Application Security

Why should you think of API management as a platform? Because it’s becoming one of the most prodigious and important aspects of how Enterprises of all sizes participate in the digital economy.Keeping in line with the standard platform technology definition, an API management platform  supports the deployment of Enterprise APIs without the introduction and expense of a new process or technology. A platform allows the management of APIs as a first class citizen for the Enterprise. In J.K. Rowling’s novel “Harry Potter”, choosing the right platform makes all the difference. To date, many of the discussions around API management from vendors and analysts alike have been very technology or implementation focused. This is understandable as APIs tend to appeal to a technical audience. The details are great but sometimes it is worthwhile to step back and look at general c... (more)

API Management; doing APIs now or doing them right?

Old school surfacing Intel has recently been gaining some chops in API Management. Expressway API Manager has been out a while now and we acquired Mashery and Aepona this year. Mashery you will (or should) know but Aepona, you may not have heard of. They’re likely behind many of the telco or utility services you use. They build and support the API platform need to run and charge for the business. I’m between conferences at the moment. I gave several talks at Nordic APIs on API management and protection a few weeks ago and will be doing similar at Apps World next week. One conce... (more)

Instant API Management with Intel and Amazon

Instant API Management with Intel and Amazon Did you know you can get started with Intel Expressway API Manager on AWS Marketplace today with only a few clicks? You can have instant API Management and enhanced EC2 security for applications and services exposed from public or hybrid cloud environments. The offering is available from Amazon to anyone with a valid Amazon account. If you haven’t tried Amazon’s AWS marketplace, you can have an instance of the gateway up and running in a few minutes. Are you looking to mobile enable an Enterprise application need to expose an API? Are... (more)

Flexible Token Authentication Empowering Identity and Access Management

POC Requirements – Token Authentication and Mapping Often times in sales engineering I get “tunnel-vision”, focusing so much of my efforts on just meeting the requirements of a proof-of-concept (POC) that I fail to fully appreciate the true value Expressway Service Gateway provides Intel’s customers. Take a POC I recently completed, some of the functional items on my list to demonstrate included: Multiple credential schemes Token Authentication and Mapping Integration with Oracle Access Manager Support for multiple protocol and data types (especially for Web Services, REST, SOAP, ... (more)

Exposing the Beast: Customized API Management

Dr. Henry McCoy becomes the beast and he is smarter with API Management. Original artwork used by permission and credited to Mike Monroe @ http://blog.mike-monroe.com What do Dr. Henry McCoy and large Enterprises have in common? They can both be brilliant at what they do and be a veritable beast to manage. Enterprise complexity and legacy debt can hamstring an organization trying to move to APIs, but the good news is that the more services and applications an Enterprise has, the more potential they can realize through exposing these services both inside and outside the organizati... (more)