create visualizations faster, more effectively, and more enjoyably. Let’s talk about some of the work in that area, and what the future looks like. As any visualization practitioner will tell you, turning a dataset from raw stuff in a file to a final result in a picture is far from a single-track, linear path.... read the full post.
Tags: Analysis, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Datavisualization, visualizaiton, visualization
Excerpt: Data is everywhere and well-designed data graphics can be both beautiful and meaningful. As visualizations take center stage in a data-centric world, researchers and developers spend much time understanding and creating better visualizations. But they spend just as much time understanding how tools can help programmers and designers create visualizations faster, more effectively, and more enjoyably. Let’s talk about some of the work in that area, and what the future looks like. As any visualization practitioner will tell you, turning a dataset from raw stuff in a file to a final result in a picture is far from a single-track, linear path.... read the full post.
Tags: Analysis, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, APIs, Datavisualization, visualizaiton, visualization
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