The definition of “API” (Application Programming Interface) has changed yet again! In January 2018 I wrote “ What is an API? And What is the API Economy? ”, introducing a new definition for API. That definition while still true has become incomplete. But I’ve jumped ahead. So, let’s...
In part 1 of this series, “ Good Integration Patterns Never Die – You Just Add More ”, I described several challenges and identified a set of integration capabilities that solved these challenges. Toward the end of the article, this question was posed: …we identified the following...
IT history can be told as a story of overcoming challenges. A constraint limits IT capability (e.g. processor speed, memory, storage, network, etc.) and then there is a step forward in IT technology to break through the constraint and move forward. Until we hit the next constraint. Then –...
Published on November 12, 2018 / Updated on November 30, 2018 Integration is the backbone of today’s digital economy and integration middleware is the software layer connecting different applications, data sources, services, devices and businesses both internal and external. The...
Dom Storey & Sachin Balagopalan Published on June 12, 2018 Typically, on-premise applications are behind a secure firewall. To establish a connection between third-party cloud services like App Connect and an on-premise solution like Maximo , often requires a...