One of the biggest traps we currently see across enterprises, is that the developers of back-end systems are not aware of the features that are already provided out-of-the-box in the API platform, and bloat their code with unnecessary rework. We're t...

The patterns that are working at some customers using the distributed model include the following:An API guild, of which all API developers, designers, and architects are members. This guild spends up to one day a week (!) working together to solve e...

The first key to building APIs that achieve reuse, avoid hard-coding, stay loosely coupled, are scalable and manageable, is to build it on a designated enterprise API platform (Apigee, of course  ). In terms of software development processes, there ...

First of all, it is true that most enterprises are building APIs in the context of also building new back-end services, new front-end applications / apps, or both. The squads are assembled for the projects, with all the skills necessary to deliver sp...

Traditional enterprise ROI calculations are usually based on addressable market models with specific characteristics: long payback periods, predictable long-term mass-market consumption and pricing strength, and seemingly efficient cost models based ...