Automation

As we move more of our personal and business lives into the clouds, we require more automation of tasks that keep our disparate worlds connected.

We don't just needs the individual silos we've put information into to be synced--we need the transfer or information and resources automated.

When a competitor updates their partner page, we need it saved in Evernote. When our blog is updated we need it synced to Blogger or Tumblr.

API automation allows for the flow of information between the common platforms we depend on for our daily operations. Many of these common platforms have RSS and APIs allowing a new breed of automation platforms to emerge.

In this section I will be tracking on news and companies that are doing interesting things around API automation, while also sharing blog analysis I provide on automation.

News

  • 04/22/2013 - IBM acquires UrbanCode (www.zdnet.com)
  • 04/18/2013 - Your Automatic Basecamp Dropbox Backup: Step By Step (blog.cloudwork.com)
  • 04/17/2013 - Sync and Migrate Data Across Apps and Platforms with FoxWeave API (blog.programmableweb.com)
  • 03/12/2013 - Message Bus' Email Delivery Platform Now Available for Integration Through Zapier's Vast Array of APIs (www.marketwire.com)
  • 03/07/2013 - Endatio Automates Business Processes via API (blog.programmableweb.com)
  • 03/05/2013 - New Elastic.io component: Twilio (blog.elastic.io)
  • 03/04/2013 - New Elastic.io Component : RSS (blog.elastic.io)
  • 03/01/2013 - How to monitor your website behavior with push notifications to your mobile (blog.elastic.io)
  • 02/28/2013 - “Fork me on Github” (www.foxweave.com)
  • 02/04/2013 - Zapier – integrate apps with drag and drop (blog.xero.com)
  • 02/01/2013 - Elastic.io Introduces new simplified interface (blog.elastic.io)
  • 01/24/2013 - Temboo: APIs The Easy Way (developers.blog.box.com)
  • 01/14/2013 - Beanstalk integrates with… Everything. Thanks to Zapier. (blog.beanstalkapp.com)
  • 12/29/2012 - Documentation | Ninja Blocks (ninjablocks.com)
  • 12/24/2012 - Integrate your favorite service with Pushwoosh at Zapier (www.pushwoosh.com)
  • 12/19/2012 - Automate the Web Using IFTTT: Useful Recipes to Get You Started - TechSpot (www.techspot.com)
  • 12/19/2012 - How IFTTT is Changing the Way We Do Things on the Web (mashable.com)
  • 12/19/2012 - True data liberation with IFTTT and Google Drive (radar.oreilly.com)
  • 12/19/2012 - 7 Ways to Automate Your Life With ifttt (gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com)

  • Analysis

  • 02/28/2013 - Continue With My API Service As A Guest
  • 02/10/2013 - Bringing ETL to the Masses with APIs
  • 12/21/2012 - API Trends
  • 12/17/2012 - API Questions for Wade Foster of Zapier over at Startup Juicer
  • 11/30/2012 - My API Building Blocks Workshop With Intel at the Gartner AADI Conference
  • 09/07/2012 - Introducing the Next Generation of Communication Using APIs
  • 08/21/2012 - API Automation Platforms
  • 07/27/2012 - What is the Future of Web APIs?
  • 09/13/2011 - API Automation for the Masses with If This Then That

  • Companies



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