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Forrester Research has released their 2020 report “The Forrester Wave™: API Management Solutions, Q3 2020: The 15 Providers That Matter Most and How They Stack Up” by Randy Heffner with Christopher Mines, Abigail Livingston, and Kara Hartig. The report lists IBM API Connect as a leader. ...
Last January I wrote a State of the API Economy 2019 blog. Going into this year it was not my intention to write another, but there were a few new observations that extended last year’s content that I wanted to share. So, let’s take a look at what is going on as we enter 2020… [caption id=...
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“ Effective API programs lay the foundations for digital transformation by enabling organizations to build a platform and develop an ecosystem. ” With this statement Gartner introduces their most recent Magic Quadrant for Full Lifecycle API Management. In 2012 IBM API Connect (V1)...
Thanks again for making IBM's API Management the undisputed #1 in market share– for the second year in a row! [caption id="attachment 11119" align="aligncenter" width="182"] Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay [/caption] IBM's API Connect solution has repeated this year as the...
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Forrester Research has released two extremely useful reports to help company’s decision-making efforts around API Management vendor selection: “The Forrester Wave™: API Management Solutions, Q4 2018: The 15 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up” by Randy Heffner with Christopher...
Many businesses are considering an API Management software purchase and I am often asked why they should choose IBM’s product – IBM API Connect . I thought I would use this blog to address this question without even discussing the capabilities and features of the product! Why not talk about...
Are you positioned for success with your API initiative? What roles are required to drive a successful API initiative? How do these roles relate to existing roles in the company? A long time ago (September 2014) I wrote a blog on Organization and Governance of API Initiatives . Looking back...
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What is the ROI for an API initiative? The 674% ROI result for the IBM API Connect composite customer scenario in the Forrester study is quite large, but not very surprising. For the last several years I have been meeting with clients in all industries, of all sizes, and in all parts of the...
I meet with customers daily that want to talk about APIs and how they can help their business and IT transform. Many companies intrinsically believe in the value that an API initiative can provide, but often hard calculations of benefits and ROI are required. Until now we have done case by...
It’s that time of year when we look back at the year that has passed and ahead to what will come. As I think back over 2016 it was one of my most exciting years in my 35 year career at IBM. The interest around the world in all continents (okay, I did not go to Antarctica) and in all...